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So, I read on one of the threads in here that the .223/5.56mm can be expected to shoot .5MOA which is excellent.

What I'm wondering is, what kind of accuracy could one expect from the .22lr.

That is to say, if I was shooting at an NSRA 10 spot target. Could it be possible to consistently (If I were doing my part) hit the spot (or at least be inside the 10 ring), with the right ammo...?

I ask because I have an Umarex hk416, and as you probably know, it's as inherently accurate as a baked potato. (in the region of 1"-1.5" groups at 25 yards)... Whilst for plinking this isn't bad, and it's sure a lot of fun, it's just not competitive. I was thinking of getting rid and replacing it with something that would be possible to compete at rimfire benchrest competition (no weight limit, as far as I can see).

Lantacs look like the best finished rifles of their class on the market in the UK, but how do they fair accuracy wise?

Also, is it considerably cheaper to use the same lower/butt/accessories and have a separate upper for SP .223/ SA .22lr or to have completely separate rifles...?

Isn't any make of semi-auto .22 the wrong tool for the job if you're expecting optimum accuracy?

+1, It sounds more a job for the Anschutz 54 ?
If you want an accurate semi-auto, the Thompson Center is not too expensive & pretty good if you can get one.

I've shot a top of the line lantac custom .22 and personally own a 5.56 S.P.

However in regards to the .22, it is build like a tank and it functions flawlessly. I know the owner has put hundreds if not thousands of rounds through it between cleans and it still keeps on spitting out the lead. Personally I've only shot it at steel ringers and fig 11's, out to 300yrds it's put the fig 11s down and it has rung the steel with everyshot. The owner says that it will pretty much punch 1 hole at 25yds. I think given the tollerances everything is built to, the custom barrel and I believe match chamber you are left with a very accurate little .22 which can do serious paper punching or provide the semi auto fun for shooting at multiple targets when plinking.

Obviously it's still a semi auto .22 when compared to specialist target rifles but from what I've seen and heard it does a good job at being accurate. The lower would be inter-changeable with a 5.56 upper so you could easily buy another upper (lantac or other) and you have two rifles but built on the same format (and you only have 1.5 guns to clean after being at the range :lol: )

I can also vouch for the accuracy of the 5.56 which i have paper punched with and even with factory and surplus ammo at 100 it's sub moa.

Of course being a semi auto, it['s already not going to match up with the accuracy of a bolt action designed for the job.

But I already have one of those. I already have something that will poke holes in the same place time and time again provided I do my part that's a bolt action.

I just want to know how well these are made. Accuracy afterall comes down to consistency, and provided the semi auto bolt consistently returns to battery, and you have a quality well chambered barrel with match grade ammo. I see no reason why you couldn't have the accuracy to shoot 10 spots at 25 yards to a competitive standard. Which is why I asked what it's like.

Of course I can spend a lot less on something that'll do the job.

But I want something that will do the job, AND look the part.

I've currently got something that will do the job and something that looks the part, but unfortunately they are 2 different rifles...!

Is there a defined ISO standard for accuracy for baked 'taters? We find they allus hit the spot on the Hillsborough terrace of a Saturday afternoon...

I kind of used it as a rather random example, but now you mention it, a standard could be instituted that "accuracy of a baked potato" could be that of the size of an average baked potato (according to the internet) 2.25"-3.25" at 50 yards...

Which as you would probably agree, not very accurate...

I'd much rather have something that could shoot, say, a 5p piece at 50 yards...

5p ?

Isn't that a shilling in real terms, oomanette?

I'm far too young to remember those Badger...!

EEEK !

*panics*

We might just have groomed a oomanette !

Misadvertently of course, m'Lud