Idle thought

[KaceCoyote]

Save your pistol caliber rifle bashing for another thread, but bare with me.

I have a 9mm for which I buy a great deal of ammo, and I decided that I'd greatly enjoy a long-gun in the same caliber to save on the ammo bill. Am I the only one who thinks a lever-action 9mm, or a toggle bolt 9mm would be a very cool rifle? For plinking, and a good opossum/Raccoon gun I think it'd be unmatched.



I know I know, I'm totally insane.

 

[Jeff White]

Perhaps you could get a Marlin lever action in .357 rebarreled in 9mm? I'm not sure what modifications you'd have to make to the extractor to handle rimless rounds though.

Jeff

 

[epijunkie67]

I've actually made the same suggestion here before sometime, though I think I had wondered about a lever in 45 ACP. You couldn't use fmj ammo in it of course but I think either might be interesting. You could still go with any of the pistal cal carbines out there. I've got one of the cheapo 995s in 9mm and I think it's a great little shooter. Doesn't have the class that a lever action would have but it would certainly fit the bill.

 

[dakotasin]

are you the only one who thinks it would be cool? dunno... probably.

for plinking and a good possum or coon gun, of course it is matched... even bettered by the 22 lr. all the fun, half the hearing damage, quarter of the expense...

 

[KaceCoyote]

Bettered by .22LR? Naw not really. I just want a simple, non semi-automatic pistol caliber carbine that comes in the same caliber as my sidearm.

Make it cost under 300, and I'd fight for one.

 

[CB900F]

KaceCoyote;

Go haunt the gun shows & find the Marlin Camp Carbine in 9mm, or .45ACP. Casper's got a show comin' up fairly soon if memory serves me correctly. That is, if you're from Kaycee.

900F

 

[beerslurpy]

What 9mm do you have? Kel-Tec makes the Sub2000 carbine in a variety of flavors so you can use your existing pistol mags.

To quote Kel-Tec

The SUB-2000 is available in the following versions only:
9mm: Glock 17, Glock 19, S&W 59, Beretta 92, SIG 226
.40 Cal: Glock 22, S&W 4006, Beretta 96, SIG 226

 

[KaceCoyote]

The Kel-tec doesnt take CZ mags, and I have a P01. I'd rather have a tube mag than 2 different kinds of detachable mags. I have a hard enough time loosing mags at the range much less hiking in the woods.

 

[Dravur]

How about a Beretta Storm

Hey, if you want a fun lil-ole carbine with that space-age, Star Wars look, take a peep at the Beretta Storm. It is available in 9mm, .40SW and .45ACP. I don't own one....yet, but am seriously thinking about it. I see em here in Colorado for about $599. Kinda Pricey, but it would go sooo well with my Buck Rogers White Jumpsuit.

Anyway, just a suggestion

Latest Acquisition - High Standard H-D Military with the 4" Barrel.

 

[dakotasin]

so... if you had a beretta storm and a beretta neos, and possibly even that fn carbine contraption, and a white buck rogers suit would you then be what is called 'contemporary'?

(had a friend who suggested i was living in the 19th century because i didn't get excited about the synthetic stocks - at the time it was the new ruger boat paddle - and declared my preference for walnut... said he was a contemporary man, and i was a cliche of a mountain man! lol!!).

 

[M.E.Eldridge]

Pistol caliber carbines are great plinking guns. I've got one of the Hi-points in .40S&W and its a hoot to shoot.


Usually, the guns that are the most fun to shoot are the guns that people deem useless or those that have only novel uses.

 

[KadicDeshi]

Does anyone make something like truncated cone 9mm bullets that would work with a tube mag? If not, would it be totally unacceptable to have a pistol-mag fed leveraction? If not, what pistol mag would be best utilized?

Hmm...

Barrett

P.S.
Ignore me, I'm a bit looney this morning.

 

[R.W.Dale]

You need to find yourself one of these little jewels they are very fun to shoot.



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[KaceCoyote]

just use bulk purchase hollowpoints, problem solved.

 

[BillinNH]

9mm carbines are a hoot and can be used for a range of purposes. See the thread on slow powder loading for 9mm carbines in the Handloading section. This ability makes it a far more vesatile round than non-loadable rimfires, IMO.

As to a leverguin in 9mm:

If I were to make a 9mm carbine in a repeating rifle I would go for a pump action with detachable box mags rather than a tube fed lever. You can't beat a pump for smooth, fast follow-up shots in a repeating rifle.

Bill