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Posted: 3/18/2001 8:03:27 PM EDT
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No, I haven't heard of one, but I do recall that my Mini 14 manual said some Mini 14's made it out as 222.....so the idea of a AR in 222 is not odd (or is it). All it would be is a barrel change, right.......
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Posted: 3/18/2001 8:19:15 PM EDT
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Yes there is one for sale right now on GunBroker. They were made for export, primarily for countries that don't allow their citizens to have military caliber weapons. I heard that most of them went to Europe, but I can't attest to that.
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Posted: 3/18/2001 8:19:44 PM EDT
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Actually the barrel would be the same, the chamber would be different.
I think Colt marketed some of these for sale to countries where guns in military calibers are regulated more strictly than guns in non-military calibers. |
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Posted: 3/18/2001 8:21:08 PM EDT
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. . . which is what slt said, except his post wasn't up there when I wrote mine . . .
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Posted: 3/18/2001 8:30:37 PM EDT
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A book I have claims that Gene Stoner originally designed the AR-15 around the .222 cartridge. But, "It didn't work quite as well as he wanted, so he redesigned the .222Rem with a slightly larger case, and called it the .223Rem".
I don't know if this accurate AR-15 trivia or BS. |
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Posted: 3/18/2001 8:37:47 PM EDT
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Yeah, I've got 1 1/2 old colts in .222. Had one since around 1970, & picked another one up about a year ago for $ 775.00. I put a 10.5" .223 HMG barrel on it -- hence the 1/2. Used to see them around more often, but nobody except collectors, & AFs wanted them, now they're said to command a premium... The one I paid $775 for last year is in 99% condition, VERY PREEEE-BAN, & was built [u]by[/u] Colt as a pistol,,,, but the owner said he wanted to get rid of it because it was "TOO damned weird."
I really did tell him the pre(86)ban lower alone was worth that, & he said "Yep, but that top is useless! So we're even!" Whatayagonado, I bought it. I use the original (1969) one a few times a year (tack driver), but you can't buy [b]that[/b] ammo for 11 cents a round! |
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Posted: 3/18/2001 8:50:32 PM EDT
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O.K. this is what I heard , it was origanaly to be a .222 , but the military requirements was that the bullet had to penetrate both sides of a helement at 500 yards , the .222 could almost do it but not quite , therefore the case was extended a few mm for the extra powder.
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