K22 Long Barrel Pistol from Caledonian Classic Arms- initial review plus Youtube vid

[stonecutter]

Put a deposit on one of these today as just sent of for a variation. The guy had 8 in stock at the beginning of the week of all specs and when we went he had 5 left. We only popped out for a coffee for 20 minutes while they priced up our possible exchanges. Mine was a ROHM Twinmaster match which they offered £160 for so obviously i declined. Anyway back to the K22. I saw one being shot up our club last week and the guy who had just bought it could not stop grinning. I didnt get a chance to shoot it as i was busy trying out a M&P 15-22. when we returned back to the shop they had already sold 2 in 20 minutes. A word of advice, I had the guy bring all that was left out so that i could try the trigger which all had match fitted and i was surprised at the difference between the release on them so if you buy one of these and they have more than one in stock make sure you do the same. After all you are spending £850+ for it. Here is mine cant wait to get it up the range

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Hi Nice one ! It looks like they have changed the mags from the original type, or are they the extra capacity ones ?

Good luck with your purchase.

[Hairydavey]

Current mags only hold 10 rounds and have a button on the mag follower for easier loading, the originals hold 13. I have the 10 round ones and I had to do a bit of filing on the inside of the mags and on the sides of the followers as I found they would bind up a lot.

Got two of the new 20 round mags on the way The high capacity ones have a large delrin bump pad on the bottom of the mag.

[stonecutter]

Current mags only hold 10 rounds and have a button on the mag follower for easier loading, the originals hold 13. I have the 10 round ones and I had to do a bit of filing on the inside of the mags and on the sides of the followers as I found they would bind up a lot.

Got two of the new 20 round mags on the way The high capacity ones have a large delrin bump pad on the bottom of the mag.

Thanks for the info! I didn't know they did 10 rnd mags all mine are 13.

I am waiting for more info on the new red dot system i am going to call Scott tomorrow

[Dazzak]

Hi Stonecutter

They are 10,s magazine. they do a 19 which i think he said were about £30. he had sold the last one though. I am also looking forward o the red dot system. Our shop didnt know when it was coming out. just off to see arsefactors utube fitting of his pistol mount and red dot

cheers

dazza

[Dazzak]

Current mags only hold 10 rounds and have a button on the mag follower for easier loading, the originals hold 13. I have the 10 round ones and I had to do a bit of filing on the inside of the mags and on the sides of the followers as I found they would bind up a lot.

Got two of the new 20 round mags on the way The high capacity ones have a large delrin bump pad on the bottom of the mag.

Hi There do you mind me asking how much you paid for the 20 round mags?

Cheers

[Hairydavey]

I ordered mine from Master Class Custom Guns although Valley Arms also have them.

They come as either the complete mag at £50 or as an upgrade kit at £22, but the kit only works with the 13 round mags. Those of us with the 10 round mags with the button on the follower have to buy the whole magazine unfortunately.

[Dazzak]

I ordered mine from Master Class Custom Guns although Valley Arms also have them.

They come as either the complete mag at £50 or as an upgrade kit at £22, but the kit only works with the 13 round mags. Those of us with the 10 round mags with the button on the follower have to buy the whole magazine unfortunately.

ok thanks for that ill take a look

Dazza

[Hairydavey]

My 19 round extended mags turned up today. My initial impressions are very good

The extended mags are simply a 13 round magazine with the delrin (posh pretty unbreakable plastic) magazine bumper and rubber washer attached to the bottom. The delrin bumper is hollowed out to allow the spring and magazine follower extra travel in order to increase the magazine capacity.

10 and 19 round mags side by side:

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The magazine bumper/extension is well finished. It's not just been moulded and stuck on, but has been finished by machine and has a Caledonian Classic Arms logo etched onto its rear. The base has been turned on a lathe.

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If you got 13 round magazines with your pistols then you have lucked in as you will only need the upgrade kit, which is less than half the price of a complete extended magazine.

Bad news for 10 round mag owners (these are the mags with the buttons on the followers), the magazine bodies and followers are of completely different dimensions internally and will not fit, you'll have to buy the entire magazine!

Comparing them to the 10 round magazines that came with my pistol is like comparing night and day. The mag follower is nice and smooth, and the channel which the spring and front of the follower rides in appears to have been finished by hand, as I can see file marks which have ground down any raised moulding to prevent the spring and follower from binding against the magazine body. The 10 round magazine body is shiny whereas the extended magazine (also read the 13 round mag on which it's based) are a matt finish and less cheap looking to the eye.

The more I look at these mags, the more I have come to the conclusion that the 10 round magazines currently supplied with the pistol are junk. I had to do a lot of fitting in order to make the followers run smoothly, and these magazines which are based on the original 13 round mag are streets ahead. Granted, my 10 round magazines may have been lemons, but to have three magazines all subpar from new is a lot of lemons!

That isn't Caledonian Classic Arms fault, they have been excellent to deal with and I would recommend them to anyone, the problems I had with the original 10 rounders were to do with design and build issues.

These are a good buy in my eyes, I'll give them a run in at the range Thursday. I feel quite confident that these will run well.

[NoEntry]

Take a look at this version.

http://www.grandpower.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13

looks about right to me.


Mike