Don, I think S&Ws first piston system AR is a good one. I chose it over the Ruger and others because of the light weight mainly. I was really impressed by how clean the M&P was after a range session. These piston ARs seem to be the wave of the future even though a lot of people think there is no need for them. I understand that in the upcoming M4 trials the Army has specified they want a piston system if they do in fact do an upgrade. I'm sure our rifles will be in those trial, so it will be interesting to see the results.
The only mods I made to mine was the addition of a Magpul CRT stock and I had Armalite install one of their tactical two stage triggers. For sights I mounted an AGOG TA11, I'm quite happy with the setup.
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