Now that I’m on my third .22 AR-15, a list that includes the Hk416 and S&W M&P15-22, I am learning that .22LR AR-15s are one of the best training tools around, and they pay for themselves in only a couple afternoons of high round count, especially at today’s .22LR ammo prices.
After testing and reviewing the Umarex HK416 .22LR AR, I decided I also wanted the Colt M4 Ops branded and patterned version as well for a couple reasons. First, the Colt M4 Ops is a near perfect analog training stand-in for almost any standard carbine length AR-15 on the market from both a weight and configuration perspective. Second is that once you own one of the Umarex HK or Colt .22 Rimfire ARs, all the magazines will swap back and forth, which will most likely be your biggest investment in .22LR ARs. Somehow those magazines always seem to be empty.
Umarex USA is the team which designed and developed the HK and Colt licensed line of .22LR M16 and M4 models. If you are familiar with the much touted quality of either of these .22LR rifles, then it will come as little surprise that the internals, AR style magazines, barrels, and accuracy has been duplicated in both the HK and Colt models.
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