.30 Carbines

[bunny]

Anybody have experience with the new auto ordinance carbines? Any good? Are they better than the Chiappa stuff?

 

[Deckard]

Chiappa makes low-grade look a likes. Auto Ordnance is a real gun manufacturer.

 

[enefgee]

You can get a very nice real one for less and have a new NR barrel put on it.

 

[cheb]

I have one. After a good cleaning, it runs well with minimal problems. When my kids were using it, it tended to short stroke a bit, likely because they were not gripping it firmly enough. It ran flawlessly for me during my last outing... Overall, I like it and am happy with my purchase. The fact that it is NR is a nice plus in my book.

 

[Curtis264]

Had a lot of feeding problems when I bought mine, after around 400 rounds thru it now, it seems to run fine

 

[fwm]

I've run about 300 rounds through mine not a single issue. I've fired factory and handloads, even cast loads. I'm using a mix match of mags but mostly KCI 5/15 and 5/30. I like that its NR and I didn't alter a piece of history to get there.

 

[bluegrizz77]

I have an Auto Ordnance 4 years old, it shoots everything i put in it. It has 1456 rounds through it so far. I also reload for it and have never had a failure loading or extracting. I had one primer fail but it was a winchester.

 

[HibouAttentif]

I have had one for years (sorry can't recall how long) I had to fool around with the mags a little bit to get them to feed properly, but once that was done it worked like a charm. It's a great gun to shoot.

Denis

 

[LordEvilPepper]

I owned one for years with a lot of rounds down range... only issue is mags... like every other M1 carbine.

 

[sidester]

Wood is very nice,
Steel is rough with some tool marks.
Overall construction is solid.
Shoots well.
reliability is good but you need to find some good working magasines.