Chiappa M1-9 NSR Carbine Rifle 9mm 19inch Barrel 10 Rounds with Fake Suppressor

[Bullseyenorth]

Attachment 465935

Chiappa M1-9 NSR Carbine Rifle 9mm 19" Barrel 10 Rounds

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Modeled after one of America’s great military arms, the USGI M1 Carbine, the M1-9 is nostalgic, fun and practical. This handy, easy to shoot rifle has the same overall dimensions, trigger groups design and sights as the original, but is chambered in the affordable and readily available 9mm Luger. The receiver has a dovetail machined on top of the front and rear receiver rings. The straight blowback design makes the M1-9 ultra-reliable and easy to clean and maintain. Cartridges are fed from standard Beretta 92 style magazines.Caliber: 9mm
Capacity: 10
Action: Semi-Automatic
Operating System: Blowback
Sights: Flip Up Sights & Picatinny Rail
Barrel: 19" w/ Mock Suppressor
Stock: Polymer
Safety: M1 Trigger Block
Overall Length: 35"
Length of Pull: 13"
Weight: 6.5 lbs.
Part #: CF500.250

[codfish25]

Do you have any of the dovetail to picatinny adapters like what I assume the rear sight in the photo is on?

[sc42]

Do you have any of the dovetail to picatinny adapters like what I assume the rear sight in the photo is on?

interested as well

[pirate604]

This thing looks like heaps of fun. Would be cool with a red dot scout style.

[durtyhairy]

Great price for probably a fun PCC plinker, but man, it ain’t pretty...

[KP762]

Hey Folks,

I have a full range review and disassembly review posted on the G4C thread. It should answer a lot of your questions.

As for the Dovetail-Picatinny question, the carbine has the same dovetail mount as the original version. The rear BUIS is mounted on a Dovetail-Picatinny adapter, which comes with the carbine. You can use either dovetail mounts or picatinny mounts, as you see fit.

[OkayShooter]

Hey Folks,

I have a full range review and disassembly review posted on the G4C thread. It should answer a lot of your questions.

As for the Dovetail-Picatinny question, the carbine has the same dovetail mount as the original version. The rear BUIS is mounted on a Dovetail-Picatinny adapter, which comes with the carbine. You can use either dovetail mounts or picatinny mounts, as you see fit.

FYI, it isn't polite to talk about a business in another business forum.

[KP762]

Fair enough point.

I just didn't want to have to type the entire review out twice (or, once per vendor, which would be worse). I didn't even purchase mine from that other vendor, but that was where the conversation started.

[KP762]

(Somewhat out of context)

Okay, I'm back from the range and have ripped it apart. Bear with me folks, this may be a long post. Going to break it up into 2 parts.

So lets start at the range. I took a few hundred rounds with me of CCI Blazer 9x19mm, 115gr FMJ. In addition to the 2 mags that came with the carbine, I also took 3 more that I already had. Now, I did encounter a few issues:

The first one was on me; The mount for the back sight came loose, as I did not put any thread locker on it before going to the range (I saw this one coming...). Was still getting a 2.5" group at 25 yards with it. Note that I was not trying for precision, rather, I was just putting the carbine through it's paces. And my glasses would not stop fogging up, so I couldn't see s*** anyway...

As far as reliability goes, one of the mags that came with the carbine, as well as all my other mags I already had, functioned flawlessly every shot. The second mag that came with the carbine had issues. I could not, for the life of me, load in the 10th round (I did not bring my mag loader; all by hand. Cold fingers didn't help either). I would also get a failure to feed with this mag; always on the 2nd round. Every. Time. This suggests to me that it is an issue with the magazine causing this problem, and not an issue with the carbine.

The BUIS that come with the carbine are very easy to adjust and worked well out to 50 yards (I did not attempt shooting at 100 yards, as the snow on the range was up past my knees). This was probably the easiest rifle to sight in for me that I have owned.

The lower picatinny rail, for me at least, is located exactly where my support hand should go, and that was a tiny bit annoying. I have a vertical foregrip that I plan to put on there in the future.

The adjustable buttstock was very comfortable, and was perfect whether I had my winter coat on or not.

Anyways, I had a lot of fun with this carbine at the range. A little thread locker and not bringing that one mag will make the next time perfect.

[KP762]

Now for the disassembly.

It should be noted that the buttstock is composite, but the rest of the furniture is painted wood. The top picatinny rail is metal, where the bottom one is composite. The pistol grip may or may not be interchangeable with AR grips; I couldn't check because I don't have a spare AR grip lying around.

Disassembly follows the same basic sequence as the original version, however, I was unable to remove the fire control group. Minor differences are that you need to unscrew the fake suppressor (barrel shroud? we'll say shroud.) to remove it, and there is an endcap that holds the upper handguard in place (2 socket screws). It should be noted that all the socket screws on this carbine are metric. The action is identical to the original version, and is just as much of a pain in the butt to disassemble/reassemble. It does get easier to do with some practice (ie; once you know what you are supposed to do).

And now for the issues. These both involve that stupid barrel shroud. Firstly, the endcap of the shroud is threaded onto the muzzle, and into the body of the of the shroud. When I was removing it, it unscrewed a bit from the shroud body before unscrewing from the muzzle. Then when I pulled the shroud off, the O-ring that seals the other end of the shroud made life difficult, as it was VERY stiff and had a bit of an edge to it. I am not sure if it was caused by that stiff, edged, O-ring, or if it was like that from the factory, but the finish on the barrel was absolutely horrendous.

After cleaning the carbine, I reassembled it (which is difficult your first few times because that action is weird), and finally got to the end and just had to put the shroud back on. I could easily get it to screw on to the muzzle, but I could not get it to screw back up the shroud body to become flush with the end again. Far as I can tell, it's impossible. I sent a help-desk ticket to Chiappa Firearms to see if they have a solution; I will post the results of that inquiry when they get back to me.

I am not too worried about that shroud, as I would much rather just have a flash-hider anyway. Refinishing the barrel shouldn't be too difficult either. Not happy about what happened with the shroud, but I would rather just not have it anyway.

Overall, it is easier to take apart than the original.

Hope this helps folks!