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The Chiappa M1-9 Carbine is chambered in 9mm Luger and will accept magazines from the Beretta 92. Personally, neither the M1 carbine round or a 9mm sub gun excite me all that much. It's semi-automatic and can use a 15 or 30-round detachable magazine. The M1 Carbine makes a fine self-defense arm for the civilian.
Mickey talks about using an old fashioned M1 Carbine for Home Defense. They're nice rifles, but they weren't designed to improve on the M1 Garand. The M4 is more accurate at range, and a better select fire weapon than the M2 Carbine variant.
The M1 carbine that this corpsman carried was designed as a Personal Defense Weapon of sorts.
Harlan (Deceased) View Profile View Forum Posts View Articles … In other words, the Carbine is a fine little rifle, but you shouldn't expect it to be a target rifle.
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More on M1 Carbines Folks, this thread is a result of Cachunk's question from the other thread: "Would you be able to , perhaps in a different thread, ( and assuming you have not already), give your take on the general reliability, versatility and effectiveness of the carbine?
(USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery) The M1 carbine, first introduced in 1942, fires a special .30-caliber round that's about an inch-and-a-third long (as opposed to the roughly two-and-a-half-inch length of the .30-06 round).It's semi-automatic and can use a 15 or 30-round detachable magazine.
Obviously the M1 rifle with it's .30-06 cartridge is far more powerful than anything with the .30 cal.
This compact weapon ultimately saw widespread issue throughout all combat theaters. The question is whether the M1 rifle is still viable for effective front line combat. The Army marks the effective range of the carbine at 300 yards, but will it do the job at that distance or even closer. carbine should be with the effective range and accuracy of the .45 ACP, .38 S&W, and other handguns of other calibers in use by the U.S. military in 1940/41. The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and well into the Vietnam War.The M1 carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used by not only the U.S. military, but by paramilitary and police forces around the world. The M1 carbine, first introduced in 1942, fires a special .30-caliber round that's about an inch-and-a-third long (as opposed to the roughly two-and-a-half-inch length of the .30-06 round). Thread Tools.
This lightweight combat implement represented an effort to combine the portability of a handgun with the innate accuracy and magazine capacity of an autoloading rifle. I had an M1 Carbine for a while. I am not saying the M1 Carbine is the best rifle in the world.
In other words, the Carbine is a fine little rifle, but you shouldn't expect it to be a target rifle. Price Range: $480 Style: The Chiappa M1-9 Carbine is a very basic and standard World War II style carbine that looks similar to the original M1, which was issued to soldiers in over 6.5 million copies. Linear Mode; Switch to Hybrid Mode; Switch to Threaded Mode; 12-14-2011 12:57 AM #1. Probably the most noted and quoted criticism of the .30 cal. Jump to page: Results 1 to 10 of 33 Thread: Carbines in Vietnam.
From that basis I would say the M1 carbine was an evolutionary dead end.
It weighs about five pounds unloaded. They did however start to phase out the Carbine in 1951.
carbine cartridge. Numerous references by troops indicate that they had confidence in the semiauto M1 Carbine. M1/M2 Carbine; Carbines in Vietnam + Reply to Thread. Is the M1 carbine an effective weapon for getting the job done. Page 1 of 4 1 2 3... Last. I read all these stories of how the old Vets kind of had a love hate relationship with it. Comparisons of the .30 cal. Numerous references by troops indicate that they had confidence in the semiauto M1 Carbine. To the best of my knowledge, all of the Carbines that failed to function in Korea were M2 Carbines, the selective fire version. Ken Hackathorn on the M1 Carbine: Reputation vs Reality May 15, 2018 Ian McCollum Commentary , Semiauto Rifles , Video 31 The M1 Carbine has long been a bit of an enigma to me, because I have never had really good luck with the design, and yet they were extremely popular with Americna soldiers, German soldiers, Korean soldiers, Vietnamese soldiers, and a great many other countries.
To the best of my knowledge, all of the Carbines that failed to function in Korea were M2 Carbines, the selective fire version. M1 Carbine effectiveness.
The carbine was effective but not much past 100 yards, which the terrain of Korea was much more favored to the .30 CAL M1. My club has a special M1 carbine match and I won’t shoot in it any more. The M1 carbine took a lot of criticism during the Korea war.
Today's troops carrying a lot of stuff — that light weight can be a back-saver. First adopted in 1936, the M1 Rifle served the US in World War II, Korea and even in the Vietnam War before the M16 was introduced. With modern softpoint and hollowpoint bullets the M1 Carbine be more effective on living targets than with ball ammo.
They were designed to relieve the M1 Garand as the primary arm for radio operators, machine gun crews, tankers, artillerymen,forward observers, engineers and others whose primary function was not that of an infantry rifleman, and provide more power, and longer range than the 1911, …