CraigC
Hawkeye
You're really talking out of both sides of your mouth on the weight issue. You deride the S&W for being too light and cheap feeling yet the SR-22 is too heavy??? All the while it's probably at least a pound less than your AR.bada61265":2zug9zhk said:just gussying up a 10 22 with all that tacticool stuff hides the rifle under extra weight...
It's far more than just a "look". You get most of the AR's ergonomics with the most user-friendly and upgradeable .22 rifle ever created. Actually, you combine two of the most user-upgradeable platforms in existence into one. What could be more practical than a 10/22 that accepts AR furniture???bada61265":2zug9zhk said:all this so you have a fo ar look. theres more practical alternatives.
This is probably the core of the issue with you. You can't look down your nose at it like it's a "fake AR", because it ain't. It ain't meant to be but for some reason AR nuts have a real problem with this genre of rifle. As if it's beneath them. As if those with "tactical" .22's that aren't AR's are less manly and have to grow up before they're ready for a "real AR". Please, if your manhood is so closely linked to your guns I'd suggest there are much more significant issues looming overhead. No, in reality it's simply one more option for those who like to tinker and fiddle with their guns. Just one more direction for us to build them just like we want, now with any combination of AR furniture we desire.bada61265":2zug9zhk said:i dislike fake ar`s in general.
Maybe but show me a better way to a .22LR in the AR-style that can be that accurate at the same price point. Impossible. Take a $450 SR-22, add anywhere from $50-$300 in aftermarket trigger parts (or a new Kidd housing) and a $200 barrel plus an hour or two with common hand tools and you're there. Can't do that with a dedicated upper and certainly not with a conversion.bada61265":2zug9zhk said:as far as 1/4" groups at 50 with it now you are talking spending as much as a full ar.
You and a lot of folks but somehow everybody magically forgot that nothing sells for MSRP. I can't tell you how many times I responded to extremely belligerent posts about the cost to say that Rugers typically go for 75% of MSRP. To no avail, the sky was still falling.bada61265":2zug9zhk said:alot of my misgivings were on there original prices at $600
Not "too high" for me but there's no reason to spend $750 on a dedicated AR if an SR-22 will serve your needs for less money. In some cases, as I've outlined, it may even better serve your needs. Particularly if you desire a high level of precision. I've got over $900 in my "tactical" 10/22 so I'm not afraid to spend a little on my rimfires. I built mine because I wanted to be able to do anything I wanted with it. Didn't want to be straddled with the limitations of a dedicated .22LR AR. If I had wanted an AR then, I would've bought one.bada61265":2zug9zhk said:not double but maybe too high for some ill agree.
But do they serve the same purposes? I seriously doubt you get the level of accuracy out of your AR that you get with the .17HM2.bada61265":2zug9zhk said:as a comparison i just did a mach2 conversion.....same as the ar.