Anybody own or played with Tactical 702 Plinkster

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Been doin some research but wanted to find someone who had an oppurtunity to personally look over one or fire one. I own a 702 regular Plinkster and love it, accuracy is great, and is a joy to shoot. they look great and for less than $300 looks like a real investment. any opinions?
 
Have been looking at this as well. Looks pretty neat, but already having a 10/22 I can't bring myself to buy one.
 
I called the local gunshop today and they can't get one yet but they said when they do they will let me get it for $225 plus tax and i'll probally trade in my 702 for it.
 
Bottom line, they are absolute crap. It is a 702 action inside a cheap, flimsy plastic shell that is in 2 pieces, split down the middle. If you use a sling-supported position, it will pull the 2 pieces apart, and you'll see a big crack of daylight down your front sight post. this pulls your front sight over quite a bit, and really messes with your accuracy. The fact that the sights are not attached to the barreled action is a big minus. The sights also do not use AR parts... the front isn't even adjustable, and the rear just adjusts with big coarse-thread plastic screws with no clicks or anything. The stock is pinned in place. The controls are not anything like an AR anyway, so I don't know what advantage this design is supposed to have other than looking cool to little kids or something.

I've seen one in action at an Appleseed, and the poor shooter couldn't get 20 MOA out of it. He was all over the page because of the magic moving front sight.
 
thats real dissappointing to hear, i've got an earlier model 702 that was given to me and i put a cheap bsa scope on it and i could drive tacks with it at 50 yrds or more. mines been real good and reliable, been the cause of alot of squirrels and rabbits on my plate. I thought it might be cool to pass on to my son when he gets a little older.

my other choice was a ruger 10-22 for $200 then put a archangel stock setup on it
 
my other choice was a ruger 10-22 for $200 then put a archangel stock setup on it
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This gets you in the ballpark price wise of the SIG 522 which I got at a gun show for $300+tax. You can also get the 10/22 with the Tapco "tactical" stock installed straight from Ruger for about $300 as the 10/22 Tactical. My wife liked ours until she shot the SIG 522.


'Tactical' .22...BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhahahahahahahahaha!
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IMHO "Tactical" means evil features that PO the anti's, reason I like 'em :)
 
well the only thing that worried me about the 702 tactical was that the carry handle was not removable and the sights sitting that far up to me would sacrifice short range accuracy. idk
 
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