Yeah, I only want one to play around with at the range, but the whole panic buying put that on hold. Once everyone calms down, I'll go back to browsing.
Go with a dedicated upper. I have two AR-22’s, my Service Rifle trainer and a Suppressed AR-22 with a pistol brace. They are stupid fun.Looks like PSA still has complete uppers and lowers in stock, as well as complete guns. Prices are still right too. Ammo is of concern however. I'm looking hard at the CMMG 22lr conversion for mine since I have so much 22 in the safe to plink with.
Go with a dedicated upper. I have two AR-22’s, my Service Rifle trainer and a Suppressed AR-22 with a pistol brace. They are stupid fun.
Same hereWhat would be the benefit to going with a dedicated upper vs the drop in conversion bcg? I've been into handguns for years but I'm new to the AR world.
What would be the benefit to going with a dedicated upper vs the drop in conversion bcg? I've been into handguns for years but I'm new to the AR world.
Same here
In a word, accuracy.
A 22lR bullet has a diameter of .223. A .223 bullet has a diameter of .224. As such, if you shoot a bullet that is .001 smaller than your barrel is designed for, you give up accuracy.
The second problem is barrel twist rate. For the light .22lr bullets, 1:12-1:16 twist barrels seem to work best; however, most AR’s are in the 1:7-1:9 range which over spins the bullet.
However, if you don’t care if your groups open up a little bit and you don’t want a $1000.00 .22LR, the conversions might be your best option.
My last reason for having a dedicated 22LR upper was to address a legal concern. The Commonwealth was about to ban all center fire AR’s this year. A dedicated rimfire upper would have allowed me to tell them to go **** themselves and a conversion kit would have failed that test. LOL.
Atta boy!
No shit.I have always had some trouble getting all the parts I wanted from PSA, even before the Kung Fu Flu...
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Not only scarce, but everyone is limiting purchases. Academy had a 5 unit limit when I was there yesterday. So, I got a 100 round box of 9mm and four 20 round boxes of 5 56 in brass (only found steel case at first, but found these a little later).Game on!!!
Too bad ammo is scarce right now cuz trust me you will want to feed that bitch after you get a taste of her