Citadel 9mm M1 Carbine

Jimbob2.0 · Jun 22, 2014

Gents, its legacy arms give it a chance to see if they are reliable and also for them to flood the market. They tend to pump out in volume, 6 months from now this might be a buy.

Also I bet those front and rear sights are poly and the same as on my little badgers.

Gryphon · Jun 23, 2014

Just when I thought I didn't need another firearm . . .

SKIP · Jun 23, 2014

Went to Bass Pro this morning and they had no 9mm M1 Carbine. No waiting either and picked up 2 cans of IMR 4064 at $32 a can.

Inigoes · Jun 23, 2014

POS!

I have the Citadel M1-22. You have to replace the stock to use a sling. The sights are plastic. The bayonet lug is plastic (can be replaced with metal bayonet lug). The barrel is not long enough to affix a bayonet.

A replacement stock from CMP will work on the Metric M1. Yes, the Citadel is metric .

Doctor_M · Jun 23, 2014

I thank you and curse you at the same time.... me like-ee.

Pinecone · Jun 24, 2014

lee2 said:
my ruger .44mag carbine functions just fine.

Tubular magazine, not box magazine.

Rimmed cartridges have issues with higher capacity box mags.

Boss94 · Jun 24, 2014

Neat looking piece . Would like to see 1 in person. Beretta made 20 and 30 Rd factory mags to. :-)

lee2 · Jun 29, 2014

Pinecone said:
Tubular magazine, not box magazine.

Rimmed cartridges have issues with higher capacity box mags.

What do you consider higher capacity?

ericoak · Jun 29, 2014

lee2 said:
What do you consider higher capacity?

Rim cartridges can work in semi auto, see the Bren gun, but no one would ever design a new semi automatic cartridge with a rim for a reason.

303_enfield · Jul 1, 2014

ericoak said:
Rim cartridges can work in semi auto, see the Bren gun, but no one would ever design a new semi automatic cartridge with a rim for a reason.

Desert Eagle, bought one in 1985 for hunting deer and pigs. Magazines work fine.

ericoak · Jul 1, 2014

303_enfield said:
Desert Eagle, bought one in 1985 for hunting deer and pigs. Magazines work fine.

And 1911s in .357, Russian rifles in 7.62x54R. But again, there is a reason why only existing rimmed cartridges are used.

rrrrrrkevin · Jul 1, 2014

I want one simply because I have a TON of Beretta mags just from collecting them over the years of being in the military. I also purchased a few 30 rounders out of state as a novelty. Is that a dumb reason to want this? I wonder when they will start popping up in shops in Maryland and how much.

Alphabrew · Jul 5, 2014

Pinecone said:
Tubular magazine, not box magazine.

Rimmed cartridges have issues with higher capacity box mags.

The ruger .44 carbine actually came in both tubular magazine as well as a 10 rotary box mag. I believe the earlier ones are tubular, later ones were box mags.

Pinecone · Jul 5, 2014

I can see rotary also, as you can make the slots far enough apart to keep the rims from touching.

Ah, rotary mag 44 is based on the Mini 14 action. Came out in 2000. Previous model (the one I am familiar with) was stopped in 1985.

soco · Jul 10, 2014

this is pretty boss, I would love to have one. Anyone have actual handling experience?

Pinecone · Jul 10, 2014

They are like a slightly larger 10/22 (the early tubular mag style, I have not handled a late model one).

I would love to pick one up.

Venom.357 · Aug 13, 2014

I just picked this up today and made this video. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zv8KgSUPso&feature=youtu.be

Jimbob2.0 · Aug 14, 2014

Venom.357 said:
I just picked this up today and made this video. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zv8KgSUPso&feature=youtu.be

Thats helpful and as expected, same plastic parts as the .22's

I will be curious to handle one in person but from what i have heard I dont hold a lot of hope out for a quality, durable, piece.

Armadillofz1 · Aug 14, 2014

looks like it would be fun. I'll hold out for a Glock magazine variety.

Venom.357 · Aug 16, 2014

Armadillofz1 said:
looks like it would be fun. I'll hold out for a Glock magazine variety.

yeah lol, nice image you added. It just slips sometimes ! Anyway, I dont know if you folks saw the update on the video. The rear sight slipped off during the first session at the gun range. A total of 300 rounds fired, at #225 the sight just slipped off, It is now a loose goose, and slips off every 7-10 rounds fired...

Luckily for me, i planned on rolling with a holo sight, I just added a mount meant for the 30 cal m1s, after a little machining it bolts on near perfect... I dont regret getting the rifle, the steel bayonet lug is only around $23.00. The steel sights are around the same each. I love that its a 9mm, and it wouldnt take much i learned to use aftermarket stocks. For some reason the mag release button is larger on this version than the real m1, so a dremel can fix that, cutting in a little slot to slide the reciever in.

I regret not waiting though, im sure someone wouldve been disgusted with it after purchasing it and seeing things go to crap, im sure i couldve gotten it for hundreds less.

If you're looking for a fun rifle that shoots 9mm, and enjoy tinkering around a bit to make it more solid, this would be great!

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