what is the best, most reliable modern carbine?

[1858remington]

By smokingmetal at 2012-06-06

By smokingmetal at 2012-06-06

 

[valnar]

I haven't heard of any complaints about the Beretta Cx4 Storm. It seems to be the modern carbine du jour.

 

[Sicari]

Rod5591,

before randomly changing out carbine parts, check chamber and headspace. Chamber might be tight or too little headspace - this could by the cause of your mysterious .30 carbine problems.

 

[Red Tornado]

Another issue on your M1 Carbine could simply be the mags. Try one of the new manufacture Korean mags, they're $10 and work great. Some of the milsurp mags have got a little too much age on them.

Otherwise, I love that Suomi!
RT

 

[Infidel4life11]

HK MP5 and UMP45? Personally HK 416 gets my vote

 

[rod5591]

thanks for the responses

 

[Revoliver]

I have a Ruger 77/357 paired with a 6" ss GP100 combo that I absolutely enjoy shooting.

 

[voicomp]

I have a lever gun. I love the idea. The reality (IMHO) is: limited mag capacity, slow reloading and sore fingers from whacking usually unwhacked parts on my fingers in the lever.

I am actually thinking of moving in the direction of a stellar reliability M1 carbine for a grab and go piece. I can carry more ammo than almost anything else with comperable stopping power. I have the mags, can remanufacture ammo for 19 cents a pop. If I really want a penetrator, I can resize 71 grain .312FMJ to .308 and god knows what I will get but I am thinking it will be pretty good for a carbine. I may even have the gun, I just haven;t fred it enough since my last work over to be sure

 

[Pete D.]

reliable would be a single shot,

+1.
The first carbine that came to mind was the Thompson Contender with a 16.25 inch barrel. Available in a bewildering number of chamberings and marvelously accurate.
Pete