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True! I do know that either bushmaster or armalite own the patent on .223 Rimfire though....

That would be a .22 Rimfire round to.....

If only they'd develope it :(

Yes, .22 magnum semi's are legal in the UK and, Alexander Arms have been working on a .22 magnum AR for a couple of years.

Sim G wrote:Yes, .22 magnum semi's are legal in the UK and, Alexander Arms have been working on a .22 magnum AR for a couple of years.

They already do a 17HMR Ar-15. http://www.shopalexanderarms.com/Products-.17_HMR.html

Blu

And a .300 Blackout upper would be interchangeable on the same kit too ?

meles meles wrote:And a .300 Blackout upper would be interchangeable on the same kit too ?

Yeah, that's next on my list! .300blk upper and a .300blk remi 700

Blu wrote:They already do a 17HMR Ar-15.

Yep, I'd be hopeful of one of them if ACPO got their way! They actually proposed the legislation restricting semi's to .22 rimfire was amended to ".22 and below".


When Bill Alexander came out with the .17 AR, he was approached by some from AR15 forum about the .22 magnum. It helped that Bill was a Brit! Seems there needed to be some fettling because of the "straight case feeding" issues, but, hopefully, eventually....

Blu wrote:
They already do a 17HMR Ar-15. http://www.shopalexanderarms.com/Products-.17_HMR.html

Blu

Ammo is way too expensive for a range gun, for the odd rabbit it may make sense otherwise not.

Sim,

Seems there needed to be some fettling because of the "straight case feeding"

I believe they have now overcome that problem or so I was reading a while back. They took a lesson from the .50 Beowulf which had much the same problem back during it's build and adjusted the feed ramp.

Blu

John MH wrote:

Blu wrote:
They already do a 17HMR Ar-15. http://www.shopalexanderarms.com/Products-.17_HMR.html

Blu

Ammo is way too expensive for a range gun, for the odd rabbit it may make sense otherwise not.

Over there in the UK sure, here in the US not the case. Besides if a straight pull AR15 was all I was legally allowed to own then I wouldn't bother, I'd rather spend the money on a nice bolt action rifle.

Blu

Bradley arms website has no prices, can anyone give me a ballpark figure for one of his .223 AR's, I know Lantac are high quality, but I would rather keep my AR cost to £1500 as I would like to add a couple of other calibre's to get me started.