Ar 15 Sub-Caliber Training Research Paper
The Ar-15 Sub-caliber training is idea if you want to save money or you don’t always have the right areas to train in. Especially for people who live in the Northern regions of the US. Those have colder climates and only have indoor gun ranges. The problem with indoor ranges is there usually only have a range of 50 yards and frown on using centerfire cartridges. So a .223 or 5.56 is out of the question to be used.
The alternative is to use a conversion kit of a 22LR or pistol caliber like the 9mm or 45acp. This still lets you get practice on fining your motor skills for delivering an accurate shot. During WWII this practice was done by Germany to save on the cost of ammunition through the war. Were a .22LR single shot training rifle that
looks and feels like a 98 Mauser was used to practice on accuracy for each solder. So when Eugene Stoner worked out the design of the AR-15, Colt also came out with a 22LR conversion for it.
To get this to work all the operator need to do was to replace the bolt carrier and magazine with a 22LR conversion. The problem was that it was not very accurate being that the diameter of the bullet for a 22LR is not as big as a .223 or 5.56mm. In the mid 1980 this was solved by having a dedicated barrel design for the 22LR.
The disadvantages of using a 22LR is for most rapid fire strings call for a rapid reload and most .22s don’t lock back on the last shot. There is also a lot less of recoil with a 22LR than a . 223 This may give the sensation of talking too long shooting the centerfire gun and may get shooters to overcompensate shooting too fast and scoring lower because of thinking they are running out of time causes them not to dress up the shot s well enough. With the Lack of recoil there always the option of a center fire 9mm or 45 ACP with the 45 being the closes to the same recoil as a .223 or 5.56.
With all these options out there you will have to decide which one is best for you on how you want to train. If you’re looking just for muscle memory or you’re trying to improve your accuracy or just the benefit of money savings.
The alternative is to use a conversion kit of a 22LR or pistol caliber like the 9mm or 45acp. This still lets you get practice on fining your motor skills for delivering an accurate shot. During WWII this practice was done by Germany to save on the cost of ammunition through the war. Were a .22LR single shot training rifle that
looks and feels like a 98 Mauser was used to practice on accuracy for each solder. So when Eugene Stoner worked out the design of the AR-15, Colt also came out with a 22LR conversion for it.
To get this to work all the operator need to do was to replace the bolt carrier and magazine with a 22LR conversion. The problem was that it was not very accurate being that the diameter of the bullet for a 22LR is not as big as a .223 or 5.56mm. In the mid 1980 this was solved by having a dedicated barrel design for the 22LR.
The disadvantages of using a 22LR is for most rapid fire strings call for a rapid reload and most .22s don’t lock back on the last shot. There is also a lot less of recoil with a 22LR than a . 223 This may give the sensation of talking too long shooting the centerfire gun and may get shooters to overcompensate shooting too fast and scoring lower because of thinking they are running out of time causes them not to dress up the shot s well enough. With the Lack of recoil there always the option of a center fire 9mm or 45 ACP with the 45 being the closes to the same recoil as a .223 or 5.56.
With all these options out there you will have to decide which one is best for you on how you want to train. If you’re looking just for muscle memory or you’re trying to improve your accuracy or just the benefit of money savings.