Hello everyone. New guy here. I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for their help and share my experience with you.
I purchased an M&P 15-22 at the gun store on a whim. I went there to buy a Ruger 10/22 to shoot with my 10 year old son. I saw the 15-22 on the shelf and HAD TO HAVE IT. I own a colt M4, so I am already familiar with the AR platform. My thinking was that I could stay proficient with the platform for cheaper. I also thought the collapsible stock would be a better fit for the short length of pull my son requires.
I took it to the range, and it worked beautifully. It came with one of the new "25 Rounds" magazines. I shot Federal Bulk, Federal Lightning, Winchester Super X and CCI standard velocity. I got a couple of failure to feeds with the Winchester, but I now attribute that to incorrect magazine loading. I have since followed the magazine loading instructions on this forum, ensuring the proper staggering of the rounds, and now the Winchester feeds fine.
I decided to purchase an extra two magazines from my gun store. I took them to the range, and began having failure to eject and failure to feed issues. At this point I was not aware that it could possibly be the magazine. They looked identical to me and I did not notice the "25 rounds" printed on the mag that came with the gun was missing on the two I had purchased from the gun store. I began to get very very frustrated. I searched the internet which led me to this forum.
I made another range trip to see if proper magazine loading was the issue. With a properly loaded magazine, the "25 rounds" mag was flawless. I put at least 500 rounds through it. The "22 LR" mags, however still gave me issues, even though I confirmed the rounds were staggered.
I wanted to share my conclusion is that the 22 LR mags simply do not work well with my gun and must be defective. I have contacted Smith and they are sending a shipping tag to return the two defective mags. They were polite and very apologetic.
Once the replacement mags come in, I'll report here to give you guys an update.
I think my gun must be a newer model because it has the built in flash hider. It does NOT have blue springs on the bold assembly or trigger assembly however.
I just ordered a Vortex Strikefire for the gun since I have an aimpoint on my Colt AR. I got the new one with the brighter red dot with no green dot option. Once I receive that I'll post my opinion of the sight.
My overall impression of the gun is very very good. It is unfortunate I picked up the defective magazines, because other than that, I have had no issues with the gun. My son loves it, and I can now train for pennies on the dollar with 22 ammo. I really think that these magazines should be recalled. They can absolutely destroy the good impression someone might have from the gun. I love this gun and would but it again.
I purchased an M&P 15-22 at the gun store on a whim. I went there to buy a Ruger 10/22 to shoot with my 10 year old son. I saw the 15-22 on the shelf and HAD TO HAVE IT. I own a colt M4, so I am already familiar with the AR platform. My thinking was that I could stay proficient with the platform for cheaper. I also thought the collapsible stock would be a better fit for the short length of pull my son requires.
I took it to the range, and it worked beautifully. It came with one of the new "25 Rounds" magazines. I shot Federal Bulk, Federal Lightning, Winchester Super X and CCI standard velocity. I got a couple of failure to feeds with the Winchester, but I now attribute that to incorrect magazine loading. I have since followed the magazine loading instructions on this forum, ensuring the proper staggering of the rounds, and now the Winchester feeds fine.
I decided to purchase an extra two magazines from my gun store. I took them to the range, and began having failure to eject and failure to feed issues. At this point I was not aware that it could possibly be the magazine. They looked identical to me and I did not notice the "25 rounds" printed on the mag that came with the gun was missing on the two I had purchased from the gun store. I began to get very very frustrated. I searched the internet which led me to this forum.
I made another range trip to see if proper magazine loading was the issue. With a properly loaded magazine, the "25 rounds" mag was flawless. I put at least 500 rounds through it. The "22 LR" mags, however still gave me issues, even though I confirmed the rounds were staggered.
I wanted to share my conclusion is that the 22 LR mags simply do not work well with my gun and must be defective. I have contacted Smith and they are sending a shipping tag to return the two defective mags. They were polite and very apologetic.
Once the replacement mags come in, I'll report here to give you guys an update.
I think my gun must be a newer model because it has the built in flash hider. It does NOT have blue springs on the bold assembly or trigger assembly however.
I just ordered a Vortex Strikefire for the gun since I have an aimpoint on my Colt AR. I got the new one with the brighter red dot with no green dot option. Once I receive that I'll post my opinion of the sight.
My overall impression of the gun is very very good. It is unfortunate I picked up the defective magazines, because other than that, I have had no issues with the gun. My son loves it, and I can now train for pennies on the dollar with 22 ammo. I really think that these magazines should be recalled. They can absolutely destroy the good impression someone might have from the gun. I love this gun and would but it again.
