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Cleaning and disassembly of Ruger 10/22 Magazine
Albert at The Rash Outdoor Chronicles has written a detailed tutorial, with lots of photos, explaining how to disassemble, clean and reassemble the Ruger 10/22 rotary magazine. Read it here.
Tag: .22
Pink Suppressor on Pink/Black Rifle
Actually its a pink sleeve covering a Advanced Armament Corporation suppressor on a .22 converted AR-15. Hat Tip: Andy @ The Official AAC blog.
TALO Ruger French Walnut 10/22
TALO are producing a limited edition Ruger 10/22 featuring a absolutely beautiful french walnut stock. I have emailed my contact at TALO asking what the MSRP. I will update the page when he replies. UPDATE: The MSRP is $419
Springfield M6 Scout takedown rifle
James @ The Next Chapter bought himself a .22 / .410 M6 Scout take down rifle. Taken down and packed for transport. More photos and information at The Next Chapter.
Mossberg big muzzle brake coming to .17 and .22 rifles!
Mossberg’s big muzzle brake, which I call the BFMB (Big “Fraking” Muzzle Brake), first seen on the Mossberg 500 Roadblocker shotgun is coming to the Plinkster line of semi-automatic and bolt action .22 and .17 HRM rifles. Four models will be available [Read More…]
Gemtech suppressed GSD-5
Suppressor maker Gemtech will be selling a customized GSG-5 SD rifle that is suppressed. The GSG-5 SD is a .22 rifle patterned after the MP5SD, but the suppressor on it is fake. The Gemtech GSD-5 is permanently suppressed (you cannot remove the suppressor) and is [Read More…]
Finn invents electric drill powered machine gun
An 80 year old Finnish man invented this .22 LR belt fed machine gun. It could be fake but looks legit and is plausible. Jani confirms it is real in the comments below. Click to expand. The approximate translation of the caption: 80-year-old hameenlinnalaisininoori [Read More…]
GSG-5 SD: The story behind the gun
American Tactical Imports will be selling the GSG-5 rifle in an SD configuration. The SD is patterned after the MP5-SD, a suppressed variant of the MP5. The main difference between the SD and the standard GSG-5 lies in the bigger stouter fore grip which is patterned [Read More…]
Update on the ATI 1911 .22 pistol
From Chris @ American Tactical Imports: I can say that it feels just like holding an actual 1911, will come with a 10 round magazine and will be of fine German engineering. We have an expected MSRP of $369.00 on it but that is subject to change once we receive final [Read More…]
Italian police capture a pen gun
The Carabinieri (Italian gendarmerie) have seized a pen gun from a mobster in Naples. .22 Short rounds and one standard (subsonic) .22 Long Rifle My memory is pretty bad but I think it was 6 months ago when the Italian police captured one of those cell phone guns from [Read More…]
GSG 1911 .22 pisol
GSG, our favorite German manufacturer of 22-caliber-firearms-pattered-after-other-firearms-and-endoresed-by-Kalashnikov-himself, have developed a .22 1911 pistol. Click to expand. American Tactical Imports will be importing the GSG 1911. Like the GSG AK and the GSG MP5 [Read More…]
Gamo Hunter Extreme
Gamo have a new break barrel air rifle called the Hunter Extreme. They claim it is the fastest spring air gun on earth. Gamo Hunter Extreme .22 The .22 rifle will push a lead pellet at 950 fps. From my limited knowledge of air guns, I think this is 10-20% more power. [Read More…]
S&W M&P15-22: A .22 LR Tactical Rifle
The latest addition to the M&P15 family of AR-15 rifles is the M&P15-22. S&W have designed what they call “the ultimate .22LR platform”. From the press release: “In designing the new M&P15-22, our engineers pulled out all of the stops [Read More…]
Sig 522 LR: A .22 LR Sig 550 clone
Sig have launched the Sig 552. It is a .22 Long Rifle version of the 5.56mm Sig 556, which in turn is a civilian clone of the Sig 550. Externally it looks identical to the Sig 556 Classic with the swiss-style folding stock and handguard. From Sig: The Look and Feel of [Read More…]
Taurus have updated the PT22 PT25
Taurus have updated the PT-22 (chambered in .22 LR) and the PT-25 (chambered in .25 ACP). They are now lightweight polymer and are much sleeker that the old steel version. The new PT-22 (Photo from G&A). The old model PT-22 The old line has a wide range of models [Read More…]
Gamo Whisper X
