Chiappa M1-22
- Thread starter DillyMac
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I bought one last year for a couple of different reasons. 1- I like the look, feel and the weight of the M1, but don't care for trying to find 30 carbine ammo for one. 2- It's different from the ever popular 10/22.
My opinion of the Chiappa is less than positive. The quality workmanship is sub-standard. For a rifle that costs about the same as a 10/22, it should be built better. I had to do some work to the trigger group to over come a light firing pin strike problem. Too many parts made of plastic. (I was recently told "chiappa" is Italian for "cheap") My spent casings show a bulge under the rim, indicating a poor chamber. Thank goodness I don't re-load rim fire cases.
It only shoots CCI Blazer LR without troubles feeding and ejecting. Accuracy is fairly good, but still not as good as the 10/22. (sense a theme here?)
I personally don't recommend buying this rifle.
My opinion of the Chiappa is less than positive. The quality workmanship is sub-standard. For a rifle that costs about the same as a 10/22, it should be built better. I had to do some work to the trigger group to over come a light firing pin strike problem. Too many parts made of plastic. (I was recently told "chiappa" is Italian for "cheap") My spent casings show a bulge under the rim, indicating a poor chamber. Thank goodness I don't re-load rim fire cases.
It only shoots CCI Blazer LR without troubles feeding and ejecting. Accuracy is fairly good, but still not as good as the 10/22. (sense a theme here?)
I personally don't recommend buying this rifle.
Well I have one, I personally like it just for the looks. More authentic than the 10/22 m1 carbine replica.
Thoughts
I had the op rod snap, which I got replaced for free from Charlton Murray Enterprises who is the Chiappa Warranty center in Canada. I personally think it was the Federal Champion ammo that did it in, but I'm not an expert. All I know was whenever I fired only that pack the bolt/op rod wouldn't cycle which makes me think it jammed it up somehow and then broke the op rod that way. Other than that I have had no problems with other ammo. Shot more than 1000 rds now.
Chiappa as of May 2017 have no plans to release a larger magazine for the M1-22 (but if someone were to 3D print one it would be legal to have more than 10 rds) and it would look nicer with the M2 style magazine.
I can shoot and cycle the rifle with; CCI AR tactical, CCI Mini mag, CCI Standard velocity, Browning Hi velocity, Federal Auto match and Federal 525 Bulk pack. I prefer the Standard velocity offering from CCI as I think that gives a pleasant recoil impulse.
It's probably not the best .22LR rifle on the market, but I was willing to trade off some reliability for the look and feel of an M1 Carbine.
Thoughts
- Iron sights are plastic, and are set for .30 carbine ballistics. Such that to shoot at 25 yards I set the elevation to "300 yards" to get POA and POI the same.
- Rear sight is more rearward than the real M1 carbine, to accommodate a standard dovetail to mount scopes.
- Stock cutout on the wood model does not fit M1 carbine slings and needs to be made larger. Not too much filing to make it fit.
- The M1-22 feed lips are built on the magazine so if you have feeding problems look first at fixing or replacing the magazine. You get 2 and more can be bought for about $27.
- Make sure you get a model built after 2013 as pre 2013 models have a faulty extractor that was redesigned, in subsequent models. The first 2 numbers on the serial indicate the year of Manufacture
I had the op rod snap, which I got replaced for free from Charlton Murray Enterprises who is the Chiappa Warranty center in Canada. I personally think it was the Federal Champion ammo that did it in, but I'm not an expert. All I know was whenever I fired only that pack the bolt/op rod wouldn't cycle which makes me think it jammed it up somehow and then broke the op rod that way. Other than that I have had no problems with other ammo. Shot more than 1000 rds now.
Chiappa as of May 2017 have no plans to release a larger magazine for the M1-22 (but if someone were to 3D print one it would be legal to have more than 10 rds) and it would look nicer with the M2 style magazine.
I can shoot and cycle the rifle with; CCI AR tactical, CCI Mini mag, CCI Standard velocity, Browning Hi velocity, Federal Auto match and Federal 525 Bulk pack. I prefer the Standard velocity offering from CCI as I think that gives a pleasant recoil impulse.
It's probably not the best .22LR rifle on the market, but I was willing to trade off some reliability for the look and feel of an M1 Carbine.
I have the M1-9 in 9mm and once the break in period is done and you use good quality mags it is a lot of fun, I would recommend it more than the .22, since it does not use proprietary mags. The 9mm version uses Beretta 92 mags, ammo is still not really expensive and its harder hitting than the .22, finally in my personal opinion it feels much closer to the real thing. Word of caution though...the 9mm can be ammo picky (so far anyways) and at first I only loaded the mags up to 5 since the mag spring seems really strong and the rounds don't feed very well until the mags get more broken in. I stored them at full capacity (well away from the gun of course) and it seems to help breaking them in.
If you are for sure going for the .22 version then you can't get much closer to the M1 Carbine then the Chiappa M1-22 but it just sucks you can only get spare mags from chiappa.. at least as far as i know..
Good luck with what ever you decide to buy!
Dan
If you are for sure going for the .22 version then you can't get much closer to the M1 Carbine then the Chiappa M1-22 but it just sucks you can only get spare mags from chiappa.. at least as far as i know..
Good luck with what ever you decide to buy!
Dan
