S&W Ar 22 LR

[jed]

Does anyone have one of these new models??

When will they start shipping?

Any and all information would be appreciated.

jed

 

[torrejon224]

I checked with RSR who are major S&W distributors. They have heard of the model but have been given no other info from S&W. Best guess would be mid-late summer. This seems typical of S&W and just happened with the new 3 inch 1911 and the 9mm 1911.

 

[460v LAC du FLAMBEAU]

This one will be hot at $499 LIST price.

Because S&W is running 24/7 on the M&P line along with their $120 million in backorders, my best guess this new .22 version is pushed back to 3rd or 4th calendar quarter.

S&W is using the Thompson Center facilities for all M&P15 barrel production. I've got another 4 month wait on my M&P15 "VTAC" model!

S&W reports year-end earnings & sales in a few weeks...maybe we'll hear an update on the .22 version during the conference call.

 

[opoefc]

I had a chance to handle several of these, take them apart and get a great demonstration of how & why they work, etc. by the S&W people at the NRA convention. They are cute & fun gun and they will sell a ton of them. The estimate was they would be in the hands of dealers "soon" whatever that means. They are a neat gun, but I'm old school. I don't see them taking the place of my Ruger 10-22, or my Remington Nylon 60, that reside behind my pick up's seat. Being in Calif., the ones sold here will only have a 10 round magazine, which puts them equal to my Model 41.

 

[jcall]

Hello, Was just at the Funshop yesterday and they had the Colt version of the ".22". Looked exactly like the .223/.556 version and was $699. Pretty spendy for a .22 in my opinion.

Hopefully S&W keeps the price around the $499 mark. It was pretty cool tho.

 

[Love my 5906M]

Expect to see it at retail in late July. $499 suggested retail.

 

[zercool]

Hello, Was just at the Funshop yesterday and they had the Colt version of the ".22". Looked exactly like the .223/.556 version and was $699. Pretty spendy for a .22 in my opinion.

Eh, it's not that bad, really. I paid nearly $400 for my Savage bolt .22, and higher-end bolts like the CZ's and Anschutzes are even more. Allowing you to train on your manual of arms for $0.03/shot instead of $0.35-40/shot is worth a LOT to me... heck, a good caliber conversion upper is $500 by itself; this allows you to do it without swapping parts.