Sold my Chiappa 1911-22....pot metal gun smell....

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I was lucky and very quickly sold my Chiappa 1911-22.

One of the thing I immediately noticed on the pistol was the typical "smell" of the metal, the same smell I can "feel" with blank/toy metal guns.

Despite the very good reviews about the pistol I could just not tolerate the tactile sensation of having a toy handgun in my hands....I mean even a Hi-Point feels more like a real gun (at least for me) than that.

One question that I have is what it is that typical odour that you can sense in objects made with this type of alloy?? It is a kind of a similar smell that some matches have...is it magnesium??
 
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God I hope not. I know what your talking about from my days of machining but I cant remember exactly. Better to be safe than sorry
 
One can buy a basic 22/45 for the same price that will last a lifetime. Why bother with the Chiappa?
 
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One question that I have is what it is that typical odour that you can feel in objects made with this type of alloy?? It is a kind of a similar smell that some matches have...is it magnesium??
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Chiappalloy is in all likelihood a zinc alloy that is designed for die casting. It might be proprietary as claimed, or it might be one of the Zamak alloys, one of which is used for the slide in Hi-Point pistols. Similar alloys are used everywhere because they're inexpensive, easy to work with, and are good enough for most purposes (definitely debatable in some cases, such as fasteners...stupid zinc screws keep stripping and breaking :mad: ). If there's any magnesium in them, it's usually little more than a trace amount, but then again I'm not a metallurgist.
 
:D:eek::rolleyes: I have done a lot of things with my guns, but I do not believe I have ever actually sat down and started smelling them, sounds a little kinky to me, then maybe that's just me.:uhoh:

Though my dog's feet do smell like Frito's corn chips.:rolleyes:
 
Though my dog's feet do smell like Frito's corn chips
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Your dog is not alone on that corn chip thing. Also my dog's ears smell like maple syrup. Weird. So is there a support group where people go that have dog smelling issues? :scrutiny::D
 
So is there a support group where people go that have dog smelling issues?
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If I have issues with dog smelling I normally just toss her into the lake, that usually takes care of those issues.
 
Your dog is not alone on that corn chip thing. Also my dog's ears smell like maple syrup. Weird. So is there a support group where people go that have dog smelling issues?
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The city dogs looked on amazed in deep and jealous rage
To see a simple country dog the piddler of the age
So all the dogs from everywhere were summoned with a yell
To sniff the stranger over and judge him by his smell.

Some thought that he a king might be, beneath his tail a rose
So every dog drew near to him and sniffed him with his nose
They sniffed him over one by one. They smelled him two by two
And noble Rex, in high disdain stood still till they were through

Then just to show the whole shebang he didn't give a damn
He walked into a grocery store and piddled on a ham
He piddled in the mackrel keg, he piddled on the floor
And when the grocer kicked him out, he piddled through the door.
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The Piddlin' Pup
 
One can buy a basic 22/45 for the same price that will last a lifetime.
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I suppose some folks dislike Zamak but like plastic. The .22/45 has a plastic frame. I really wish someone would make a 1911 in .22 that is all steel, I know it would be expensive but I'd buy it in a second.
 
How did it come to this? Or better yet why?
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A brand new gun is sold because of the way it smells and you have to ask that question? Right from the get go it had no where to go but up.:evil:
 
I guess that I'll have to smell my Chippy 1911-22 when it gets back from Dayton, OH. I don't REMEMBER smelling anything but spent rounds when I last shot it. :confused:
 
I don't REMEMBER smelling anything
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Denial is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept
and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence. :neener:
 
I really wish someone would make a 1911 in .22 that is all steel, I know it would be expensive but I'd buy it in a second.
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They did. It was called the COLT Service ACE.

You can still buy the commercial ACE .22 conversions for about $400-$600 on the used market (COLT mfgr'd millions of them over the years).... expensive I know, but you do end up with a real gun and not some POS plastic/zinc toy shaped like a 1911.
Will
 
Lost me when you start talking about smell you can feel.....maybe your senses are muddled. Smell is through the olfactory gland, like the aroma of fresh baked bread, Hoppes #9, or BBQ.....feeling and touch are nerve sensations.
 
$299 MSRP for a zinc alloy 22 cal. pistol with only one magazine (made of plastic) is a bit too much...
 
I suppose some folks dislike Zamak but like plastic. The .22/45 has a plastic frame. I really wish someone would make a 1911 in .22 that is all steel, I know it would be expensive but I'd buy it in a second.
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My S&W 22A is made of alluminum alloy (frame and accessory rail) and steel (barrel and slide). Quite impressive when you consider the sticker price.

And it comes with 2 metal magazines. Same MSRP of the Chiappa 1911-22...another planet in terms of quality and finishing....and the "smell" is right....:D:evil:
 
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I suppose some folks dislike Zamak but like plastic. The .22/45 has a plastic frame. I really wish someone would make a 1911 in .22 that is all steel, I know it would be expensive but I'd buy it in a second.
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It's called a Browning Buckmark.
 
The only plastic my S&W 22A has are the grips....I can live with that......and I could always buy the wood ones.

I tolerate a plastc gun only with my P-11.. a pocket piece...
 
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They did. It was called the COLT Service ACE.

You can still buy the commercial ACE .22 conversions for about $400-$600 on the used market (COLT mfgr'd millions of them over the years).... expensive I know, but you do end up with a real gun and not some POS plastic/zinc toy shaped like a 1911.
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I have a Service Ace mounted on an Argentine M1927 (which is a standard M1911A1 made in Argentina on Colt machinery, under Colt supervision -- in other words, a 1930s-era Colt.)

The original Ace was straight blow-back. Because the slide was all steel, it had reliability problems -- the .22 LR of that era wouldn't reliably cycle so much weight.

The Service Ace has the "floating chamber" designed by David "Carbine" Williams. It is not an easy gun to clean, and it is not as accurate as some modern conversion kits. But it is a thing of beauty.
 
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