New ISSC MK22!

[Lex Luthier]

Howdy.

Got a new toy today. Fired perfectly right out of the box. 6 placement options for the charger pin, 22 round magazine, decent stock sights. Don't really care for the fold away stock, but it can be removed easily. 2-3 groupings at 50+ feet (indoor range) having not shot a rifle in a long time.

It is my first rifle of that sort, and it is getting good online reviews. One guy drove an Escalade over it, loaded and fired it with no issues. My only complaint is that the zipper on my new bag broke already. I had to get the nitty gritty from youtube, since the salesman didn't seem to know more than the basics of it. I believe they came out in January.It will be even better when the Millet red dot gets mounted tomorrow.

Anyone else have one?

 

[hoofchaz]

Mine functions fine as long as I keep it clean. Once it gets gummed up then it starts to mis-fire. Be careful of the stock, it is possible to break the little pocket that the latch is in. Don't pick it up by the stock.
CHAZ

 

[AR27]

thread is useless with out pics

 

[kimberkid]

thread is useless with out pics

Ask and ye shall receive ...

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I picked mine up about a month ago ... I've only gotten out to shoot it once but only a couple hundred rounds ... its great plinker but I have to agree the stock is a weak point, and the cheek riser really needs a to be more like a riser not just a hump. Hopefully mags will become more available and reasonably priced in the near future.

 

[Lex Luthier]

Thanks for the photo.

I have intentions to remove the stock. The instruction manual shows you how.

ISSC is coming out with a double drum magazine. If you youtube it, you will find their rep at a show where he holds it up for about 2 seconds.

 

[Davek1977]

When talking of "removing" the stock, you are plannning on replacing it right? Otherwise, without the proper stamps, its a fed crime to make a rifle into a pistol

 

[nalioth]

When talking of "removing" the stock, you are plannning on replacing it right? Otherwise, without the proper stamps, its a fed crime to make a rifle into a pistol

Hold the phone, there.

So long as the rifle stays 26" overall and has a 16" barrel, the stock can be removed all day long. No stamps needed.

Go under the 26" OAL? Cut the barrel below 16"? Yep, you'll need a stamp.

BTW: Removing the stock from a rifle won't make it a pistol. It'll either be a rifle or a SBR (short barreled rifle).

 

[Sam Cade]

When talking of "removing" the stock, you are plannning on replacing it right? Otherwise, without the proper stamps, its a fed crime to make a rifle into a pistol

As long as the OAL is still 26"+ he is fine.



(8) The term ''short-barreled rifle'' means a rifle having one or
more barrels less than sixteen inches in length and any weapon made
from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if
such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than
twenty-six inches.

 

[Davek1977]

Fair enough, thats entirely correct.....now the real question, i guess, is how long that particular firearm is with the stock removed, i guess......anyone?

http://www.jgsales.com/product_info...mk22-22lr-hv-rifle,-new-/products_id/5589?SID

Ok, from the looks of the info in this link, the rifle WOULD be legal with the stock removed, but ALSO removing the muzzle brake drops the OAL to 25 in, making it illegal to do so......

 

[kimberkid]

Thanks for the photo.

I have intentions to remove the stock. The instruction manual shows you how.

ISSC is coming out with a double drum magazine. If you youtube it, you will find their rep at a show where he holds it up for about 2 seconds.

Inquiring minds want to know ... So are you just going to make it into a blaster or do you have another stock in mind?

If your just going to make it into a blaster, and want something other than an AR, I'd recommend the SiG-522 ... still very cool and the 27 round mags are common from Black Dog Machine and about 1/2 the price of the mk22 mags.

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[graysonbornhunter]

I've been trying to decide between the Sig 522 and S&W 15-22 until I found the MK22. Now I can't decide at all between all 3? The gun is just going to be a plinker. Any suggestions would be helpful.

 

[kimberkid]

I don't have an AR styled 22 but I've heard good things about the SW, and it's the AR platform so you can make it into just about anything you want.

The 522 ... Very accurate and easy to shoot, good trigger but not as good as a 556 ... I've got 4 556's in different configs so be aware I may be bias. I don't care for the stock but it is functional in that its adjustable and it will fit both my 10 year old daughter as well as myself, so eh ... if it really bothered me I'd spend the money for an adapter and use an AR stock. 10, 15 & 27 round Mags are readily available through Black Dog Machine for $20 when they are "on sale" which seems to be most of the time ... there is also a 50 round drum for $80

IMHO, the MKII is the highest of the 3 on cool factor ... its also accurate and a decent trigger ... the fact that it comes with decent irons is also another plus ... like other rifles with railed forends, it feels a bit bulky but the tactical crowd seems to like that and being plastic they aren't so sharp that you need covers to handle it like the AR-57 ... at the next gun show I'll pick up a bi-pod adapter and it really won't matter. I wish the cheek riser made a smoother transition into the stock like their pictures and the real SCAR; that hump takes some getting used to, lastly the mags are only available in 10 and 22 rounds; they are proprietary and about $30 each when you can find them ... I've been looking since I got the gun over a month ago. I contacted ISSC and Chris said they had some but I haven't heard back yet if I can call them with my CC number or how I can pay for them, but its only been a couple days, then the weekend.

 

[mudduck]

I have a Mk-22 and the weapon started to have problems firing. It would not fire at least 1 round out of every magazine I would fire. I could see where the firing pin hit the round, so I just dissmissed it as using bulk ammo. I bought some match grade ammo an went to the range, this time I found that the weapon only would fire about 10 rounds out of a 22 round clip. I took the weapon apart and found that there is an alan bolt in the rear of the weapon that keeps the reciever in place. this bolt loosened up just slightly and would cause a FTF if the reviever moved slightly forward. I found as you shoot this the bolt will loosen, and the looser it gets the more failures you will have. I added locktite tightend the bolt. i have since put over 1000 rounds through it with out 1 FTF or cycling problem usuing match grade ammo. I was very frusterated with the gun at first, and now I would be hard pressed to get rid of it, it is a joy to shoot.