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Hello folks,
Today I got to play with an interesting item.
This item happens to be a US M261 .22 caliber conversion kit for the M16 rifle.
The Air Force contracted for a bunch of these back in the 70s and 80s. I picked this one up awhile back from a Gunboards seller, for a sinfully low price. Mine is dated March 1978.
This is basically a drop-in kit to convert the AR/M16 to shoot .22lr. The bolt assy includes a chamber adapter, bolt and recoil spring. The unit is charged using the standard charging handle.
The mag adapters are 10 rounders, and they drop into a standard mag. You don't even have to disassemble the mag......you just push the follower down and slide the .22 mag into place underneath the feed lips. The follower puts pressure on the adapter, holding it into place.
Today I finally got a chance to put a few hundred rounds through this system, and I must say.....it works pretty good. I had a few failures to feed, seems one of the mags doesn't like to push the nose of the first round into the chamber, but otherwise it worked really well.
Accuracy wasn't stellar, but wasn't bad either. I could consistently hit the little 4x2 steel squares at 50 yards on the rimfire range and knock them down. It didn't group like my 795, but I was satisfied nonetheless.
If you come across one of these, don't pass it up. They are collector's items now, and I probably shouldn't have taken it out, but I just couldn't help myself.
Mine came with it's manual, 5 mags, and a spare parts/tool kit.
This fits in nicely with my collection of .22 military trainers.
Have a great weekend!
Sorry for the crappy photos!
Today I got to play with an interesting item.
This item happens to be a US M261 .22 caliber conversion kit for the M16 rifle.
The Air Force contracted for a bunch of these back in the 70s and 80s. I picked this one up awhile back from a Gunboards seller, for a sinfully low price. Mine is dated March 1978.
This is basically a drop-in kit to convert the AR/M16 to shoot .22lr. The bolt assy includes a chamber adapter, bolt and recoil spring. The unit is charged using the standard charging handle.
The mag adapters are 10 rounders, and they drop into a standard mag. You don't even have to disassemble the mag......you just push the follower down and slide the .22 mag into place underneath the feed lips. The follower puts pressure on the adapter, holding it into place.
Today I finally got a chance to put a few hundred rounds through this system, and I must say.....it works pretty good. I had a few failures to feed, seems one of the mags doesn't like to push the nose of the first round into the chamber, but otherwise it worked really well.
Accuracy wasn't stellar, but wasn't bad either. I could consistently hit the little 4x2 steel squares at 50 yards on the rimfire range and knock them down. It didn't group like my 795, but I was satisfied nonetheless.
If you come across one of these, don't pass it up. They are collector's items now, and I probably shouldn't have taken it out, but I just couldn't help myself.
Mine came with it's manual, 5 mags, and a spare parts/tool kit.
This fits in nicely with my collection of .22 military trainers.
Have a great weekend!
Sorry for the crappy photos!
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