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Posted: 3/19/2015 5:18:20 PM EDT
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I'm thinking about converting to an AR22 just for the sake of cheaper ammo. Does this make sense?
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My friend, with premium .22lr ammo going for 20 to 27 cents a round
it is no longer a fantastic way to save money. What does make sense is that you can earn a tremendous amount of shooting skills at closer ranges (25 to 75 yards) that can translate over to your centerfire shooting. And, even at .27 a round it is much cheaper than $1.00 a round of match grade CF ammo. I say go for it, you will learn a lot from the experience. Ted |
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My friend, with premium .22lr ammo going for 20 to 27 cents a round it is no longer a fantastic way to save money. What does make sense is that you can earn a tremendous amount of shooting skills at closer ranges (25 to 75 yards) that can translate over to your centerfire shooting. And, even at .27 a round it is much cheaper than $1.00 a round of match grade CF ammo. I say go for it, you will learn a lot from the experience. Ted There is no need to shoot match .22 for practice. I can find bulk packs regularly for $28/500, around $0.06 per round. |
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Quoted: if you go with an Atchison unit like my dedicated CMMG, try S&W 15-22 magazines |
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Yep, SW mags are the best in my opinion. Better mag adapter is a amazing product to go with them. But definitley go with a dedicated upper instead of a Proprietary design like the SW M&P22. The SWs are good little rifles, but you will like a dedicated upper much better in my opinion.
Where are you spending 27 cents a round for .22 ammo? Or even .20 cents? That is complete robbery. If you are willing to spend that, I am willing to sell at that  I have plenty and I have never spent more than retail at Walmart...Usually 24.97 for 550 Federal Bulk. Passed on the Winchester 1000 packs last week for like 48.00. I do not like the stuff..
I will pay upwards of 40.00 for CCI Standard Velocity for a 500 round brick though. Hard to find those though right now. Maybe you are referring to match grade ammo at .27 cents. .27 cents still seems very, very high for match ammo. But I do not buy it though. |
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There is no need to shoot match .22 for practice. I can find bulk packs regularly for $28/500, around $0.06 per round. Quoted:
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My friend, with premium .22lr ammo going for 20 to 27 cents a round it is no longer a fantastic way to save money. What does make sense is that you can earn a tremendous amount of shooting skills at closer ranges (25 to 75 yards) that can translate over to your centerfire shooting. And, even at .27 a round it is much cheaper than $1.00 a round of match grade CF ammo. I say go for it, you will learn a lot from the experience. Ted There is no need to shoot match .22 for practice. I can find bulk packs regularly for $28/500, around $0.06 per round. Oh it would be so easy to just shut my mouth and go away. But for those who are truly interested in shooting the absolute best they can and come to fully appreciate what accuracy their gun has, I must elaborate. True: you don't have to shoot match grade ammo for practice. But I don't practice and neither do the men and women I compete against (I earned NRA Small Bore Master while in USAF in 1972 and NRA Expert CF in 1999 - earned with bolt guns and not AR's, sorry to say). In place of practice comes training. Big difference between the two, with practice being rote functioning and training learning from every shot. Other than barrel warm up and coarse optic sight-in, when you train it is best to shoot the same ammo for both training and record. This eliminates some very big disappointments during competition. But now back to p226guy and his statement, I apologize for thinking that everyone has the same goal in the sport as I do. Very clearly, most of the contributors to this forum just want to have fun and, for that, any old ammo that runs well will do. As for the best magazine for the AR22? I was one of the 1st here to go Better-Mag and S&W and I've never regretted that decision. It is an awesome combination. Ted |
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