Major03
Ultimate Member
I've been looking all over for 500 pieces of affordable 30 carbine brass.
If they would chamber a M1 Carbine in 45 ACP or 9 and used 1911 or Glock then we would have something to talk about.
Back when there was still a glut of Carbine parts , an outfit I don't recall offered an M-1 Carbine in .45 Win Mag . I recall reading positive review in Gun World .
As noted , the appeal of the Carbine is the overall package , as much as the ctg per se .
And the concept of such a package didn't originate there , of a lightweight , short handy carbine with more horsepower than typical pistols, moderate recoil , good for defense , and game arguable up to deer ( at close range with good placement.
Win M92 in .32wcf aka .32-20 ( in " M92 only loads that used to be factory loaded), , Win M1905 & Win M1907 .
Chiappa makes an m1 carbine chambered in 9x19. Not sure what mags it takes.
For the couple states that allow straight wall cartridges for hunting I’d think .30 carbine may be legal. It would be a better option than .357 magnum (they have similar energy, but ballistically .30 carbine is much better).
And from everything I heard, they are not well made firearms.
I seem to recall, that many states hunting laws on deer, were written to prevent the use of the .30 Carbine.
Part of my point was, the 10/22, Ruger .44 Carbine, and Mini-14 are already similar to the M1 Carbine form factor. So you have choices.
And I LIKE the M1 Carbine. I still have my Crossman M1 Carbine BB rifle, that I bought in about 1967.
And if Cabelas puts the 10/22 on sale for 169 again, I will get one just to put in the stock by EABSCO that makes it look like an M1 Carbine.