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Okay guys if you could pick only one which would it be?
I like the weight of the the stg 22 and the wooden box it comes in if you pay the extra price.
I havent got a chance to hold the ak22.
does anyone have experience with either one of these rifles.
I do own the 1911-22 and it is smooth as butter with no issues at all. I also owned the gsg522 for awhile another great 22lr from gsg.
Doesnt seem like gsg has any problems making 22s but which one would you pick.
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I have a Gsg AK-22 and held my friends Stg-22.
The Stg-22 was cool, but it was super impractical. There were no provisions to mount an optic. My friend ended up selling it for a loss when the novelty factor wore off. From what I understand there are two different types of butt-stocks, one which is really well made, and another which was made as a cost cutting measure.
The Ak-22 looks like an AK from a few feet away, but you soon see the differences. The stock is beefier than a real ak and it is a inch or so longer overall. The gas tube, trigger guard, bolt carrier, safety lever, and some other parts are made of a strong plastic. The safety lever functions in a similar way as a real one, but is designed completely differently. The scope side rail is made of plastic and does not accept standard AK scope mounts. I purchased a GSG scope mount on ebay for ~$20 and mounted a TRS-25, which has served me well. The outer barrel is made of thin wall pipe and there is a barrel liner suspended in the middle of it. I ended up getting a Gemtec 1/2x28 thread adapter to mount my can on the rifle and it seemed to function pretty well. I fed her standard velocity CCI, CCI auto-match, and some CCI Ar tactical ammo, all of which functioned without any issues. Overall I am pleased with the purchase, I added a ak-74 sling swivel on the buttstock and carved out vent holes on the upper handguard to match a real ak.