Put a can on it and have a more-modern DeLisle carbine.
In WWII, the Brits put a .45 ACP barrel with an integral suppressor on an Enfield action, for work with the SOE and other clandestine outfits. From all accounts, it was a roaring success.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
