New .22 Trainer

[Hellbender]

Made this to match up with the IRA .243 match gun I'm building....

Specs:

CLE upper w/ 24" SS bbl .850 under handguards, .750 to muzzle, threaded 5/8-24, M261 kit

Troy long forend

Falcon 4-14x44 FFP ML16

Custom 30 MOA base.

Tactical Innovations lower w/ Geissle trigger

Had to mark my Black Dog M261 mags, so they don't get mixed up with the Black Dogs for my TacSol gun!

 

[steve123]

Re: New .22 Trainer

Very cool! How reliable is it?

 

[Hellbender]

Re: New .22 Trainer

steve123..

Just got it all together last night, hope to shoot it some today!

My new, replacement TacSol upper runs 100% perfect, my early version was a royal pain, tackdriver but a jammamatic.

 

[Hellbender]

Re: New .22 Trainer

Gun seems to like Wolf ME a lot, will shoot it into the .2's @50 yards.

Ran well with a bunch of different cheap ammo, but groups were only 1" or so with all the cheap stuff, ie Fed AE, Rem Lightning, Thunderbolt, Fed.bulk pack, T22, Rem Target,etc.

Only ammo it wouldn't run was some Eley Red box EPS with the very square bullet end, no auto seems to run with it, though.

I had to tweak the follower some in one of the M261 mags, but after that all 3 ran fine. The 2 Black Dogs won't work with more than 19 in a mag, I'll pull them apart and see what's dragging.

Hope I can find some cheaper ammo that will be at least a .5" @50yds consistantly.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with it.

I didn't really get to run the scope through it's paces to see how it tracks, the clicks are just a little bit vague, but I'm impressed with the glass for a $400 scope. I noticed the parallax has to be just right or it's out of focus.

 

[_Shay_]

Re: New .22 Trainer

I liek it, how much does a 22 upper cost with a 20" barrel if you dont mind my asking?

 

[Hellbender]

Re: New .22 Trainer

Assembled Upper w/ CH, bbl, M261 kit w 3 mags, NO handguard was around $850.