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Daniel, aka. AKNorthPolar sent us a photo of his 22/45. He wrote …

I don’t think I have to say: Kids, do not try this at home.

Kevin Felts at AllOutdoor has reviewed the Tech-Sight TSR200. These sights are, hands down, the best iron sights for the Ruger 10/22. I have been using them for many years and can’t say enough good things about them. Kevin wrote …

The Bronco is a .22 LR survival rifle made during the late 1960s and 1970s. They were marketed with the slogan “without frills”, which was, if anything, an understatement. The Bronco was essentially a copy of the Hamilton Model 7 which was made form 1889 to 1901. For most of its life the Bronco retailed for less than $20.

Oleg Volk has reviewed the Gemtech GM22 Suppressor, which has a single high-quality core with asymmetric baffles. Oleg writes …

In 2009 Heckler & Koch (USA) sued German Sport Guns GmbH (GSG), who manufactured the GSG GSG-5 .22 rifle, and American Tactical Imports (ATI) who imported the GSG-5 into the USA. They successfully argued that the GSG-5 infringed upon their design patents for the H&K MP5. They took court action soon after licensing the design to Umarex who were designing a competing MP5-patterned .22 rifle. GSG paid a settlement of $300,000 and agreed to modify the design of the GSG-5 so it looked less like an MP5.

Gripen sent us this photo of his custom Remington 597 FLX. As a life long .22 LR custom rifle fan, I really like his setup and I use many of the same parts myself (although the 10/22 is my platform of choice). He wrote …

Trent sent in two phenomenal photos of his Beretta U22 Neos pistol ejecting a .22 LR case. Each photo took about 20 shots before he has happy with the result. I struggled to choose which one to feature. In the end I chose the above photo because I love the blurred lines of the brick wall in the background which give the photo a sense of speed. The second photo is below.

LaserLyte has released their new .22LR laser training kit. Designed to fit on any .22 caliber weapon with at least a 1.875 barrel, the “LT-LR” will emit a laser dot for 100 milliseconds (1/10 second), simulating bullet impact.

Dutch researcher Jalila Essaidi has bio-engineered a bullet proof material using spider silk, grown from goat milk, and human skin. They tested it with a reduced velocity .22 caliber bullet. This is all well and good, but it does not help with trauma transferred. Sort of like bullet proof vests will help stop a bullet but you still get the force of the bullet transferred into your body and can cause internal damage.

I know from experience that .22 suppressors accumulate a lot of dirt. Federalist shares the lessons he learnt about cleaning .22 suppressors …

TFB’s staff scoured SHOTShow 2014 for all the latest, but the show is so big, something is bound to slip through the cracks. One such gem is the pictured Chiappa X-Caliber, the 12-Gauge version of Chiappa’s M6-22, a 20-Gauge replica of the Springfield M6, a .410/.22 over/under survival rifle for US Military air personnel.

I has taken over two years, but finally the  Anschütz MSR RX22 is hitting US shores. The gun is being imported by Steyr Arms and being sold for $895 for the standard black and desert colored models (below), and $995 for the precision model (top).

Browning sent out this teaser image of their upcoming  1911-22 Composite pistol. The Composite model, which features a polymer frame, will be offered alongside the standard aluminum-frame models. The new polymer version will weigh a couple of ounces less and have a tan color scheme.

Proteus at the DefCad forums has published CAD files for “The Brick”, a 3D printable semi-automatic .22 LR pistol. The gun is mostly made out of ABS plastic, even the bolt and barrel, but it does require a number of metal components, including an AR-15 semi-automatic fire control group, firing pin and buffer spring as well as a Ruger 10/22 magazine spring, a 1x8mm metal insert (for the chamber) and .44 caliber lead bullets or equivalent (inserted into the bolt to provide weight).