I bought myself a birthday gift this year - a CMMG parkerized .22LR conversion kit for my AR (S&W M&P15T). It arrived Tuesday - just in time for my usual birthday routine (I take the day off every year and spend the morning at the range). Woke up Wednesday, drove to Walmart to pick up a 550 round .22LR Federal value pack, then went to the range.

The packaging for the conversion kit states that the break-in period for the parkerized kit is 200 rounds. Within the first 50 or so rounds I experienced two stovepipes. After that the kit performed flawlessly for another 250 or so rounds. I found it easy to compensate POA at 25 and 50 yards using the EOtech and BUIS and, shooting from a standing position, I was able to place 75 rounds within a 4 inch area at 50 yards, most inside the 1.5" bullseye (of which there is very little left). I was mostly just running ammo through it for fun and not trying to shoot tight groups. I was a bit surprised, however, with how consistent performance and accuracy were using the kit and loose bulk .22LR ammo. The best thing about the kit IMO - it's a pile of fun to shoot with!

Color me happy!

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Wish I read this post a few days ago, I had a CMMG kit in my hand at The OAKS gun show and didnt buy it. Concerns about reliability and how dirty does your rifle get? I had an Atichesson kit Many moons ago and it really made the gun filthy. Now makin me wish I did LOL.
Glad it works well, thanks for the report and Happy Bday.
Guess I'll look at next show.

Thread needs pics!

First gun i bought was the M&P15-22 since then I have had 2 ARs now I have a M&P15 MOE. I am thinking of selling the 22 and geting a conversion kit for my AR and having one rifle instead of 2

After 300 rounds of .22LR I was surprised to see relatively little mess in my AR and the kit (relative to my expectations of course). Cleaning took no longer than usual. I like that I'm able to get a lot more trigger time with my M&P15T using my optics and not break the bank doing it.

I'll try to get pics this weekend when we're out shooting.

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Here's a picture of the last target I shot with the conversion kit. 60 rounds from 50 yards, rapid fire (~1 round per second), using an EOtech HWS:



...shot with this M&P15T (kit not installed in this picture):

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