New H&K .22 SA80 Trainer

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Re: New H&K .22 SA80 Trainer

#11 Post by snayperskaya »

Adamdavi3s wrote:Mine is nearly sorted but it obviously won’t be anywhere as slick at the real thing!
It’s a Remington 597 butchered into an airsoft body (I have a defence).

Still needs some fettling to get it all lined up, at the moment it just takes the 597 mag but at some point I might try and hack something together out of the airsoft magazine shell.

Is it perfect, hell no, but I wanted a lockdown project
That looks rather neat goodjob
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Re: New H&K .22 SA80 Trainer

#12 Post by Mattnall »

Adamdavi3s wrote:
Mattnall wrote:
Sandgroper wrote:
The only reason I can think of, is so they don't get mixed up with the "real" magazines...
That's the current .22lr magazines. I have some here.
How do they currently work? A conversion kit?
They are part of the old H&K kit, I don't think they work with the A2 but it's a .22LR cartridge conversion kit similar to the Ciener kit (which CMMG et al copied). I believe there is a similar thing for the A2.
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Re: New H&K .22 SA80 Trainer

#13 Post by bradaz11 »

Adamdavi3s wrote:Mine is nearly sorted but it obviously won’t be anywhere as slick at the real thing!
It’s a Remington 597 butchered into an airsoft body (I have a defence).

Still needs some fettling to get it all lined up, at the moment it just takes the 597 mag but at some point I might try and hack something together out of the airsoft magazine shell.

Is it perfect, hell no, but I wanted a lockdown project
very nice, i'm still trying to find something suitiable for my l86
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Re: New H&K .22 SA80 Trainer

#14 Post by Nick-St »

My guess is that it'll be worn out L85A2s that are refurbed and then fitted with the existing H&K .22 conversion kit. Maybe with a new dedicated .22 barrel, or more likely with the sub calibre adapter chamber bit from the kit bonded in place. I can't see H&K making a new rifle for a (probably) very small order...

A number of years ago Sabre Defence had a .22 L85 on their stand at the IWA show. I don't think that version will be going anywhere though...
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