Unlike the GI Carbine, there is no mechanism to lock the bolt to the rear manually. The experience is in no way objectionable, but it was adequate to remind us that this was a real gun and not some rimfire toy. Recoil was spunkier than expected, however.
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The chassis is identical, so the manual of arms remains unchanged. The Chiappa M1-9 is a variation on the original theme. My original vintage M1 rifle will pop stumps, all day long, at 100 meters on my backyard shooting range. The bolt does not lock to the rear on the last round fired, but it can be secured there for inspection. Recoil is piddly and magazine changes are seamless. The original gas-operated M1 Carbine is a joy to shoot. The Chiappa M1-9 runs the economical 9mm Parabellum cartridge and is a great option for the collector on a budget. You can drop a holy fortune on vintage WW2-era military firearms. The M1-9 doesn’t come with the sling or bottle, but it is available online it you want a low-priced reproduction. The original sling mounts logically on the left side, using a clever little cylindrical oil bottle to hold it in place. This can restrict your peripheral vision somewhat, but the low sight axis makes for minimal aiming error off the bore. The front sight is heavily fenced, and the line of sight is nestled deep in the forearm. The basic Carbine design is not without its eccentricities. The Beretta pistol magazine utterly ruins the aesthetics of the rifle, but once you get past the wrongness of the pistol magazine jutting smartly from the bottom the utility of the gun becomes apparent. Unlike the GI gun, the receiver comes standard with a dovetail for scope mounting. The Chiappa M1-9 Carbine is available with either GI walnut or black polymer stocks. The manual of arms is the same as that of the GI gun. In its stead, is a surprisingly heavy bolt carrier that tends to counteract the spunky recoil impulse of the 9mm round. As a result, recoil is just snappy enough to be fun.Īs the M1-9 is blowback operated, it eschews the familiar rotating bolt and gas tappet of its military forebear. The bolt carrier assembly is fairly massive to accommodate the blowback action firing 9mm Parabellum rounds. However, I found the Chiappa M1-9 rifle to be serviceable, reliable, and fun. Some corn-fed American shooters raised on the forged steel of the 1911 and Garand will balk at such stuff as un-American or somehow threatening to one’s virility. This means that there will be a few polymer parts to include the sights, trigger guard, and non-functional bayonet lug. Those same attributes drive the Information Age Chiappa M1-9.Ĭhiappa guns are manufactured in Italy using modern manufacturing techniques. From fetid Pacific jungles to bombed-out European villes, American GIs came to appreciate the utility of a compact, lightweight combat rifle that sported a decent magazine capacity. At a time when most Infantry rifles were as long as a floor mop, and as heavy as Goliath’s bowling ball, the lithe little M1 Carbine was positively airy.
One of the reasons for the Carbine’s success was its remarkably ergonomic chassis. The Chiappa M1-9 is a reasonably priced facsimile of the original GI Carbine that fires inexpensive and easily obtained ammunition. Truth be known, the Axis never had a chance. At the apogee of production, we were producing 65,000 M1 Carbines a day. We built around 6.5 million of these tidy little rifles by the time the last shot was fired. The M1 Carbine was the most produced American Infantry weapon of World War II.
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