Colt .22LR AR's

[mesquitecountry]

I saw academy had some Colt AR 22's for 599.99 in a 16" A2 platform with a contour government barrell. If you went out and replaced the bcg with a standard one and popped in an AR mag with 5.56 wouldnt you have a steal of an ar for around 700 bucks????

What say you??

[DJM]

I have a hard time believing that Colt would build a dedicated .22 that could so easily be converted to 5.56.But who knows....maybe.

DJ

[mesquitecountry]

I thought so also, hopefully someone will chime in.

[Tuffbroadhead]

They are not made by Colt, they are made by Umarex/Walther...and the whole weapon is built around the 22. rimfire cartridge, I'll admit I have not held one in my hands yet but I really doubt that it can be made into a 5.56 x 45. weapon...

[Artos]

Have you seen the S&W trav??

http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=34384

[Hunterdan]

I have held both the S&W and Colt AR-22 and they are plastic lowers.

[mesquitecountry]

I didnt look that hard at them. Didnt realize they were carbon guns.

[Tuffbroadhead]

Have you seen the S&W trav??

http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=34384

Hey thats pretty cool also!!! The only thing that I dont like about it , is where is say's that the buffer tube is molded into the reciever...

[Tuffbroadhead]

I have held both the S&W and Colt AR-22 and they are plastic lowers.

I dont think so, the colt is a forged weapon, here is a link to the tech data on the four 22 rimfires that Colt/umarex are making.

http://www.colt22rimfire.com/index.p...chnical-rifles

[tvc184]

They are not made by Colt, they are made by Umarex/Walther...and the whole weapon is built around the 22. rimfire cartridge, I'll admit I have not held one in my hands yet but I really doubt that it can be made into a 5.56 x 45. weapon...

I looked at one last week at Academy and from what I saw, it could not be converted. I liked it, but it wasn't an AR per se.

[mesquitecountry]

If the rate of twist wouldnt be so bad it wouldnt be so bad of a 223 weapon. I guess that's how they're keeping people from upgrading them in to a cheap but nice weapon.

[kfd82]

Just saw a gun show on the outdoor channel the other night talking about these. They were either S&W, or Colt...but they are built from the ground up as a .22 and they can NOT be converted into a .223/5.56

****as in, there is no kit to convert it and it wasnt made to be converted, however a gun smith could probably do something to it to convert it but that cost on top of the gun price....might as wel buy an ar15****

[Artos]

Hey thats pretty cool also!!! The only thing that I dont like about it , is where is say's that the buffer tube is molded into the reciever...

...I doubt an h-buffer would work with that set up. You know they did that to keep the ding-dongs from even thinking about turning it centerfire.

I'm not into rimfires on an ar platform but have to agree for that price I would not consider a conversion. When I first saw it, I immediatly saw a spectra on the end of the tube and went...hmmm.

[kyle1974]

I looked at one in gander mountain today, and it had a tag on the end that said "all metal construction"...

it was $649...

[In-Yo-Grill]

I looked at one in gander mountain today, and it had a tag on the end that said "all metal construction"...

it was $649...

I believe Academy sells the Colt Tactical Rimfire for under $600.