Don't know where you came up with pot metal, Walther says the Colt is made of aluminum. No doubt it's not milspec 7075 T6 but then does a dedicated .22LR need to be? You can be quite certain the Colt and the S&W are strong enough for their intended purposes....Yes, the Colt is made of metal, but it isn't steel in the sense of the type of metal that you would think would be used to make a firearm. It seems more like pot metal to me. The sort of stuff that Hot Wheels toy cars are made of. I know that both manufacturers are trying to cut costs. One used cheap metal and the other used plastic. After the experience that I've had with my Glocks, Springfield XD and Kahr handguns, I'll take the polymer rifle over the pot metal rifle any day...
I agree with Gordon, the Colt and I'm pretty sure the S&W use proprietary mags. Black Dogs don't work. The Colt mags do fit some Walther .22 rifles.Another thing I "Heard" was a few of these AR style .22's can't use Black Dog mags. Can anyone chime in on this?
As far as I am aware, all the AR-15 styled .22's on the market use proprietary mags. The SIG 522 is the only "tactical" .22 that I am aware of that uses the BDM mags, and of course most (all?) of the .22 uppers and conversion kits use them as well.K-Rod said:Another thing I "Heard" was a few of these AR style .22's can't use Black Dog mags. Can anyone chime in on this?
Is there something exceedingly alluring about black dog mags besides relative interchangeability that I'm missing?
That is a nice feature, being able to use mags between two different weapons. But yeah, the price really isn't a big deal - especially since M&P15-22 mags are $20 or less depending on where you shop. Good point though.wally said:That and their price, although S&W has recenlty lowered the price of theirs, at least the ones sold through CDNN.
It is very nice to use the same mags in my Spikes dedicated upper and my Wife's SIG522.
The Black Dog 50 round drum is pretty cool too, although they are also making it now for the Ruger 10/22, the one for the AR is generally less expensive.