Tactical Solutions dedicated 22LR M4 upper: any comments ??
From months of research, I have boiled the hunt for a dedicated M4 carbine 22LR upper to a Tactical Solutions one. They are pricey but I want one that will run and run hard. My MAC 22 LR conversion unit is just too finicky and accuracy is not wonderful. I also do not want to toss 22LR down my 223 barrel in any volume.
Is the Tactical Solutions dedicated Upper a good solid one ? Anyone have one and can comment.
By the way: at the range yesterday a guy showed up with a new in the box Colt AR M4 in 22 LR and it would not fire over one round at a time regardless of ammo used. Light FP strikes after first shot fired: I am not interested in that option of 22LR M4.
Tactical Solutions? Good or what?
Tactical Solutions at the range
Just got back from spending a few hours at the range with my new dedicated upper from Tactical Solutions. What a HOOT!!! Had it on a new Noveske lower I just built. Sighted it in but didn't do any serious dialing in. (Figured I would break it in before really getting serious with it.)
Couple of minor snafu's. At first it didn't like picking up the first round of a fully loaded Blackdog mag. This may have been operator error as after 50rounds the problem went away. ( I think I was easing the bolt forward a little before letting it slam home.)
After 200 rounds the bolt hung up in the rear position after placing a newly loaded magazine in the well. (Again, I can't say if it was operator error or if the new lower caused the problem. This is the first time I have built a lower.)
After that, the firearm worked flawlessly. 40 rounds at 25 yrds could be covered with a silver dollar with open sights freehand and and consistantly hit the GONG at 100 yrds. After 500 rounds I figured I am really going to save some money over the traditional 5.56.
By the way, 2 different rangemasters stopped to see why the "bolt carrier was not fully back" during cease fire. I would have thought they would have seen enough dedicated 22 uppers or conversions by now to know the bolts are more exposed in the rear position than on a AR15. All in All I think I am going to really like this setup.