Military 'Replicas' in .22LR

[snayperskaya]

Chiappa AK22, would be tempted if the mag could be made to fit inside a 30 round mag casing.Apart from the rare as hens Saiga .22 this is probably the best looking attempt at a .22 AK. Chiappas' website says they are available worldwide, anyone know of a UK dealer?.

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[ChAoS]

anyone know of a UK dealer?

My Chiappa shotgun came from this guy:

http://westernshootingsupplies.com

Regards,

Mark.

[dave_303]

Fairly tempted to go for the ARX160 in .22LR.

Can someone confirm/deny that the real counterpart has a 16" barrel? All the .22 ones I've found seem to have an 18" barrel - and that's a deal breaker for me.

I'll measure mine soon when I next visit my folks place, I seem to recall having it next to my CZ452 which has a 16" barrel, the extra 2" that is stated for the ads for the ARX seem to be the flash hider.

Now that they've officially come into the UK they are a lot cheaper than what I paid for mine (they are now in the region of £450)
Would I have liked mine at that price? Of course, do I feel that even at the much higher price that I got what I paid for? Certainly.

I've now dumped through 2,000+ rounds, I have yet to clean the gun apart from my usual clean a gun before you first shoot it routine. It has been lubed once, with FrogLube (Thanks for that Ray!). I have used Minimags, Standard velocity aquila and really s*** federal bulk in standard, again, no failures with any of them.

Accuracy, with optics it's great, with the plastic back up 'iron sights' well I used them for the first time yesterday, my RS55 scope has been removed as I need to get it repaired, the illumination never worked, I shoot in a dark indoor range. The irons worked great, at 25m I had nothing outside the 8 ring of a NSRA PL14 target, that is something I have NEVER been able to do with a Ruger 10/22 and it's irons.

Downside, the trigger is crap, actually it is pretty terrible, however, it's not as bad as that of a Walther G22 so that's something I guess, I've yet to look at the trigger group beyond basic field stripping, but I bet something can be done.

In terms of barrel length, you can cut it down to 12" and it still be UK legal.

[SevenSixTwo]

Thanks.

Yes, I'd probably have it cut down to match the 5.56 if I bought it. I can't stand glaring innacuracies. On that note, I've noticed that it's not exactly a faithfull replica of the ARX100...

Does look like a good blaster though.

[Fedaykin]

I have a military replica .22lr on order, not saying what it is yet tongueout

Went to the grand opening of Wentworth Sporting Supplies new shop last Friday and the Edgars rep was there with a whole load of their toys to look at. Some very cool stuff actually including a beautiful cowboy 1886 short leaver action. But a certainly military replica .22lr caught my eye, knowing that Edgars had gained the import off the previous importer and that particular gun had sold out and was frankly a bit over priced I asked if they were bringing them in soon.

His reply, 15 coming in next week, £495 and I could reserve one...

Well my wallet came out and a deposit was paid making me the first firearms purchase for Wentworths new shop.

I will illuminate you all next week because there will be a big grin on my face but I do feel sorry for those who got it at the old price

[SevenSixTwo]

I think their website is borked:

[Charlotte the flyer]

I have a military replica .22lr on order, not saying what it is yet tongueout

Is it an L85 tongueout

[SevenSixTwo]

Haha - that'd be the day...

[Fedaykin]

I think their website is borked:

Right price wrong rifle :lol:

I must ask Amy at Wentworth about that picture sometime LOL

[Fedaykin]

I have a military replica .22lr on order, not saying what it is yet tongueout

Is it an L85 tongueout

Actually during the 90's whilst in the ATC I got to fire an L85A1 with the .22lr conversion kit installed. Lots of fun!

But not that in this case.

Actually once people find out what rifle Edgars are bringing in at £495 I think it will be very much sold out again. Hence why I won't say what it is until mine has arrived and is safely in my cab...

Selfish but heck such is life!