Chiappa M9-22 Pistol
The Chiappa M9-22 is a .22 LR chambered pistol patterned after the Beretta M9 / Beretta 92 pistol. Two models will be offered, the Standard model and the Tactical model.
Chiappa M9-22 Tactical
The M9-22 Standard model comes with wood or plastic grips and drift adjustable rear sights.
The M9-22 Tactical will only be offered with black grips but features a 0.5"x28 threaded barrel, for suppressor use, and will ship with a replica suppressor. It comes with a replica Novak-style fiber optic rear sight.
Both models use 10 rounds magazines, have 5" barrel and weigh 37 ounces. The MSRP for the Standard is $369 and the Tactical is $419.
i just got one of these, and i have to say it is the worst gun i have ever even heard of. it is a total piece of junk. the extractor and extractor cut in the barrel dont line up even close. the trigger bar dosent stay in contact with the hammer during double action trigger pulls resulting in the hammer dropping. there was casting slag all over, the saftey decocker takes to hands to move. this is a total joke to associate it with a m9 beretta. it does look like one but that is where it ends
I look at the back of the slide, and it seems to bear a suspiciously uncanny resemblance to a P22, another handgun also in .22 lr. Could just be me though.
@Heath, They included a faux suppressor because whether people know it yet or not, screwing on a silencer is cool. Maybe if they include a fake one, it’ll get people looking into real ones, which will then help them sell more tactical versions and expand the NFA market which is good for everyone.
Or maybe they are just catering to the “I want an M9 but think a .22 is a better idea crowd” that may just get off on having a fake silencer?
Maybe it’s their thread protector?
@Lance, as people mentioned above. The only current .22LR pistol I can think of is the M&P22 that has a 12 round mag. As I understand it, due to the size and shape of the .22 round, a straight mag only works for 10-12 rounds. After that it’ll jam up. You can see that longer 22 mags are always curved. Perhaps they can’t fit a curved mag in there to hold 15.
I really hate fake silencers
Why not use 15rd mags? The M-9 shots 15 why not this?
Same as everyone else, .22 rimfire is difficult to double stack.
It is hard to make large stick magazines for .22lr because of rimlock.
Why include the replica silencer?
you’d think that they would extend the magazine capacity with the .22 calibre and all but they didn’t, I wonder why?