22 upper for my AR or get a 10/22 ??

[savit260]

Considering one or the other... (probably both eventually)

Handled a Tac Sol X Ring 10/22 and was really liking that, Love their takedown version,but a good quality 22 upper for my AR has some real appeal to me too.


Fellow enablers.. which would you go with for general paper punching and non competitive fun shooting?


EDIT TO ADD: .... and why?

[toroflow]

10/22, but it sounds like you're leaning toward an upper.

[cmillard]

10/22!!!!

[savit260]

Aug 11, 2016 21:25:48 GMT -5 toroflow said:

10/22, but it sounds like you're leaning toward an upper.

Nah, not really leaning one way or the other.

I could be swayed either way by a good argument.

[savit260]

Aug 11, 2016 21:34:01 GMT -5 cmillard said:

10/22!!!!

Ok.. but why? Make the case to me.

[cmillard]

They have been around forever fun to work on, and I think the ar uppers are lacking in accuracy Dept. I couldn't be more happier with my 10/22

[zeus]

The Smith M&P 22 is a great shooting little rifle as well. Never a single glitch with my sons. Accuracy isn't bad either for an auto gun.

GS

[jimtx]

AR-22**********************

I still have my first 10-22 after many different barrels/stocks, not it wears a collapsible stock and TAC SOL SBX barrel total package weighs like 2LBS if that.

BUT I own 2 Tac Sol AR 22's I built one is there regular m4 upper(runs flawlessly) and the other is their SBX barreled upper, on an AR lower it weighs nothing and you can screw a suppressor right on them(the are legal SBR's) 16" overall only 10.5 or 11'5 barrel, they are tack drivers and run flawlessly, look like any AR and can be configured any way plus the mad dog 50 rd mags are fun especially with a slide fire stock (legal bump fire FA). They feed and function better that 10-22's, I have used a myriad of different high cap 10-22 mags and a lot are finicky, the Tac Sol's run from crap bulk to 1730 FPS Aquilla super max/stingers/etc.

PS- on AR-15.com guys all follow the crowd, cmmg this and that and I M&P this/that, but they always say I did thois, that, and the other thing to it and it runs great with xxxx bullets. The Tac Sol's out of the box I do nothing to them but change aesthetically pleasing to me stuff only. Nothing to make them run better.

[AxeHandle]

S&W M&P 15-22.. Our range gun gets whipped like a dog almost daily and just keeps on running.. If you are using it to train for your centerfire AR the controls are exactly the same. So much so that the lower takes Mil Spec AR parts. Range gun impressed me so much I bought one.. FWIW order the 10 round magazine for it. the 25 rounder looks kewl but it is too long for anything other than stand up mall ninja kind of shooting.

[alukban]

Neither.

Just get a rimfire bolt for you AR.

Reasons:
- won't take up more space in your safe
- use the same controls/geometry AND sights as your AR for minimum of expenditure
- it is much less expensive
- easier to ALWAYS "take it along anyway" with your AR because it is so small
- can be used with other AR's and even loaned out (bring it if a buddy is bringing their AR to camp, etc)
- makes your current AR "better" by expanding its capability instead of just adding yet another gun
- if your AR has a telescoping stock, it is easier for kids to shoot because it can adjust way down (as compared to a traditional 10/22)
- fewer guns to inventory

[zeus]

Fewer guns to inventory? Come on now

[savit260]

Aug 12, 2016 9:15:40 GMT -5 alukban said:

Neither.

Just get a rimfire bolt for you AR.

Reasons:
- won't take up more space in your safe
- use the same controls/geometry AND sights as your AR for minimum of expenditure
- it is much less expensive
- easier to ALWAYS "take it along anyway" with your AR because it is so small
- can be used with other AR's and even loaned out (bring it if a buddy is bringing their AR to camp, etc)
- makes your current AR "better" by expanding its capability instead of just adding yet another gun
- if your AR has a telescoping stock, it is easier for kids to shoot because it can adjust way down (as compared to a traditional 10/22)
- fewer guns to inventory

isn't a 1 in 7 twist rate and potentially clogging up the gas system an issue with these conversions?

[savit260]

unfortunately as of July 21st the Smith & Wesson is now on our attorney generals "no no list" .

[alukban]

Aug 12, 2016 11:25:16 GMT -5 savit260 said:

unfortunately as of July 21st the Smith & Wesson is now on our attorney generals "no no list" .

That is even more reason to just get a rimfire bolt

Regarding the gas system, from what I have read it clears up as soon as you shoot regular centerfire through the thing. I have never had a problem.

My AR is 1:9 twist and it works just fine with CCI Blazer bulk ammo. I get about 1" at 25y.

I use a real-deal mil-surp M261 conversion bolt BTW. The other ones available on the market are all supposedly pretty good. I find that I MUST clean the bolt and action area every 100 rounds or so to keep things from going hinky.

I can even manually cycle .22 Shorts through.


My son thinks AR's are the catz azzz



What is even more interesting than a rimfire bolt to me however, is a load using paper patched pellets that I developed. It actually uses masking tape and not paper but you get the idea. It's advantage, in a nutshell, is being able to shoot a rimfire equivalent subsonic load without swapping anything but the ammo/magazine. - maybe to get a meat squirrel or a pest.

[squawberryman]

You'll get what YOU want. I love my Kidd trigger on my factory fat barrel 10/22. Red rubber Hogue stock. I can shoot screw heads off at 100 with Aguila target ammo.