Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The Kingston Armory .22 LR Garand is a Small Caliber Replica of the Original
alloutdoor.com ^ | 01/22/2015 | Rob Reed

Posted on 01/27/2015 9:05:28 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER

The rifle is built to replicate the original in look, feel, and heft. The heart of the design is a .22 caliber receiver based on the design of the Ruger 10/22, but made of steel, not aluminum. The receiver is housed in a stock and hand guards made from real American Walnut.

(Excerpt) Read more at alloutdoor.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: banglist; garand; rifle
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-36 last
To: Yo-Yo
"I guess it’s for the WWII collectors who already have the StG 44 in .22LR."

I'm saving my pennies for the .22 MG 42 or the GAU 8 - I'm torn between the two...

21 posted on 01/27/2015 9:44:31 AM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: SWAMPSNIPER

Cute, but I’d rather have one in .308, that maybe takes AR-10 magazines.

That would be cool.


22 posted on 01/27/2015 9:44:56 AM PST by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lowell1775

I got what I consider the perfect compromise, a couple of Mini-14’s. One set up as tactical and the other(a S.S. Ranch) is accurized and retro’d to look like I washed and dried an M-14 it in hot water and shrunk it.


23 posted on 01/27/2015 9:46:54 AM PST by biff (Et Tu Boeh-ner)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: SWAMPSNIPER
from the top
24 posted on 01/27/2015 9:47:45 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dinodino
Why would I want a .22 with the same weight as a Garand?

Same as those that wanted a .22 in the 1911 platform, I guess.

I never understood that.

I've had persons that argued that it provided a cheap training platform for the use of a full-size 1911, but in my opinion it simply trains one to "limp-wrist" a full size.

Fun, though.

But for what they want for that thing, I'll stay with my 10-22 for plinking, plus, I see no advantage in training in the use of an obsolete rifle for which one can hardly find ammo.

I am very interested in the Browning version of the .380 on the 1911 platform.

Cooper described the .380 in all versions as a "mouse gun", but then, he was an elitist that couldn't see the viability of anything in less than a caliber that started with a "4".

But I digress.

25 posted on 01/27/2015 9:55:10 AM PST by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: thefactor

That’s why you carry the empty clip with you to ‘ping’ on the ground, and when they go to fire at you, thinking you’re out; you take the kill shot.

I wonder how many Germans and Japs died that way.


26 posted on 01/27/2015 9:59:49 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: circlecity

If this thing weighs 9 1/2 pounds, and shoots .22 LR, I would rather just carry the real thing and shoot a 10/22 instead. ,


27 posted on 01/27/2015 10:09:33 AM PST by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: circlecity
More a work of Art than a practical plinker.
28 posted on 01/27/2015 10:32:35 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Kommodor

This is available in the original M-14 configuration also.


29 posted on 01/27/2015 11:15:05 AM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: circlecity

Why would I want to lug around a 12 pound .22 rifle?

-—==0==-—
I do because it prints sub inch at 100 yards and it is discrete........


30 posted on 01/27/2015 11:37:24 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: S.O.S121.500
"I do because it prints sub inch at 100 yards and it is discrete........"

I can do that with a 10/22 at a third of the weight.

31 posted on 01/27/2015 11:42:17 AM PST by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: biff
I got what I consider the perfect compromise, a couple of Mini-14’s. One set up as tactical and the other(a S.S. Ranch)

I have the same thing along with an M1 Carbine. Love that rolling block action. Fired my first M1 in 1954.

32 posted on 01/27/2015 11:52:41 AM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. $.98-$.89<$.10)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: SWAMPSNIPER

I use a GSG AK22 every day for training reasons, but as much as I love Garands I can’t imagine I would bother with this.


33 posted on 01/27/2015 11:57:34 AM PST by The Toll
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Rinnwald

Check out CDNN. Lots of cheap .22’s, the StG-44 included.


34 posted on 01/29/2015 3:13:16 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Kommodor

How about an M1A?


35 posted on 01/29/2015 3:14:27 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: OldSmaj
Cooper described the .380 in all versions as a "mouse gun", but then, he was an elitist that couldn't see the viability of anything in less than a caliber that started with a "4".

10mm starts with a 1. Just kidding, I know what you mean.

36 posted on 01/29/2015 3:23:13 PM PST by eartrumpet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-36 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson