People are talking as if this is an actual M1 Carbine chambered in 9mm. It's a completely different action. It's a straight blowback action, not a gas tappet system like the M1. I'd say it's a "tribute" more than a replica.
I own an M1 Carbine, and I don't begrudge anyone who would want a popular caliber in one. It has occurred to me that a Carbine reconfigured for more popular cartrages would be a good thing. I imagined 10mm instead of 9mm, though, to better match the action length. There should be no plastic parts. That's a deal breaker for me, but I'd even accept MEM parts if that was an option. M1 Carbines are fun to shoot and surprisingly light for a wood and metal gun.
I bought an M1 carbine, 40 or so years ago, like new paid $200 ... and I love it. Recently all the talk about AR-15's I bought one, plus 1000 rds, (back when I got 1000 loose rounds for $175.). I fired two mags of .223 through my AR, and hated it. Maybe used to the M1 carbine ... I thought the AR would be as fun, and it wasn't. In fact, I bought a single shot bolt action in .223, just so that I would have a manner in which to use up some of that ammo. Might as well, hang the AR on a wall, I will never shoot it, unless SHTF, and I run out of .30 cal ammo for the M1. The plastic parts kind of scared me off the Chiappa ... got a fun, and super accurate Hi-point 9mm carbine ... that I love ... gonna have to think about investing in a chiappa.
I got my M1 carbine a "1944 Inland" the day i turned 18 in 1988 for get this $124.74 LOL my first rifle and the last one i will ever sell they are so much fun!
Kind of a neat little carbine. One thing not mentioned is that the way it looks it will fly under the radar of the gun grabbers. I have an old mini 14 and no one even pays any attention to it since it is not an evil black gun.
9MM is a good option considering the supply chain issues with ammo. Back during the pandemic I went into my local sporting goods warehouse looking for some .38 special rounds...nothing in stock. This is a rather large warehouse too. Come to find out all they had in stock was .22LR, .223 and 9MM. Not even 00 buckshot. So no matter how bad things get I think you can always count on getting your hands on some 9MM. By the way, I made the switch from .38 to 9MM after seeing the writing on the wall. Nice rifle, thanks for sharing.
You pronounced it correctly, sir! Congratulations on being in the top 1% of Americans trying to pronounce Italian names, LOL. (chiappa = key-op-pah) - in Italian, having an “h” follow a “c” makes the “c” hard, like in “archive” and “i” is pronounced “eee.” Fiocchi = “fee-oak-eee.” Bravo! Ti salute! Ciao!
I got one of these when they first came out. Thought it was a great idea. I was shooting Winchester 115gr white box the first day at the range. During shooting the third box and it would not fire. I looked down and the bolt had broken in half. I could see the firing pin. I sent it back for repair. They fixed it. I sold it when I got it back. Hopefully they have improved.
I had a surplus M1 carbine back in the 70's and loved it. No recoil to speak of, accurate within its ballistic limitations, light weight and could handle most weather conditions fairly well.
I got the 30 carbine and honestly love it so much. The good magazines are pretty accessible. The ammo was more difficult, but I was able to find 1000 for around $500. I would love to put my hands on that 9mm carbine!
I inherited a nice Winchester 1942 M1 carbine a few weeks ago. It’s a nice gun, but I have to admit I’m a little jealous of your M1-9 carbine, Pew! I’ll definitely shoot and enjoy the M1 carbine, but I’ll always feel like I have to preserve and pass it on to my family. With the M1-9, I’d feel more comfortable about throwing the rifle in a vehicle and not worrying about a scratch or a ding. Cheers!
Love the look! It would be a nice addition to my 30 carbine and far cheaper to shoot. Depending on the ammo I find, the 30 carbine ammo this year has been seventy - a buck+ a round depending on who made it and who sold it.
Back I 1979, I bought a Military M-1 9 mm stock clip and 30 clip Like the 1 your using, I paid 100 dollars in mint condition shot it for 3 years and sold it to a gun shop, He paid me 1400, for it, But it was special , A Machinist converted to fully auto/and semi. My first wife did not like guns, so I sold all of them , But not My Beretta 9mm .That is a Great Rifle .
You said it right, I only know because my grandparents were from Castlevetrano Sicily, I've got an old M1 carbine that I keep handy but ammo is expensive, I'll have to check one of these out.
Thank you for this review. I have been looking at this little guy for awhile now. I believe the plastic barrel band can be replaced with a barrel band from an actual m1 carbine(may require some shimming). The reproduction ones are readily available and not very expensive. You can get the type 1 which does not have the bayonet lug-seems more appropriate since you probably don't want to mount a bayonet. Again, thanks for the review.
I have a M1 Carbine. Ammo for Remington Soft Points is going for $85.00 a box of 50 rds. FMJ's are about $60.00 a box. I do like the idea of a 9mm carbine. Be better iffin it used Glock mags though. Thanks for the video.
People are talking as if this is an actual M1 Carbine chambered in 9mm. It's a completely different action. It's a straight blowback action, not a gas tappet system like the M1. I'd say it's a "tribute" more than a replica.
