Just an FYI: new Chiappa 22LR M1 Carbine starting to show up

**nfafan** · January 16th, 2012, 09:08 AM

FYI on a thread at RFC on the arrival of the .22LR M1 Carbine ... Looks interesting.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums...d.php?t=421735

Guess if it were to maintain "correct cosmetics" mag capacity will be somewhat limited. Have to wait on more being fielded to see what the quality actually is; the one at the NRA show was really beat.

**fastfive0** · January 16th, 2012, 10:19 AM

Looks interesting!

**nfafan** · January 16th, 2012, 10:39 AM

Well I can wish in one hand and ... but I'm hoping Chiappa uses this op-rod replica action to cobble together a Garand in .22LR (maybe with a flush-fit 10/22 mag) or an "M14".

This is not that far-fetched given that Italy was a massive post-war user of Garands and Garand-based BM59s and civvie '62s. Maybe they would release a fakey BM59 Alpini, Paracadutisti, Nigerian in a sense of pride if not a Garand replica in a sense of making serious coinage.