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Wildgoose:
As any of you who have looked into a cheaper way to get in more range time with an AR-15 may know there are a lot of options out there to convert one to .22LR. I spent the better part of two months trying to run down all the information I could on the subject. Conversion units, complete rifles and various uppers abound. All of this was spured on for me when I decided to go to an up coming Appleseed Project weekend and also started shooting and loading for a new DCM/CMP AR. I was advised that the best approach to doing the Appleseed would be to use a .22LR rifle as many do. So, the conversion idea seemed a good why to accomplish both goals. I finally decided to go with a Tatcical Solutions M4 dedicated complete upper in .22LR. Its a straight drop on for my AR-15 DPMS lower assembly. It comes with one BDM full body mag.
This last weekend was my first trip out with it and to say the least it was a blast. Fit up to the lower was a snap and function with several hundred rounds of Federal 36 grain bulk pac ammo was flawless. I did all of my shooting with a standard carry handle rear sight at 25 meters, the range for the Appleseed, and a military leather sling as usded in DCM type match shooting. I did sand bag rest the rifle for inital sight in. I shot the rest of the targets from the sitting and prone positions using the sling. Got to say it was a lot of fun and should be good way to get ready for the AS and DCM with out breaking the bank or spending a lot of time at the loading bench.

tylersaurus:
I'm glad it worked so well. I know that a lot of .22lr conversions can be picky or prone to jamming. It's nice to see that TACsol got it right. I've looked at a lot of their products, which all seem well built, but have no experience with them.

Rich B:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=124&t=492378

That might be relevant to your interests.

AJ_Engineer:

--- Quote from: Rich B on May 07, 2010, 11:23:02 AM ---http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=124&t=492378

That might be relevant to your interests.

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Yep, I'm going to be picking up one of those come July to drop in my AR. Figure it would cost the same as a 10/22 and I already have the optics and everything on my AR.

bkoenig:
That looks good, you'll need one more BDM mag for Appleseed.

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