World War II ended 80 years ago, but the love for the American M1 Carbine remains. Chiappa has just announced the new M1 Bushranger rifle, a .22LR rifle with the classic look of the David Marshall Williams design (sort of), along with some updates for optics.
Chiappa’s repros @ TFB:
What you’re getting
After World War II, the M1 Carbine was adopted quickly by civilian users, and to this day, you can still buy aftermarket add-ons like improved stocks—see Inland Manufacturing’s website for more details on that idea. Despite this rifle’s lower-powered cartridge, many law enforcement users found it worked well for social use, and hunters, back-to-the-landers and other outdoors and survival-oriented shooters also liked the rifle for its low recoil.
The Chiappa M1 Bushranger (chambered in .22LR) looks like one of those post-war rifles, glammed up with a Picatinny rail running the length of the receiver, with what appears to be a bull barrel, and a wooden stock (beech, the PR says) with M-LOK slots built in underneath. Despite these upgrades, the rifle still weighs only 5.43 pounds, and the overall length of 29.25 inches helps keep it manageable in the real world.
That weight is low because the bull barrel is actually a standard 16.5-inch barrel with an aluminum barrel shroud fitted around it; beefy-looking, but light. The muzzle had 1/2×28 threads for attaching a suppressor or other device.
The rifle ships with two 10-round magazines that look like full-sized centerfire setups.
The rifle is made in Italy, and will carry a $499 MSRP in the U.S.; at this point, it’s not listed on their American website, but we expect it will show up soon, with the other M1 Carbine lookalike models.
