I picked a Colt Conversion kit years ago for my HBAR Sporter (which "isn't" anymore, since I went through the REALLY annoying process of making it CA-legal and shipped it out here - effing Colt with the pins all different sizes etc etc) - basically a bolt carrier and a magazine - and I've never used it. I want to start doing so to cut down on practice costs. I had a discussion with someone recently and they noted two big disadvantages to using this over a dedicated .22 AR:
- magazines are hard to come by, and ridiculously expensive
- cleaning is a much bigger pain in the ***.
He specifically mentioned that the gas tube gets badly fouled and takes a lot of work to clean out.
Can anyone speak to this, and what needs to be done to keep it functioning well when shooting rimfire ammo?
- magazines are hard to come by, and ridiculously expensive
- cleaning is a much bigger pain in the ***.
He specifically mentioned that the gas tube gets badly fouled and takes a lot of work to clean out.
Can anyone speak to this, and what needs to be done to keep it functioning well when shooting rimfire ammo?
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