.22 Carbines

[us019255]

I never did look to see if it would fit in a GI stock. I do have an extra stock HMMM!

Took a look. They must have made a bunch of changes along the way. No way a GI stock would fit.

[USGI]

I just looked through some older threads on the Citadel/Chiappa Carbines. Here are links to a few I thought were pretty good. - Bob

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=35345&page=1
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=37507&page=1
http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbine_chiappa.html

[2AD_Vet]

I have one with Iver Johnson brand marks. Bought it when Iver Johnson went belly up. Used it for fun, and to start out two kids with shooting. They then moved to M1 Carbine, then M1 Garand. I never had even one indication of ammo. sensitivity. I guess we were lucky.

I never did look to see if it would fit in a GI stock. I do have an extra stock HMMM!

I have an Iver johnson and looked at putting it into a USGI stock but it was way too much effort as the reciever is not very close to a real M1 carbine.

[Curt]

Thanks USGI

[Battlesight]

I had an Iver Johnson copy back in the 80's. It was very accurate. I shot the snot out of that thing, and have no idea how many thousands of rounds went through that barrel. The IJ copies have since become more pricey than I could have ever imagined. The only USGI part I put on it was a type 3 barrel band because the band/sling swivel original to the gun was poorly made.

[5thBatt]

I just got a Chiappa M1-22 today, can't wait to try it out

[fn111557]

Very nice looking gun. Can’t wait to see a range report, and give it a run at the shooting competition (see link below).

Milsurp Target Competition and Shoot (2013)

[5thBatt]

Took the M1-22 to the range to try it out, was fairly windy so cant really comment on accuracy but was not disappointed with what i was able to achieve but was disappointed with the feed of the ammo i was hoping to use in it.

The ammo i took was Winchester power point (of which i have thousands of rounds) & a box of Federal 525 round value pack.
The Winchester ammo kept on getting hung up, had about 10 mis-feeds from about 80 rounds so switched to the Federal & just had a blast & put over 200 rounds down range before daylight turned to dusk without a single mis-feed or problems.
The real fun part was the steel pigs set up at 50yards that took 5 or more rounds in quick succession to knock over.
Overall i am very pleased with my purchase, certainly more reliable & much more fun to shoot than my Remington 597 (now for sale)

[shadycon]

Too bad about the current price and availabilty of .22 ammo. I can't even find ammo so as let my grandkids shoot my 10/22 with a shortened stock.GK