The Kingston Armory .22 LR Garand is a Small Caliber Replica of the Original

alloutdoor.com ^ | 01/22/2015 | Rob Reed

[Flag_This]

"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...

[Kommodor]

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

That would be cool.

[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) is accurized and retro’d to look like I washed and dried an M-14 it in hot water and shrunk it.

[knarf]

from the top

[OldSmaj]

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.

[KoRn]

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.

[Sasparilla]

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. ,

[2001convSVT]

More a work of Art than a practical plinker.

[bobby.223]

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

[S.O.S121.500]

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

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I do because it prints sub inch at 100 yards and it is discrete........

[circlecity]

"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.

[itsahoot]

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.

[The Toll]

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.

[gundog]

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

[gundog]

How about an M1A?

[eartrumpet]

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.