New to the site based in the UK

[Glowin]

Hi everyone,

I just came across the site and thought I'd sign up.

I'm from the UK and have been shooting since I was small. I just sold my Walther G22 a week or so back and pick up my Colt M4 ops on Wednesday and I'm more than a little excited. A little sad to see the Walther go as even though I've been shooting for a while my Mum wasn't too happy with me having firearms in the house so I only got my licence five years ago when I moved to my first house and the Walther was my first ever rifle.

I took my PS22 site off the Walther and intend to put it on the Colt (Walther/Umarex) but think I'll save up and get an EOTech at some point. Overkill I'm sure for a .22 but there's no way in hell I could get a semi auto AR15 over here so this is as good as it gets for me.

And a quick question, do most of the Magpul parts fit the M4 Ops? I've been sucked in by there marketing and can't wait to get some of their accessories!

Cheers

Gareth/Gaz/Glowin

[Microgunner]

Welcome to the site Glowin. I own the same model Colt and mounted the Walther PS55 sight on mine. Works well. The only other addition to mine is a vertical foregrip so, I really couldn't tell you anything about Magpul parts fitment.  Is the little Colt popular in the UK?

[asmurff]

Welcome to the group, sorry can't help on the Magpul fit since I shoot a dressed up 10/22. But we have several who do.

[lmao_37]

hi and glad to have you aboard there are more than a few people that can help you out with all the magpul/cool upgrades you can do to your M4.

[rodent.22]

Hiya Glowin- I'm glad to see an OPS owner checking in. The initial production of the Colts were very finicky about the ammo they would digest. In fact some folks here returned the arms as defective. Most all the rest ran a brick or two of ammo thru them. This arm really smooths out and shoots very well after a break-in period of several hundred rounds. The magpul accessories do fit well. Many guys have installed the MOE stocks (milspec) and the front rails will accept just about anything you want to install. The magpul enhanced triggerguard (polymer) will fit. The handgrips will fit but the mounting holes must be slightly modified. A barrel thread adapter is available to allow installation of any standard AR compensator or flash hider. There are many modification threads here on the website, look them over. Congrats and keep us posted!

[Glowin]

Cheers for the welcome guys.

I'm not sure how popular the Colts are over here Microgunner but I can't see how they wouldn't be. Like I said before semi auto AR15's are a no no over here unless you buy a proper conversion which'll cost quite a bit more. These Colts/S&W's/GSG's are the first easily customisable rifles you can buy over here from what I've seen. The Walther was a great looking thing but there wasn't a lot you could do with it. It was also very picky about what ammunition I put through it rodent.22 so I was thinking of sticking with the Winchester T22 rounds that worked well with the G22. Any other suggestions?

Glad to hear that the Magpul extras go on without too much fuss. I've got my Christmas list for at least the next few years sorted! You have to have suppressors added onto your firearms licence over here and as I've no need for one I wouldn't be able to add it I don't think so I won't need any thread adaptors.

[Madhouse]

Welcome!

[pintofcarling]

Hi Dude, I am a colt m4 ops owner living near coventry uk nice to see some brits on the seen, what mods are going to put on the m4 ???

All the best the pint :beer:

[techmike]

Howdy!

TM

[Glowin]

Thanks for the further welcomes,

Mr Pint I've got a Walther PS22 site to put on along with a tacticle green laser and pressure switch that can go on straight away. Then I was thinking Magpul XTM rail covers an MOE stock and an MOE grip and the rear backup site.

I'm not too far from Coventry. Just up the M6 in a town called Stone.

Anyway I'll get some photo's up on Wednesday.

Cheers

Glowin