Gamo have updated the suppressed Whisper air rifle. The Whisper X is apparently makes less noise and has a cool looking ergonomic stock. The Whisper X is a break barrel and is comes in a .22 or .177 caliber Specs: Weight: 6.61 lbs Muzzle Velocity: .177 ft/s 1000 Muzzle [Read More…]
M22 Pistol
Austrian gun designer Wolfram Kriegleder ,who designed the Walther P22, has designed a new pistol in response to what American shooters said they wanted in a target and shooting pistol. The M-22 features: * 3.5″ or 5″ match barrels. * adjustable rear sight. [Read More…]
Colt / Umarex M4 Carbine .22 Tactical Rimfire AR-15
Colt and Umarex have teamed up to produce the Colt M4 .22 Tactical Rimfire. The is probably the only real “Colt M4” you will ever be allowed to own! I am not 100% sure they are in fact AR-15s. UMAREX USA uses well known brand-names such as Beretta, Ruger and [Read More…]
Volquartsen’s Forward Blow Stabilization Module
Volquartsen Custom is selling an interesting muzzle break. It is called the Forward Blow Stabilization Module and is designed for Ruger 10/22 rifles and Charger pistols, but will fit any rifle with .905 – .925″ diameter rimfire bull barrel. Instead of porting [Read More…]
T-4 Bullpup: PCP air gun
I came across a Russian firm called DAC / Demyan who manufacture a bullpup conversion of their T-4 Carbine PCP bolt action rotary magazine repeating air gun. T-4 Bullpup T-4 Carbine The conversion to a bullpup configuration is straight forward. Initially I was confused [Read More…]
Building a .22LR P90 replica cheaply
taofledermaus has published a video tutorial on how to fit a Ruger 10/22 receiver, trigger and barrel into a $30 airsoft P90 stock and how to hook up the airsoft trigger to the 10/22 trigger at the rear of the stock. A very clever idea.
New Winchester Xpediter .22 LR Hyper Velocity
Winchester announced their second .22 LR “Hyper Velocity” round. The Xpediter round has similar performance to the new non-toxic Winchester SUPER-X .22 Long Rifle. It pushes a 32 grain lead hollow point bullet at 1,640 fps. The original Xpediter I am not [Read More…]
Winchester announces lead free .22LR and .22 Magnum and .223
It is lead free day here at The Firearm Blog*, this being the second lead-free ammo post! Winchester has announced a new line of lead-free ammunition. CCI currently manufactures lead free .22 Magnum called TNT GREEN but as far as I know Winchester are the first US [Read More…]
Ruger Charger now available in stainless.
Ruger Charger Stainless with Black Laminate Stock AcuSport is the distributor for the new Ruger Charger in stainless steel. The Ruger Charger is a pistol build on the Ruger 10/22 .22LR rifle action. UPDATE: Brian at AcuSport old me the MSRP is $387.25. More on the Ruger [Read More…]
New NAA “The Earl” .22 Magnum revolver
Early next year North American Arms will be selling “The Earl”, a “five shot single action 1860’s-styled mini-revolver chambered in .22 Magnum”. The revolver is named after the gunsmith who developed it. Click to expand. To complete the [Read More…]
Sauer 202 with .22 LR Conversion Kit
“tooms” posted these photos on the Shooters’ Forum. His modular Sauer 202 take down rifle has a 6.5x55mm and .308 Win. configuration as well as a .22 LR conversion kit. The .22 conversion kit cost the equivalent of US$1000. I would assume tooms changes [Read More…]
New Super Match grade .22 LR from Fiocchi
Fiocchi have announced new Super Match ammunition called Exacta Biathlon Match. What makes it interesting is that it is Standard Velocity (1,120 fps) which is unlike most match grade target .22LR ammunition which are usually Subsonic. No surprises … looks like a [Read More…]
GSG .22 “Kalashnikov” AK
A while back I reported that GSG (German Sport Guns), makers of the GSG-5, announced an endorsement by General Kalashnikov and that they would name a rifle after him. It looks like the GSG .22 “Kalashnikov” is now in production. Click to expand Impact Guns [Read More…]
GSG-5PK: .22 MP5K patterened pistol (and photos)
ATI have announced the GSG5-PK pistol. The new GSG-5PK pistol is a .22 Long Rifle HV Caliber with a barrel length of 4.52″, total length of 15.275″ and a total height of 10″. It weighs in at a dainty 5.2 lbs. It has an alloy frame construction and [Read More…]
ST15: .22 LR Short Barreled Rifle
This SRB from Spike’s Tactical looks very cool and I bet it is a lot of fun to shoot. This photo shows the $180 folding stock upgrade. The .22 ST15 features: * A3 flat top * 6″ 1×16 twist barrel * ST-15 mil spec lower * YHM mini rail free float [Read More…]