Dutchdiamondback

Yep. A blast. Mine fell apart at the first visit (stockfail) to the range and again after approx. 1500 rounds. And that time it was terminal. Threading on a tension bolt was completely destroyed and a number of holes where the pins fall in had turned oval. Good concept, extremely lousy pick for materials. I hope your gun will last. Mine didn't.

Concept is good, but if the quality fails... Shooters like novelties, but only up to a certain point. And i think ISSC crossed the line on this line... Big time!

I have to replace it with a complete bore. It's proven, reliable, accurate and will not let me down (knock on wood). But there's nothing exciting about an M&P15-22. So bit worried about the bore factor...

Fellas. Regret to inform you all that I've returned the iSSC to the gunstore. It has turned into a truly jam-o-matic. The action is kept tight at the back with 2 small bolts in the 2 white metal parts. Those parts and the frame are made out of such poor quality metal that the holes that are supposed to be round have turned oval and the threading of the vertical bolt has been damaged. In short: this weapon selfdistructs itself while shooting it. Final verdict: I still believe that the concept of this weapon is great. The quality of the materials used ( the metal of the white metal parts just behind the bolt assembly and the aluminum frame ) is however of such poor quality it will not withstand the stress of shooting any kind of velocity of .22 LR ammunition.

Easy, fellas... This won't be another big brother-scam. Those chips are only there for the manufacturer and shipping. Once you got one, peel it off and discart. Anything else and something else raises it's ugly head: European privacy laws. The same laws that prevented the US to get insight in all currency traffic of every European citizen, for example.

DDB is loaded... That's a reminder that it is now 00:45 in my neck of the woods. I've a couple of brewski's and a few other adult baverouges etc... But this gives a pretty good insight on the shortcomings of the .22 as in functionality. And still one drags them away by the thousands from ones favorite retailers. In short: Some where down the line they must be doin' something right... :beer:

Yep. Big time. And if ISSC doesn´t get off there lazy you know what mine is goin´ back for a full refund or another .22 semi-automatic of a different brand.

Hold the phone. I am having major problems with mine. On top of that I'm still waiting for my new stock to arrive. In short: ISSC Customer Service is failling - big time. Promises but no after 4 months no stock. I'm lucky I can shoot it, because my gunsmith is a smart guy. But if something more essential fails, you're left with a nice gunsafe-ornament! >:(

Order another part...? And then what...? Wait another frikin' 4 months and still counting for it to arrive...? Yep. Still no new stock. I'm getting pretty annoyed with ISSC Customer Service. On top of that I'm having reliability issues with my rifle. Failures to Fire. I'm slowly beginning to get second thoughts on this one. >:(

Again a word of advice: Loctiting your screws on the toprail isn't a problem. But don't use loctite on the siderails or on the lowerrail. The rail covers-up some torquescrews that you need when you want your rifle to have a full maintenance job. I know that the ISSC leaflet says that you only need to clean with only the lower disassembled from the gun. Don't know who they gave the job of writing that little book, but that "It's amazing, Jim-story" is off course a bit bold to say the least. I took mine apart except for the firingpin assembly for cleaning. It was dirty after a 1000 rounds.

When one wants to pull the triggergroup from your lower, proceed with caution (this is acuriousity almost killed the cat-story). There's a screw (forgive me for my english that stinks, it's not a screw but it works the same, can't get the right english word for it, it's the other not being a torguescrew... ;D ) in the grip and a small crossscrew on one of your safetyswitches. When removed one can pull the trigger group out of the lower. But do it very gently.... I was greeted with about 3 springs, a plate and 2 rings that immediately jumped into AWOL-modus. And don't put black carpet on your gunroomfloor... :grin:

Me is puzzled... Can I go to the range with no permit at all? I mean: I have a yard, I chop wood in it and when the rain comes the grass will grow and somewhere down the line will get cut... But not at this time... So... can I go to the range without a permit for the simple fact that I'm a lazy ass?

Hold the phone, me hearties! And start ditching that average citizen bit.... The average Dutch citizen isn't into sportshooting nor into hunting. Hence: they dont get guns - period. And that fact makes me in my country a strong supporter for strict gun control. Don't touch that dial, folks and bear with me for a sec. Let me put this bold statement into perspective. Your (remember, I'm Dutch!) gunownership is firmly locked into your society. You have your Second Amendment. You have the Right to keep and bear arms. That makes it not only a more common practice, but it also is part of your nation's heritage and tradition, which found it's root in the struggle of a young nation facing threats from within and from abroad. And although some "civilized" people disgard this fact as a relic of the past from an uncivilized era, others will stand for their rights and believes. I'm not going in to the from my cold dead hands-bit but you know what I mean. And believing and upholding that right, doesn't end at the eternal Second Amendment-discussion. No, Sir! The responsible gunowner will be an advocate of those rights and an ambassador of that tradition. He will educate his kin on how to uphold that right and with that comes the responsibility of handling a gun right. That knowledge - in many cases - was given to him by his father and his father was taught by his father and so on. That doesn't mean one is safe for the occasional F-up, but it is a fact that a knowledgable society can deal a lot better with gunwnership then a non-knowledgable society. And here's where my strict gun control disease raises it's ugly head. My country hasn't got this tradition, hasn't got the knowledge. If every moron in my neck of the woods would be allowed to own or carry, I would be the first in line for a carrypermit. Not to protect my self against thugs and villians, but against legal don't-know-nothing gunowners with a gun. As for the rest of your little discussion - I don't have to choose, my goverment did that for me. Bummer. Maybe they will up the quota, maybe not. We had a mall ninja a few months back. Nutcase with a legalgunpermit and the media is all over us. We'll have to wait and see what troubles lie ahead.

What diet did you gave your identitiycrisisrifle? ;D

Do me a favor... Send all of it across the Great Pond to my neck of the woods. It hasn't rained properly in something like 2 and a half months here and with a pyromaniac (50 suspect fires in the last 2 years) on the loose we have our share of wildfires as well. As of yesterday about 6 Companies of firefighters ( that's 12 engines plus various support vehicles each! ) from across the nation and 5 helicopters and 100 members of the armed forces are battle-ing various blazes. Besides that it's lovely weather of course. Already have put the barby in use and in March - that's early! ;D