I bought my Sport as an AR noob, so I didn't know better. It was inexpensive, it was S&W made and it was how I wanted to enter the AR world. Even today my Sport only has a drop in rail change which I am soon converting back to stock.

After that first rifle, I soon learned it was cheaper, easier and way more fulfilling to just assemble what I want, that's all I do now. I'll probably never own another non-free floated rifle beside the Sport.

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Still carrying my S&W 642