I forgot how much fun shooting a .22 rifle could be!

[Fatman]

I picked up a S&W MP 15-22 last week and finally got it out on the range today. What a hoot! Took about 15 rounds to warm it up and zero it at 50 yards, followed by 300 rounds of shooting up placed clay frags and spinners.  My shoulder isn't sore and neither is my wallet.

It shoots like a champ, one misfire (good strike, no pop) and no FTE, which was reported w/ some of the rifles, as in this funny post below:

S&W Converted my MP15-22 to semiauto!
I recently purchased a Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 straight pull bolt action single shot rifle and had fun with the integral brass catching feature, but I figured I wanted something different, so I returned it to S&W to have it converted to semiautomatic operation. I sent it off 2 weeks ago and it was returned today.

I took it out to camp and burped off a full 25 round magazine with zero problems! Whoo Hoo!

S&W was great, with a fast reply to my original complaint and an emailed free shipping tag. They only had it a week and when I got it back, they had included 2 free magazines with it...did I say Whoo Hoo! yet?

I have to commend and compliment Smith & Wesson for their immediate and complete response to the problem I had with the rifle. If you have the FTE problem, fear not! They will take care of you.

I have always been a S&W guy. Always will be, too.

 

http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-15-22/105721-s-w-converted-my-mp15-22-semiauto.html

Always nice to see good customer service! Bottom line, this .22 rocks with everything where it is on an AR sans the forward assist.

Pros: Picatinny fore end, flattop w/removable iron sights included  Con: no front sling swivel - I'll need to check if this was an oversight.

Love this little Evil Black Rifle Wannabe! 

[Hazcat]

.22 are FUN to shoot, teach you all you need and are affordable.  Get them in as close a match as possible to yer 'big' guns and the training translates real well.

[fightingquaker13]

That's particularly true of Sig. I hear they have this gun called the mosquito...... Just kidding Haz. I love my 10/22 and would never part with it. The same is true of my airguns. Virtually free to shoot and great practice. The only thing you lose is learning to cope with recoil and noise, but as far as placing that first shot, for either huntng or SD, its all the same. Likewise, here in So. Fl., I'm stuck with indoor ranges unless I want to drive halfway across the state. I can't practice at an unknown range, or moving laterlly with my Glock. But I can with my Crossman in my back yard. Not the same, but a darn sigh better than nothing. I'll take it. I say yay, for .22s and airguns.
FQ13