Everything worked as expected. I really should have looked over the Promag OE Colt magazines. They are identical right down to the Colt stamp in the base. No wonder they worked.
The Firestar had been a concern after the last trip had one failure to extract out of 14 rounds. This time, even using the Russian made Brown Bear FMJs which I have found unreliable on feed and eject in the past worked fine for three magazines. Accuracy was only so-so. See picture of bent support on the self-healing spinner. But the spinner and ball did indeed do pretty good job of self-healing. I was able to move the ball from 25 to 50 yards with the Marlin.
4" diameter for the spinner and the ball is a little small for a 2.75" barrel gun. They are cheap enough to buy the 6" versions.
The Marlin was as I remember it. No recoil and adequately accurate for 25 to 50 yard self defense.
When I returned home to clean the guns, I found the Marlin filled with coarse grained powder. I must not have cleaned it the last time shot it. Unlike many pistols which will become ill behaved if not kept clean, the Marlin functioned perfectly. Why did I not clean it last time?
Once clean, the reassembly reminded me why. The AR-15 and even the slightly clumsier M1A are dead simple compared to the Marlin.
Also, the LCM for the Marlin turned out to be 21 rounds.
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