New Zimmerman Arms Rezolution Tactical .22
Zimmerman Arms have developed what looks like the best tactical Ruger 10/22-style rifle available. What sets the Rezolution (yes, it is spelt with a "z") apart from other tactical 10/22 type rifles is that they have developed their own receiver. It does not enclose a standard 10/22 receiver inside an outer shell like the Ruger SR-22 and other similar guns.
The CNC machined receiver features a full length monolithic top picatinny rail. A bottom rail and side rails are bolted onto the receiver. Internally it makes use of a Ruger 10/22 compatible bolt, trigger group, magazines and v-block barrel mounting system. Rimfire Technologies, a well known supplied of after market 10/22 parts, supplies many of the internal parts, including the barrel.
As most of you have already guessed, the Rezolution is compatible with standard AR-15 stocks. What is slightly disappointing is that it is not compatible with AR-15 pistol grips, although this is a minor fault.
The pricing starts at $941.81 for the R-RT-21BL (Rezolution Tactical with 21" length receiver). This model features a 16" .750 diameter fluted stainless threaded barrel with AR-15 A2 flash-hider and a M4 style stock.
Production has only just begun and some models will not be available until next month. I personally think these guns are a very good deal and are going to sell very well.
Damn I wish they just made one I could drop one of my 10/22 receivers into to save money! Like you said though, this is by far the coolest looking tactical conversion kit so far.
Seems like a tough sell when a S&W M&P15-22 can be had for less than $500. The pistol grip is proprietary and integral to the receiver assembly, which is -1 for tacticool customization. Still, it’s black and has rails on it so I’m sure someone will buy it.
Someone REALLY has to explain me the point of a tactical .22.
(still, it looks awesome)
This looks cool but my Spikes Tactical ST-22 takes the cake. Sure, it cost me nearly $1000 but it runs like a Swiss watch and looks twice as good. Just make sure you order with the Lothar-Walther match barrel. It is at the top of my fun-gun list. A whole day of match-accuracy plinking for $20 worth of ammo. That is hard to beat!
Why?
You know how you see old “Fitz Special” Colt revolvers at the gun shows which have had their hammers bobbed, their barrels cut off behind the front sight, and the trigger guard cut away in the front to make them faster on the draw? I think that future generations are going to see all of these expensive “Tacticool” .22s and think the same thing; “What a bunch of idiots”.
I can sort of see the point of a tactical .22 – it’s for people who want a tacticool EBR and actually enjoy shooting it. .22 LR is still dirt cheap and likely to remain so and you can actually use it for plinking (where legal) without annoying the neighbors. I probably wouldn’t buy one but I can sort of see the appeal.
Now, a $1000 tacticool .22? Beats me. At the distances where using a .22 rifle makes sense (varmint control, plinking) you don’t really need a super-accurate gun or optics. I’d rather use the money to buy a real AR or half a dozen C&Rs.
I paid $800 for my 5.56mm AR-15, WITH a CMMG .22LR conversion kit for it.
You can’t make much better a fighting rifle trainer than to take your fighting rifle and drop parts in it to let you shoot .22LR
Sorry, a grand for a .22 that can only ever shoot .22? No thank you.
(fair disclosure: my son and I both have 10/22s and I may well end up putting a $80 Tapco stock on mine, unless I find another 10/22 cheap at a gun show and tactical-ify it. But I’m not paying that kind of money on this thing, no matter how cool it is)
Although the answer is probably “yes,” it wasn’t specified if the rifle takes Ruger 10/22 magazines (although I expect it does).
Personally, I have a Spike’s Tactical .223 SBR with a drop-in .22 conversion kit that runs great, and as already mentioned, I can use full power loads anytime just by switching the bolt group out. No reason to buy a dedicated tactical .22 (and I also confess to owning a 10/22, which I am considering converting to SBR and making it into basically a folding-stock Charger).
Chris, it does. I have updated the post.