Hi everybody,
Last Christmas I got an AR15 in 7.62x39 and my wife and 10 year old son are a bit jealous when they shoot their bolt actions next to me, they want to get in on the fun. They are both muzzle blast sensitive and shoot 22lr exclusively (I have not been successful introducing them to larger calibers and for now I want to stay with the 22).
I have been looking into AR rifles already built in 22lr and come across the Colt and the S&W MP 15-22, but I am not convinced by the reviews.
So I was thinking about building an AR pistol in 22lr, with a lower that I could use for other pistol builds in the future if I so wanted (maybe with time, they'd like to move up in caliber?).
I'd like to go with the pistol format because the weight is more manageable for them: my wife is very small and my son is still young. They are both lefties. I also have a 7 year old daughter that I would like to introduce to the shooting sports in the future. I was thinking that a 10" or 12" length barrel would be ideal, but what are you thoughts on this? I don't want to go shorter to prevent trainees from reaching in front of the muzzle with their support hand.
I have a couple of questions:
1) Can you please recommend an affordable PISTOL AR lower that would work with a 22lr upper, and that is mil-spec so that in the future other calibers can be used? My idea is that in the future I could purchase a 223 pistol upper for it.
2) Can you recommend a reliable 22lr AR upper?
The main use of the firearm would be to introduce new shooters to the AR platform and to do some plinking, maybe squirrel hunting. Reliability and accessory availability would be the most important considerations.
I am very new to the AR platform, please forgive my lack of experience. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.
Thank you
Last Christmas I got an AR15 in 7.62x39 and my wife and 10 year old son are a bit jealous when they shoot their bolt actions next to me, they want to get in on the fun. They are both muzzle blast sensitive and shoot 22lr exclusively (I have not been successful introducing them to larger calibers and for now I want to stay with the 22).
I have been looking into AR rifles already built in 22lr and come across the Colt and the S&W MP 15-22, but I am not convinced by the reviews.
So I was thinking about building an AR pistol in 22lr, with a lower that I could use for other pistol builds in the future if I so wanted (maybe with time, they'd like to move up in caliber?).
I'd like to go with the pistol format because the weight is more manageable for them: my wife is very small and my son is still young. They are both lefties. I also have a 7 year old daughter that I would like to introduce to the shooting sports in the future. I was thinking that a 10" or 12" length barrel would be ideal, but what are you thoughts on this? I don't want to go shorter to prevent trainees from reaching in front of the muzzle with their support hand.
I have a couple of questions:
1) Can you please recommend an affordable PISTOL AR lower that would work with a 22lr upper, and that is mil-spec so that in the future other calibers can be used? My idea is that in the future I could purchase a 223 pistol upper for it.
2) Can you recommend a reliable 22lr AR upper?
The main use of the firearm would be to introduce new shooters to the AR platform and to do some plinking, maybe squirrel hunting. Reliability and accessory availability would be the most important considerations.
I am very new to the AR platform, please forgive my lack of experience. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.
Thank you
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