Lightest pistol caliber carbine?

[someguy2800]

Yep!

RUGER discontinued them for about a month... and then after the ass-paddlin' they received over it? They brought them back.






GR

Seams like one of those guns that very few will actually buy but everyone will loose their minds if they discontinue.

 

[CraigC]

They're the same price range as the Hawkeye. I don't know why anyone would expect them to be cheaper. I know it's based on a rimfire action and people expect rimfire rifles to be cheap little $200 budget guns but they've always been made like a centerfire. A testament to that is the same size action is built in .22Hornet to .44Mag.

 

[Elkins45]

One can buy 8 hotdogs for less that a steak too, just have to decide what you want.

You can also buy veggie burgers and be profoundly unhappy. The ability to take common detachable magazines is a large part of the appeal of a PCC. A bolt gun chambered in a revolver cartridge falls outside what I normally think of when I imagine a pistol caliber carbine.

They're the same price range as the Hawkeye. I don't know why anyone would expect them to be cheaper. I know it's based on a rimfire action and people expect rimfire rifles to be cheap little $200 budget guns but they've always been made like a centerfire. A testament to that is the same size action is built in .22Hornet to .44Mag.

If they built them on the American action it would be much more appealing. Even more so if they made a lefty. If you wanted a Ruger bolt gun in a pistol caliber you could buy an American in 450 Bushmaster and have a more capable gun for $300 less, assuming that you are a reloader. 357 or 44 make more sense if you are buying loaded ammo because you wouldn’t have to shoot all that many rounds to close the cost gap.

 

[CraigC]

That's why I bought the .450.

 

[someguy2800]

Never thought about it but a ruger American in 450 BM loaded with a 250 grain plated bullet and a case full of trailboss would be a fun plinker. Mabey not pistol caliber, but pistol bullet carbine anyway.

 

[Elkins45]

Never thought about it but a ruger American in 450 BM loaded with a 250 grain plated bullet and a case full of trailboss would be a fun plinker. Mabey not pistol caliber, but pistol bullet carbine anyway.

Substitute a cast hollow point from an MP or NOE mold and screw a decent can onto the muzzle and it would be a heck of a rifle for deer hunting in a subdivision!

 

[CraigC]

Yep and yep! I keep reading that the .450BM in a rifle produces less muzzle pressure than a .45ACP pistol so I don't see why I can't use my .45 pistol can on it. If I can find an adapter.

 

[Garandimal]

Seams like one of those guns that very few will actually buy but everyone will loose their minds if they discontinue.

Got mine...

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Getting ready to cut an inch off the butt and "carbinize" it.

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GR

 

[Garandimal]

I just looked them up. Not exactly cheap, are they? I could buy two Kel Tecs for the same price. Since I'm a lefty I think I would rather have a lever gun than a right-handed bolt action.

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GR

 

[chicharrones]

Got mine...

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Getting ready to cut an inch off the butt and "carbinize" it.

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GR

I hope to see pics of the "carbinization".

 

[somethingbenign]

I saw someone mentioned M1 carbines but discounted it because of mags and ammo. Chiappa makes a M1 reproduction in 9x19 or 9x21. Weight is around 6lbs. Takes Beretta 92 mags which aren't as common as Glock mags but still available. I keep coming back to them but don't know anyone who has seen one let alone handled one so I hesitate.

http://chiappafirearms.com/f.php?id=32

 

[theotherwaldo]

I have the most fun with my heaviest PCC - the Suomi and its 71 round magazines.

 

[Elkins45]

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GR

I’m not sure what your point is in posting this video.

I saw someone mentioned M1 carbines but discounted it because of mags and ammo. Chiappa makes a M1 reproduction in 9x19 or 9x21. Weight is around 6lbs. Takes Beretta 92 mags which aren't as common as Glock mags but still available. I keep coming back to them but don't know anyone who has seen one let alone handled one so I hesitate.

http://chiappafirearms.com/f.php?id=32

I hear nothing but bad things about them, which is a shame because the M1 carbine is a great handling little gun.

 

[chicharrones]

I hear nothing but bad things about them, which is a shame because the M1 carbine is a great handling little gun.

Chiappa's reputation is exactly why I didn't bother looking into them months ago when I got my CX4.

 

[Mosin Bubba]

I'll put in another vote for the Rossi 92. It's the lightest centerfire gun in any caliber I've ever held, and 357s out of a 16" barrel are no joke either.