So this morning I took a trip to Gander Mountain in the hopes of finding a MP 15-22. Well luck shined on me and they had at least one left. While I was there I noticed on the rack they had a bunch of AR-15 style .22LR's. After the MP 15-22 they had what looked like some real AR-15's converted over to fire .22LR. The cheapest I believe was $630. I got to hold the MP 15-22 for the first time, I was impressed how realistic this gun is in comparison to the .223 AR-15, it even had some decent weight to it.

I ended up buying it. They did a background check right their in the store while I waited. I filled out the paperwork, the lady explained the basic operation of the weapon, she help me find the ammo/cleaning kit/carrying case/ear muffs/safety glasses. The MP 15-22 costed me $499+ tax which came out to about $530. With all the accessories/ammo the grand total came out to $710. My father paid for all the accessories, and I had about $200 in birthday money so in the end I only paid $330. By Christmas time I will have re-coped all the money spent today.

So I got it home and starting reading the instructions, I read through all the basic safety instructions. Then I handled the gun. Adjusted the stock, checked the sights, etc. I wanted to see how the trigger felt so after check the chamber for rounds (Even though I didn't load the rifle) I set the safety to fire and pulled the trigger. I did this 3-4 times. Now I am smacking myself on the head for doing this because when I read deeper into the instruction booklet they recommended that the weapon should never be dry fired.

After this I continued to read deeper into the instructions, I wanted to load the magazine and give the rifle a cleaning. I believe I loaded the magazine correctly but I will upload some pictures later so you guys can have a look. The last thing I did was the cleaning. I took out the extractor and charging handle. Then via the bore I swept the barrel with the hard bristle brush, and I got a puff of dirt out of the rifle. I proceeded to clean the barrel with the solvent. I gave it two sweeps through the barrel with two different swabs. After that I cleaned the extractor with the solvent. I dried all the components afterwards. Before putting everything back together I lubricated all the internal metal components with the lubricant. Then I stored the rifle.

Hopefully in a few days I will be able to take this rifle to the range and fire it. I am hoping I can get a day off from work because I know someone who is a bit of a firearm expert and he well be free during one of the week days to instruct me. Hopefully the gun functions properly, and I loaded/cleaned the gun properly.

Thats about it, when I get a chance I will try and upload some pictures. Thanks for all the advice you guys have shared with me so far.

Yeah thats my current obsession, saving for that car. Now that AR-15 is sweet, but it looks expensive to operate.

I didn't think the casings were hard enough to break the extractor.

Its a really eye catching color isn't it?