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 Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:20 pm
 Guess what it is.  Local Merchant of Death is getting 6 of them in next week, and I'm planning on fondling one. It's manufactured by Carl Walther under license from New Colt Holdings, it's supposed to be entirely an M4/M16 (two models each) replica is .22LR. The Not So Local Merchant of Death (across state) on TGO says he likes their fit, finish, and feel, but won't get a chance to shoot one till late next week. Even OnPoint (a MAJOR seller) isn't going to have a review up till next week. Why is everything next week!? And before you say "get an AR", 1: I CAN'T FIND ONE, 2: I couldn't afford to shoot it. Local Merchant of Death might be able to get a SINGLE AR, after a wait of several months on backorder, but it would cost $800-$1k. And I still wouldn't be able to afford to shoot it. And no, I wouldn't be able to get an AR and .22 conversion, either, as that's much more expensive. I can see that option for someone who already has an AR, but this is an option for low-budget folks and low-recoil training (their target audiences, for that matter)
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:47 pm
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:02 pm
Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum?
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:19 pm
OberFeldwebel Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum? If they can make it in .410, they can make it in pretty much anything short enough to fit the mag well. Though I must say, I would NOT recommend Colt. Not only do I trust them about as far as I can throw them, but I've heard their civvy side has gone massively down the shitter.
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:24 pm
Fresnel OberFeldwebel Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum? If they can make it in .410, they can make it in pretty much anything short enough to fit the mag well. Though I must say, I would NOT recommend Colt. Not only do I trust them about as far as I can throw them, but I've heard their civvy side has gone massively down the shitter. Aww... too bad about Colt. :/ Yay! Someone! Make a .22 Mag upper!
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:18 am
Fresnel OberFeldwebel Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum? If they can make it in .410, they can make it in pretty much anything short enough to fit the mag well. Though I must say, I would NOT recommend Colt. Not only do I trust them about as far as I can throw them, but I've heard their civvy side has gone massively down the shitter. It's manufactured by Walther, Germany, and only stamped Colt because it's under license. Uh, this is a dedicated, whole rifle. It's not an upper.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:42 am
uryu ishida Fresnel OberFeldwebel Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum? If they can make it in .410, they can make it in pretty much anything short enough to fit the mag well. Though I must say, I would NOT recommend Colt. Not only do I trust them about as far as I can throw them, but I've heard their civvy side has gone massively down the shitter. It's manufactured by Walther, Germany, and only stamped Colt because it's under license. Uh, this is a dedicated, whole rifle. It's not an upper. Right, you said that. Slipped my mind. I thought I remembered hearing bad things about .22 Walthers, though. Eh, probably just design issues. Not something you have to worry about with an AR, the design is proven.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:22 am
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:25 am
Fresnel uryu ishida Fresnel OberFeldwebel Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum? If they can make it in .410, they can make it in pretty much anything short enough to fit the mag well. Though I must say, I would NOT recommend Colt. Not only do I trust them about as far as I can throw them, but I've heard their civvy side has gone massively down the shitter. It's manufactured by Walther, Germany, and only stamped Colt because it's under license. Uh, this is a dedicated, whole rifle. It's not an upper. Right, you said that. Slipped my mind. I thought I remembered hearing bad things about .22 Walthers, though. Eh, probably just design issues. Not something you have to worry about with an AR, the design is proven. People complain about the P22 because the slide is Zinc, but the Colt Tactical Rimfire is steel, so they can stop bitching. @brock: Why? I like .22. I can shoot THOUSANDS of rounds of it for the price of 200 rounds of .223.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 3:56 pm
I like .22 too, for guns primarily designed for it. But an M4 shooting .22 is a b*****d child. Doesn't belong in either world.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 4:12 pm
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 4:28 pm
Inquisitor Brock I like .22 too, for guns primarily designed for it. But an M4 shooting .22 is a b*****d child. Doesn't belong in either world. The M4 was designed to be modular for damn near any caliber. Shut it. They make ARs in everything from .22LR to .50Beowulf, a purpose-built .22LR AR-15 is far from strange. Besides, it's purpose-built for .22, the lower is not compatible with other uppers, except possibly other CTR uppers (if you're getting a CTR with a plan of a .223 upper, you're doing it back-asswards)
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 5:15 pm
uryu ishida Fresnel OberFeldwebel Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum? If they can make it in .410, they can make it in pretty much anything short enough to fit the mag well. Though I must say, I would NOT recommend Colt. Not only do I trust them about as far as I can throw them, but I've heard their civvy side has gone massively down the shitter. It's manufactured by Walther, Germany, and only stamped Colt because it's under license. Uh, this is a dedicated, whole rifle. It's not an upper. Oh. Well then, it looks a lot like the bigger ones.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 5:20 pm
uryu ishida Inquisitor Brock I like .22 too, for guns primarily designed for it. But an M4 shooting .22 is a b*****d child. Doesn't belong in either world. The M4 was designed to be modular for damn near any caliber. Shut it. They make ARs in everything from .22LR to .50Beowulf, a purpose-built .22LR AR-15 is far from strange. Besides, it's purpose-built for .22, the lower is not compatible with other uppers, except possibly other CTR uppers (if you're getting a CTR with a plan of a .223 upper, you're doing it back-asswards) Doesn't make it any less of a b***h gun. The took the balls the M4 has with .223, which is pretty much a .22 on steroids, and hacked them right off. If it was full auto, it'd be cool. Now it's just weird. Though I will say, it looks alot better than the ungodly AK47 and M16 .22 replicas I see at the shows nowadays. Gives me nightmares.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 6:09 pm
OberFeldwebel uryu ishida Fresnel OberFeldwebel Agreed, but I must wonder. Could they make one in .22 Magnum? If they can make it in .410, they can make it in pretty much anything short enough to fit the mag well. Though I must say, I would NOT recommend Colt. Not only do I trust them about as far as I can throw them, but I've heard their civvy side has gone massively down the shitter. It's manufactured by Walther, Germany, and only stamped Colt because it's under license. Uh, this is a dedicated, whole rifle. It's not an upper. Oh. Well then, it looks a lot like the bigger ones. It's supposed to be a complete replica except the innards. When Local Merchant of Dead gets his in, I'll ask if I can read the manual and possibly strip one down.
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