all357mag
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Does anyone make a longer barrel for the MP 15-22? A 22"-24" would be perfect!
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CrazyFingers
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For what purpose?
If you're looking for extreme long-range accuracy, you bought the wrong rifle.
If you're looking for extreme long-range accuracy, you bought the wrong rifle.
yugowego
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I would look for a nice bolt action for long range group shooting.
Drunk3n Snip3R
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doesnt the pc version have a 18" barrel? I know its not as long as he is looking for but it is longer I believe.
yugowego
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Yes it does.
yugowego
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Excuse me?!
Rapidray
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I have been wanting a longer barrel also...ever since they first came out. personally I would love a 28 inch barrel...yea you guys can trash me...I am used to it...lol. That is why I have my ruger with the green mountain barrel in 28 inch.
Kayback
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28" on a .22 is a little excessive. You need at most 20".
KBK
KBK
Kayback
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Ture, but there is no reason to have a 28" barrel on a .22. It'll actually REDUCE the effectiveness of it.
Rapidray
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for under 100 yards a short barrel is ok...but shoot it at 300 or 400 yards and you will want the longer barrel. Oh and we are talking paper puching here. the longer barrel will also give you more sight radius to play with. at these yards you higher velocity will work against you...sound barrier and when it drops back it you will have air knocking it around a little. that is one reason match ammo is slow.
as zload said YMMV
as zload said YMMV
Kayback
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Ah, No.
The longer barrel will do NOTHING besides maybe give you a longer sight radius, which can be negated by using a scope. Anyway the sight on the 15-22 is the length of the hand guard, not the barrel. So even if you had a 1000" barrel, unless you installed a gas block style sight your sight radius is about 14".
If you shoot 400 yards with a .22 you are a much better shot than I am, but that aside, the best length for a .22 barrel is around 14-20" depending on the ammunition used.
And if you want to shoot 400 yards, you do not use a polymer framed gun like the 15-22.
KBK
The longer barrel will do NOTHING besides maybe give you a longer sight radius, which can be negated by using a scope. Anyway the sight on the 15-22 is the length of the hand guard, not the barrel. So even if you had a 1000" barrel, unless you installed a gas block style sight your sight radius is about 14".
If you shoot 400 yards with a .22 you are a much better shot than I am, but that aside, the best length for a .22 barrel is around 14-20" depending on the ammunition used.
And if you want to shoot 400 yards, you do not use a polymer framed gun like the 15-22.
KBK
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Haven't seen one.
To me it would be like putting a supercharger on a Prius.
There are more important accuracy-limiting factors to consider other than barrel length. For example - how the barrel is supported, how the barrel mounts to the receiver, and the material the upper receiver is made from.
To me it would be like putting a supercharger on a Prius.
There are more important accuracy-limiting factors to consider other than barrel length. For example - how the barrel is supported, how the barrel mounts to the receiver, and the material the upper receiver is made from.
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Rapidray
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well how far do you shoot?? If I may ask.
why not a polymer?
Kayback
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I shoot to around 120m maximum with a .22, most often at 15-30m. I shoot 500m on the odd occasion with various rifles chambered from .303B to .300 Win Mag so I can do it, just not with a .22.
Why not a polymer? Because the polymer used in the 15-22 flexes. It does not offer the same shot to shot consistency as other materials. The barrel is held to the upper with two sandwiched wedges of plastic. The barrel also isn't free floated, which means any pressure on the forend will deflect the barrel, even if only slightly. At 400 yards that slightly will totally ruin your shot to shot consistency.
The 15-22 is not a precision gun.
KBK
Why not a polymer? Because the polymer used in the 15-22 flexes. It does not offer the same shot to shot consistency as other materials. The barrel is held to the upper with two sandwiched wedges of plastic. The barrel also isn't free floated, which means any pressure on the forend will deflect the barrel, even if only slightly. At 400 yards that slightly will totally ruin your shot to shot consistency.
The 15-22 is not a precision gun.
KBK
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DelFuego
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I think that this all boils down to a barrel fetish. To some, 16 inches or shorter will suffice and to others, 28 inches is not enough. It is okay to like one or the other and it has something to do with a son's mother.
To understand this, you don't need to consult gun manuals and such. You just need to understand some of Freud's writings on the subject. Here is a link that will help you understand the real issue underlying the need for a 28 inch barrel:
Bad Subjects: Fetishizing the Fetish
To understand this, you don't need to consult gun manuals and such. You just need to understand some of Freud's writings on the subject. Here is a link that will help you understand the real issue underlying the need for a 28 inch barrel:
Bad Subjects: Fetishizing the Fetish
Argonnakid
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How is the barrel not free floated? If you pull out the end cap on the handguard the barrel touches nothing all the way back to the upper.
Kayback
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If.
If you don't, it isn't. Even if you do it still isn't mounted the most effectively and flexes randomly during the shot.
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