Re: Did you sell your 10/22s after buying a .22 upper?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Shaman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the opinions guys, wanted to pose two more questions, one brought up by fngmike
1. Is your .22AR lighter than your bull barrel 10/22?
2. Is your AR more accurate than your 10/22? </div></div>
1) No, it wasn't but in all fairness I only opened up the barrel channel on a deluxe model walnut stock when I put on .920 GM barrel on.
2) No, it definitely was NOT. I had a bull barrel DPMS model (discontinued) through Midway. It was no where near as accurate as my 10/22.
Again in fairness another person reported accuracy problems with his and sent it back and DPMS corrected it somehow. I just got disgusted wasting $350 on the upper. And was running a lower with a Geissele match trigger. It was lucky to do 1" at 50 with good ammo. The 10/22 was an easy 1/2" rifle at the same distance.
I paid a little over $200 for my 10/22, $100 for the GM barrel, had the extended mag and bolt releases. Probably had less in it than the upper cost with shipping.
Some people say the NC22 is the sh*t. But I'm not willing to take a $500 crap shoot again. IF I carried an M4 for duty and wanted cheap practice I would buy one.
IF I wanted to practice highpower with a cheaper ammo/distance alternative I'd buy a CLE. I just can't afford a $1,500 .22 AR, which is what it would cost for what I'd want.
If I was going to put that much $ into a .22, I'd wait and buy a 700/40X repeater action when they come out and build from there.
IMO, if you want good cheap practice from a .22, find a place you can shoot offhand at 25 yd., use a 50 ft. or 10M target, and shoot cheap hi vel. If you can hold an inch or so offhand like this, you're doing something. If you can do sling supported sitting and prone as well, that's even better.