Stryker927
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- Joined
- Oct 26, 2011
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Hi Guys,
New member here on THR. Looking for some advice. Some history first. I grew up around guns, hunted with my dad, have fired 30-30s, all kinds of shotguns, all kinds of revolvers, and semi-auto handguns. But they were all someone else's guns and I never had to do any maintenance on them.
I am now 35 and have my own family (wife and kids 12, 10, and 8). I recently picked up a S&W .22 semi-auto handgun for plinkering with my kids and some friends. We've been having a blast with it. And I am glad that I am getting to teach my kids about gun safety and use like my dad did when I was a kid.
So now my interest is really picking up and I am looking at my next gun purchase. I mostly just want to target shoot and have fun with it so I was really getting excited looking at the S&W M&P 15-22 AR's. You can trick them out with a lot of neat accessories, they are easy and fun to shoot, and uses the same ammo as my pistol, .22LR. So it's pretty economical.
So my question is, is it too soon to move into something like the AR when it comes to maintenance. Is there another gun that I should be looking at that is more practical? How hard are the AR's to clean and or perform maintenance on?
As for my skill set, mechanically, I can do plumbing and electrical work on most home related fixes. As for cars, I don't work on them much except for things like a new battery, replacing lights, or maybe swapping out a radio. However, I do all my own remodeling at the house and own many power tools (table saw, router, air nailer, circular saw, etc). So fire away.
Thanks for your help!
New member here on THR. Looking for some advice. Some history first. I grew up around guns, hunted with my dad, have fired 30-30s, all kinds of shotguns, all kinds of revolvers, and semi-auto handguns. But they were all someone else's guns and I never had to do any maintenance on them.
I am now 35 and have my own family (wife and kids 12, 10, and 8). I recently picked up a S&W .22 semi-auto handgun for plinkering with my kids and some friends. We've been having a blast with it. And I am glad that I am getting to teach my kids about gun safety and use like my dad did when I was a kid.
So now my interest is really picking up and I am looking at my next gun purchase. I mostly just want to target shoot and have fun with it so I was really getting excited looking at the S&W M&P 15-22 AR's. You can trick them out with a lot of neat accessories, they are easy and fun to shoot, and uses the same ammo as my pistol, .22LR. So it's pretty economical.
So my question is, is it too soon to move into something like the AR when it comes to maintenance. Is there another gun that I should be looking at that is more practical? How hard are the AR's to clean and or perform maintenance on?
As for my skill set, mechanically, I can do plumbing and electrical work on most home related fixes. As for cars, I don't work on them much except for things like a new battery, replacing lights, or maybe swapping out a radio. However, I do all my own remodeling at the house and own many power tools (table saw, router, air nailer, circular saw, etc). So fire away.
Thanks for your help!
