Hi I agree with the breakdown of the SR22, he showed me what he had to do in order to clean the weapon….yep peta all right, showed him how mine broke down and he was like
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I was going to install a bolt buffer and auto bolt release catch for him at the range, was accustom to the breakdown of a Ruger 10-22 (have built a couple of Ruger bench rest shooters)
So after he explained how to break it down…. thought it would be better to work on it on a bench, really didn’t realize how easy the M&P 15-22 would be to work on compared to the Ruger SR22.
I did have the choice to buy either, in fact it was the SR22 that caught my eye in the first place as an E.B.R.
Then I happened to see the 15-22 the day I went to buy the SR22, The gun shop also had a Colt 22 and I was able to compare them all side by side the M&P15-22 won out on several points
- Interchangeability with AR parts
- Functionality of an AR type weapon
- Weight
- Looks
- Cost
I’m not saying the other brands are bad choices but if you truly want a close proximity to an AR platform and the features it has, then the M&P 15-22 is the “Man” especially after shooting it!
And there’s something about the look of the M&P 15-22 with my 1911 .22 from Umarex that just looks right (currently in the market for a .45 Colt 1911 Gold Cup for the big caliber set)
They will look almost identical to each other when I’m done, the only thing is I should have purchased a M&P 15 in 5.56 NATO (my friend has a M&P 15 and is a dead match for the M&P 15-22) instead of the Rock River Arms LAR-15 in the same caliber,
That was basically cost and features between the two, I got a better trigger, barrel, stock, free floating forgrip & saved about $400.00
Can you guess where that savings went?