. In this match the silhouettes are larger than normal but it's also shot at long range. The chickens are at 75 meters and the rams are all the way out to 188m/205 yards. The rams are about 12 to 14" long and probably weigh 3 to 5 lbs. Pretty heavy. A 17HM2 won't knock them down with a center hit. A 17HMR still needs to hit at one end or the other. A 22LR slides them back on the rail and they fall off. The 22 mag smacks them back against the berm which is about 3 feet back.
I’ve been reading a lot,of horror stories about the CMR. Sucks, because it has a lot of features that appealed to me. I have also read numerous complaints and reliability issues on pretty much every semi auto 22mag. By the CZ seems to be the best looking option so far.
Yea I read something last night about filing down, and polishing the engagement surfaces on the trigger/seer.
Very interesting. Probably not something that would make it to the woods this season, but it could be a cool future option. What would you use for mags though? Does anyone manufacture a functioning mag for an AR?I don't know what your budget is but there may be 22 mag uppers available for AR15 lowers. I built one myself and it shoots good but it got put on the backburner so I still haven't addressed the mag issue yet.
I DID shoot it in a metallic silhouette match at Cherokee Gun Club. I made a sled follower for a 223 mag and just single loaded. The difference in "knock down power" between the 22 mag and any other rimfire was enough to have me giggling like a little girl
So don't let anybody tell you a 22LR will do the same job.
The guy who designed the set up I used welded up a bracket that fits inside a 223 mag and held a Marlin 7 round 22 mag magazine. I have the Marlin mags just haven't gotaroundtuit yet.
I heard of these, but left them off due to price and spotty availability.
On my conversion the designer uses a pushrod from the bolt back to the original AR15 buffer and mainspring. I had to add weight to the buffer and play with the mainspring to get it right.