Get to the Choppa!
I own an M1 Carbine, and I don't begrudge anyone who would want a popular caliber in one. It has occurred to me that a Carbine reconfigured for more popular cartrages would be a good thing. I imagined 10mm instead of 9mm, though, to better match the action length. There should be no plastic parts. That's a deal breaker for me, but I'd even accept MEM parts if that was an option. M1 Carbines are fun to shoot and surprisingly light for a wood and metal gun.
I bought an M1 carbine, 40 or so years ago, like new paid $200 ... and I love it. Recently all the talk about AR-15's I bought one, plus 1000 rds, (back when I got 1000 loose rounds for $175.). I fired two mags of .223 through my AR, and hated it. Maybe used to the M1 carbine ... I thought the AR would be as fun, and it wasn't. In fact, I bought a single shot bolt action in .223, just so that I would have a manner in which to use up some of that ammo. Might as well, hang the AR on a wall, I will never shoot it, unless SHTF, and I run out of .30 cal ammo for the M1. The plastic parts kind of scared me off the Chiappa ... got a fun, and super accurate Hi-point 9mm carbine ... that I love ... gonna have to think about investing in a chiappa.
"NON FREE STATE READY".... STILL illegal in WA State
I got my M1 carbine a "1944 Inland" the day i turned 18 in 1988 for get this $124.74 LOL my first rifle and the last one i will ever sell they are so much fun!
I bet a step drill could re-freedom those mags, a lil tape if you don't want a giant hole for trash to get into them, and presto!
Kind of a neat little carbine. One thing not mentioned is that the way it looks it will fly under the radar of the gun grabbers. I have an old mini 14 and no one even pays any attention to it since it is not an evil black gun.
9MM is a good option considering the supply chain issues with ammo. Back during the pandemic I went into my local sporting goods warehouse looking for some .38 special rounds...nothing in stock. This is a rather large warehouse too. Come to find out all they had in stock was .22LR, .223 and 9MM. Not even 00 buckshot. So no matter how bad things get I think you can always count on getting your hands on some 9MM. By the way, I made the switch from .38 to 9MM after seeing the writing on the wall. Nice rifle, thanks for sharing.
You pronounced it correctly, sir! Congratulations on being in the top 1% of Americans trying to pronounce Italian names, LOL. (chiappa = key-op-pah) - in Italian, having an “h” follow a “c” makes the “c” hard, like in “archive” and “i” is pronounced “eee.” Fiocchi = “fee-oak-eee.” Bravo! Ti salute! Ciao!
I got one of these when they first came out. Thought it was a great idea. I was shooting Winchester 115gr white box the first day at the range. During shooting the third box and it would not fire. I looked down and the bolt had broken in half. I could see the firing pin. I sent it back for repair. They fixed it. I sold it when I got it back. Hopefully they have improved.
I had a surplus M1 carbine back in the 70's and loved it. No recoil to speak of, accurate within its ballistic limitations, light weight and could handle most weather conditions fairly well.
I got the 30 carbine and honestly love it so much. The good magazines are pretty accessible. The ammo was more difficult, but I was able to find 1000 for around $500. I would love to put my hands on that 9mm carbine!
That's a great little PCC. I'm definitely going to take a closer look at this firearm. Not crazy about the plastic, but we'll see. Thanks for posting.
I inherited a nice Winchester 1942 M1 carbine a few weeks ago. It’s a nice gun, but I have to admit I’m a little jealous of your M1-9 carbine, Pew! I’ll definitely shoot and enjoy the M1 carbine, but I’ll always feel like I have to preserve and pass it on to my family. With the M1-9, I’d feel more comfortable about throwing the rifle in a vehicle and not worrying about a scratch or a ding. Cheers!
Love the look! It would be a nice addition to my 30 carbine and far cheaper to shoot. Depending on the ammo I find, the 30 carbine ammo this year has been seventy - a buck+ a round depending on who made it and who sold it.
Back I 1979, I bought a Military M-1 9 mm stock clip and 30 clip Like the 1 your using, I paid 100 dollars in mint condition shot it for 3 years and sold it to a gun shop, He paid me 1400, for it, But it was special , A Machinist converted to fully auto/and semi. My first wife did not like guns, so I sold all of them , But not My Beretta 9mm .That is a Great Rifle .
You said it right, I only know because my grandparents were from Castlevetrano Sicily, I've got an old M1 carbine that I keep handy but ammo is expensive, I'll have to check one of these out.
Thank you for this review. I have been looking at this little guy for awhile now. I believe the plastic barrel band can be replaced with a barrel band from an actual m1 carbine(may require some shimming). The reproduction ones are readily available and not very expensive. You can get the type 1 which does not have the bayonet lug-seems more appropriate since you probably don't want to mount a bayonet. Again, thanks for the review.
I have a M1 Carbine. Ammo for Remington Soft Points is going for $85.00 a box of 50 rds. FMJ's are about $60.00 a box. I do like the idea of a 9mm carbine. Be better iffin it used Glock mags though. Thanks for the video.