Houdini1953
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I called my local gun range about shooting my M&P-15 using either 5.56 or .223 and they said no but that for $10 bucks I could rent one of their bolts and magazines that would convert it to shoot .22LR.
So this morning I bought 550 rounds of 22LR at Walmart as well as 100 rounds of WWB for my FS M&P9. I made it to the range about 9:30 a.m. and got one of the 22LR bolts as well as the magazine. The magazine looks about the same as my Magpul mags except it enables you to load 22LR.
I then went downstairs to the manual range and proceeded to load the magazine with what I later found to be 20 rounds by hand. Man this was a real pain sticking these little bullets into the magazine one by one, and really messy to your fingers. Next I loaded the full magazine and proceeded to fire at about 10 yards with fairly good results considering I was free standing and firing the weapon. a couple in the bullseye and most all the rest in the 9 ring so not too bad.
But I knew it was gonna be a long day with 500 rounds to load only 20 at a time and only one magazine, so after about 100 rounds I decided to shoot my 9mm handgun which I did with decent results after putting some shoot n see patches on the bullseye. I must say I was better with the 9 than the 22 but I am primarily a handgun shooter anyway.
I then went ahead and shot the remainder of the rounds I had for the 22LR and noticed that regardless of the range of the target that the point of aim needed to be higher than using the .223 or 5.56 and then I get home and clean it with Break Free and it took several patches before it even looked reasonably clean, it does still have some carbon but I will fire some .223 and 5.56 through it tomorrow at a different range where I can try to be sure that the gas tube is not blocked from *** the dirty stuff the 22LR put into the weapon.
Don't know how many others have done this but would like to hear about it. I was not that impressed, I'll stick with either 5.56 or .223 at least after I get rid of the other 250 rounds of 22LR!
So this morning I bought 550 rounds of 22LR at Walmart as well as 100 rounds of WWB for my FS M&P9. I made it to the range about 9:30 a.m. and got one of the 22LR bolts as well as the magazine. The magazine looks about the same as my Magpul mags except it enables you to load 22LR.
I then went downstairs to the manual range and proceeded to load the magazine with what I later found to be 20 rounds by hand. Man this was a real pain sticking these little bullets into the magazine one by one, and really messy to your fingers. Next I loaded the full magazine and proceeded to fire at about 10 yards with fairly good results considering I was free standing and firing the weapon. a couple in the bullseye and most all the rest in the 9 ring so not too bad.
But I knew it was gonna be a long day with 500 rounds to load only 20 at a time and only one magazine, so after about 100 rounds I decided to shoot my 9mm handgun which I did with decent results after putting some shoot n see patches on the bullseye. I must say I was better with the 9 than the 22 but I am primarily a handgun shooter anyway.
I then went ahead and shot the remainder of the rounds I had for the 22LR and noticed that regardless of the range of the target that the point of aim needed to be higher than using the .223 or 5.56 and then I get home and clean it with Break Free and it took several patches before it even looked reasonably clean, it does still have some carbon but I will fire some .223 and 5.56 through it tomorrow at a different range where I can try to be sure that the gas tube is not blocked from *** the dirty stuff the 22LR put into the weapon.
Don't know how many others have done this but would like to hear about it. I was not that impressed, I'll stick with either 5.56 or .223 at least after I get rid of the other 250 rounds of 22LR!
