Question for you AR-15 22lr guys.

[Biggsly]

I am looking at the Chiappa 22lr upper. I am wanting to cut it down to about 6.5 inches or so. Will this hurt the function of the gun? They are 16 inch uppers when you get them. Thanks guys.

 

[Ignored Member]

You shouldn't have any problems with reliability from chopping the barrel on a .22
It's a blowback operation just like 9mm AR's so there's no need for a gas tube to make it function.

 

[Ignored Member]

And FYI... CMMG is making a 7" dedicated .22 barrel for AR's that's factory threaded 1/2 x 28 so you can still put your flash hider on there.
They're selling through Brownells/Midway for roughly $100 so you could get that and sell the 16" barrel to make most of your money back.

 

[Biggsly]

You shouldn't have any problems with reliability from chopping the barrel on a .22
It's a blowback operation just like 9mm AR's so there's no need for a gas tube to make it function.

This is what I thought, but I hated to cut one up and screw it up. A may give it a try.

 

[Ignored Member]

Me personally, I would buy the 7" CMMG barrel and either keep the 16" as a spare if you decide to go back to a longer barrel later, or just sell it to make my money back.

It'll cost you roughly $75 to $100 to chop and thread it anyways if you have DustinGaunder do it for you.
(don't quote me on price, it's a rough guess. he may charge differently)

 

[Biggsly]

Me personally, I would buy the 7" CMMG barrel and either keep the 16" as a spare if you decide to go back to a longer barrel later, or just sell it to make my money back.

It'll cost you roughly $75 to $100 to chop and thread it anyways if you have DustinGaunder do it for you.
(don't quote me on price, it's a rough guess. he may charge differently)

This was my original plan. I will look into the cmmg barrels. Not 100% sure I want to do this yet, bt I have been tossing it around. I thought a 22 pistol ould be fun.