Chiappa 9mm M1 Carbine Review
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If you don't mind, what tool(s) are you using to deburr with? I took a dremel to the mags I had to make them work, but I wouldn't expect to use that for internal work on the gun itself. I've not done any mucking about with guns like this before (that's what the armourers were there for).
Oddly, I found the lips shorter on the Promag than the Beretta mags I purchased. As for the angle, I can't say any differences were noticable. I'll pull the mags out and check, to satisfy my own curiousity now.
Have you had a chance to look into this? Being able to make the pin seat a little more securely would be nice.
Barrel O.D. of USGI M1 carbine in .30 cal is .594 to .598, with muzzle end for front sight .578 nom, for the first 1.5 inches. Some barrel makers tapered the section the front sight along the 1.5 inch length. I have no data for the Chiappa, would be interested to find out. Barrel channel on a USGI stock is about .75 inches.
I picked up a Synthetic Stock M1-9 last week in the Ottawa area, I got mine for a really good price, $389! Compared to what ive seen online, they seem to go for $430-450 (synthetic stock version).
I took it to the range on Sunday and must say its a helluva lotta fun to shoot and pretty accurate at 50 yards. However the failures to feed are a bit of a buzz kill. I only put about 75 rounds thru it and it seemed that the more I shot the fewer feed issues I had (maybe 1 per clip as opposed to 3-4 per clip). You can see in the pic the kind of ammo I was using. That may be part of the feed issues. I am going to go back thru this thread and see if there are any solutions.
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I took it to the range on Sunday and must say its a helluva lotta fun to shoot and pretty accurate at 50 yards. However the failures to feed are a bit of a buzz kill. I only put about 75 rounds thru it and it seemed that the more I shot the fewer feed issues I had (maybe 1 per clip as opposed to 3-4 per clip). You can see in the pic the kind of ammo I was using. That may be part of the feed issues. I am going to go back thru this thread and see if there are any solutions.
[/IMG]I picked up a Synthetic Stock M1-9 last week in the Ottawa area, I got mine for a really good price, $389! Compared to what ive seen online, they seem to go for $430-450 (synthetic stock version).
I took it to the range on Sunday and must say its a helluva lotta fun to shoot and pretty accurate at 50 yards. However the failures to feed are a bit of a buzz kill. I only put about 75 rounds thru it and it seemed that the more I shot the fewer feed issues I had (maybe 1 per clip as opposed to 3-4 per clip). You can see in the pic the kind of ammo I was using. That may be part of the feed issues. I am going to go back thru this thread and see if there are any solutions.
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blaser aluminium didn't really work nice in mine ,
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I like the concept, just wish it was better put together even at a higher cost. Chiappa has good ideas, the end product is usually pretty sad. The .22 M1, .22 1911, and .22 Beretta looking pistol are cheaply made pieces of ####....I dunno why they even bother. I was hoping these would be better for some reason....but here we are lol
Sadly, this is true.
I can't understand why all the guys in another thread are all excited and trying to get Chiappa to make a run of short little 1886's in 45-70 made up. Don't they see all the threads about crappy Chiappa quality
Cheap prices blind the masses, look at all the Norc problem threads and the TT's that don't run. But hey, they're cheap!
TDC
At the time of purchase there was next to no information on this rifle nor reviews, so it was a risk. The M1-9 is what it is, a fun cheap gun to take to the range. Yes, I wish it was better built. I would not pay more than $400 for one. If you can get it for what I did, $389 then I recommend it as a fun l'ill plinker. If quality is a concern, save up for something better or wait till another company comes out w/ a similar product. There is obviously a demand for them in Canada....have you seen the U.S price for the M1-9..outrageous!
I'm happy with mine for what I paid for it as I got the $389.00 deal. They are very ammo picky and won't run 40 Beretta mags due to the overly steep feed angle but run fine with 9mm mags. They should have not made the mag feed at such a straight angle and there is room in the mag well to accommodate an angled mag but I think they wanted to keep the M1 look. If I had paid the price of a JR carbine I would not be a happy camper but for what I did pay and the fact that I like a challenge the price was right. These rifles can be made to run with a little effort but if you're not wanting a project gun I would advise against buying one and I would not pay $500.00 plus for one. I'm sure that you will see some on the EE soon as most people won't want to bother with them. There seems to have been the odd one however that for whatever reason runs well out of the box?
