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of a Shorty, he uses handguards halfway between the length of the Shorty and the full size rifle. Since the rimfire doesn't have a gas system, the front sight can be where he (or you) wants it to be. The upper receiver on the loaner is a standard A2, complete with case deflector lump and forward assist. Uppers come pre- and post-ban, and while the flash hider looks correct, there isn't any flash on a rimfire to hide. And I'm not sure a compensator is needed to tame the recoil. The Kuehl upper is assembled just like any other AR upper, so if you want to tear it down and rebuild it to duplicate your match AR, you can. With a rimfire upper, you can practice on close targets, poppers and plates, and not worry about damage to the props, overheating your bore, and hammering your wallet. However, none of that matters if the upper doesn't deliver the goods. To that end, I put a few rounds downrange in the never-ending quest for knowledge, scientific inquiry, and good clean fun. To test the accuracy, I put the provided upper on my Eagle Arms lower with the Al Zitta trigger job. I bolted my Leupold 3.5-10 Vari-X III in place, and went off to the range with as much .22 long rifle ammo as I could get my hands on. The conversion upper has its own recoil spring, and doesn't rely on the spring and buffer in the lower receiver. As a result you can switch the upper from one lower to another, provided they fit. Not all uppers will fit all lowers, I'm sorry to say. Life is like that. I tried the Kuehl on two Colts, two Eagle Arms, a Pac West, an Essential Arms, two Olympic Arms and an American Spirit Arms lower, and it fit on all of them. Will it fit yours? Probably, but you'll have to try it to be sure. The Kuehl worked with all the ammo I had on hand, eight brands and types in all. They all worked the action one hundred percent. As for accuracy, it varied from the oneinch average that the Eley posted, to "only" 3 inches at 50 Not A Centerfire Anymore. Note how the Keuhl mag protrudes up out of the magazine well, giving the tiny .221r an easier transition to the chamber. Unique bolt. Most of the Keuhl's action is contained within the bolt. The buffer/mainspring assembly in the stock is not uscd at all. yards for the Winchester Wildcat. What it doesn't do is lock open when empty. Not a problem. The magazines are single-stack rimfire magazines that have been spot-welded to a sheet metal box that fills the magazine well of an AR. They come in 10-shot and 30-shot versions, of which I was sent one each. Both worked flawlessly. You don't have to fiddle around with adapter blocks, just load the magazine and insert it as usual. And as typical proof that rimfire is cheap and fun, I ended up not taking any loaded ammo home with me. Eight hundred rounds of group testing, plinking and just having fun without a malfunction was not a bad afternoon at all. Just like when I was a kid, the length of that afternoon's shooting session depended on continued ammo supply. Once we have determined that it does indeed run as intended, and shoots better than most of us can, we come to the crux of the matter, cost. How much is more and cheaper practice worth to you? A basic Kuehl upper runs $425 to $499. Yes, compared to the cost of a standard conversion, at around $150 to $180, it seems like a lot. If you start adding mods to it, like a flat top upper, long barrel or a floating handguard, you'll add even more money. However, it is money you would have spent replacing a shot-out barrel or upgrading another upper anyway had you stuck with centerfire. As mentioned, we've all gone the standard conversion route and found it very much un-fun and sometimes a royal hassle. After reliability as a choice in old vs. new conversions, the next consideration is the cost of ammo. All .22 long rifle firearms have ammunition preferences. Some are a lot more touchy than others, but not all uses require the ultra-accurate stuff. The trick is finding ammo your upper tolerates on sale at one of the big box sporting goods stores. Find it, and vou can lay in a stash of rimfire ammo for about $15 to $20 per thousand rounds. $200 gets you a whole lot of practice. Then, set aside a brick of the stuff your upper shoots best for match use. (Assuming you find a match use for it, and I'm sure you can.) Compared to surplus .223 at $189/M, or your time and reloading skills for reloading .223 at $90/M, you can pay for that rimfire upper in less than a year's practice. And since it is low-cost rimfire, sooner, since you'll be 22 FRONT SIGHT • <strong>Jul</strong>y/<strong>Aug</strong>ust 2002
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