Hello everyone. I'm a newbie here and have just get into the rimfire scene not so long ago, and now I'm addicted. First with the Sig P229 classic 22 and now this little beast, the Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22.

3 weeks with my M&P15-22 was so much fun and it becomes one of my favorite toys, if not the most favorite.

The fun started out with a stock M&P15-22.



The first lot of the accessories was "Tango Down BattleGrip Quick Detach Vertical Grip" and 4 x 25 rounds magazines



then "GG&G Sling Thing, front sling mount", "Blue Force Vickers Sling" and "Magpul MBUS" front & rear sights were added.



Final add on for the "phase I" of the tranformation project is the Eotech 511 .A65 rev F



And here is my little "Transformer" at the current form.



Went through 4 - 500 rounds lately. My rifle loves all CCIs: Stingers, MINI Mag HPs, Wolf and Remington Thunderbolt.

Have got quite a few problem with Rem. Golder Bullet HP and Viper.

All I can say is,.... love it .... love it .... love it !!!

Congrads on your 15-22, you got it lookin saweeeeet!!! Ive tried CCI minimags, Federal 550 bulk pack, and Winchester SuperX SuperSpeedRN, in the 100rd box, and have had great luck with all. Ive also tried some Winchester Wildcats, copule mags full, had 1 hicup per mag. So not to bad.

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Smth & Wesson M&P AR15-22

Welcome to the forum, Maxicooper. You've got your rifle looking sharp.
Dave

welcome to the forum...great looking 15-22

where did you get the mbus front and rear sights?

Thanks to you all for the warm welcome.

Like I have mentioned, I'm so in love with this little 15-22. The "phase II" is on the way, should be completed by Christmas. Hopefully, Santa will be super kind enough to make my dream come true. he he he.

Speaking of MBUS, fortunately, a gun shop (White Marsh Arms) in my area had a set in stock. It looks like the MBUS rear sight is kind of hard to find now a day.

Summary from 2 trips to the range.

CCI MINI Mag Hyper Velocity round nose, 200 rounds: 100%
CCI MINI Mag Hyper Velocity hallow point, 100 rounds: 100%
CCI Stinger, 100 rounds: 100%
Wolf match target, 50 rounds: 100%
Remington Thunderbolt, 50 rounds: 96%, 1 FTE & 1 FTF


Remington Golden bullet, 100 rounds: all kind of mulfunctions, 4 to 7 in every 25.
Remington Viper, 50 rounds: multiple mulfunction,

The rifle has a good accuracy, good handling, light weight, lots of cool factors, really fun to shoot, and all at the right price.

Kinda sums up most owners experiences with Remington .22 ammo.

yep, mine says Remington is yucky and chokes on it!!

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Maxi, are you over at the NAM forum also?

Yes, I'm.... a proud owner of both a M&P 15-22 & a MINI Cooper.

It must be a great combination! Live in the Baltimore area.

Brian

Welcome Maxi...from the Sunshine State

Great. We should get together at Continental or On Target sometimes.

Thanks for the welcome.

An UPS box just came in.

Seems like the phase II might start sooner than I would have thought.

Voila !!! opened the box and found my early Christmas presents. Magpul CTR and Hogue OverMolded grip have arrived.





Can't wait for Santa to deliver other 2 bling blings tomorrow.

Which size Mag-Pul stock is that, military spec or civi?

It's a Mil-Spec model.

The blings have arrived.

LaRue tactical offset flashlight mount & Surefire G2Z.

Looks awesome.

I put a CTR on mine, and I liked the overall look. The one thing that I didn't like..... When collapsed, the CTR (all) does not match the profile of the lower. It hangs way down to the profile of the tear-drop ring on an AR15. The S&W factory stock has a profile that matches it's one piece lower/tube design.

Good mods. EOTech FTW.

Those are sharp looking 15-22s; hoping to get my mitts on one soon.

Before & After.

Looks good. Man, that's alot of $$ invested in a .22.

Really love this Accu-Tech flash hinder from Wilson Combat.



...... and that'll be the next project.

I sneaked out and went to the range this evening.

The 15-22 was throughly cleaned and ready since last week. I brought 3 mags of Federal Lightnings, 3 mags of Mini Mags, and 50 rounds of Rem. Thunderbolt.

The rifle performed flawlessly.

Only one mulfunction, a Thunderbolt stuck/crushed vertically in the magazine lips and failed to get in the chamber.
Other than that, no problem of any kind.

The Walmart's Lightnings were surprisingly good. Not as good as the Mini Mag, but definitely get along well with my 15-22, much better than the Golden Bullet.
Thunderbolts were ok as well, but they weren't very consistant. Some of rounds sounded very weak. I don't have much confident using it. So no more Thunderbolt for the next time.

So, I have a conclusion that I will be using only CCI's Mini Mags, CCI's Stingers and Federal Lightning ammos for my 15-22 from now on.

I really had a blast tonight and the rifle's really fun to shoot. Can't wait until the next time.

Just heard a rumor that Santa will bring me something exactly like this for Christmas.

After reading the posts about failures, I too am sticking with either Federal bulk or CCI. I will probably shoot the CCI mostly because even though they cost more, they are still substantially cheaper than any brand I shoot through my other AR-15 in .223 cal.

OH, nice! You must have been very good this year.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-w...ml#post1172932

An awesome rifle you have.

The IndexClips, they are on the way.

Stay tuned.

Looks like a great mod.
IndexClips, 72 Piece Set (LT708)

If you have any left over, interested in selling them?

I had never seen those index clips before. Way toooo cool for so many applications. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for the comment

A new look after installed the LaRue's indexclips.

A new range report from this morning shoot.....

250 rds of Mini-mags, rapid fire and non rapid fire, "zero" malfunction.

Me, my friend and my son, we all had a blast today. Especially my friend he's gonna get one.

Always good to hear zero malfunctions, regardless of which weapon (s) used.

Maybe S&W should come up with a referral program on their products. A free mag or two per referral that makes a firearm purchase would work for me.

The LaRue's index clips are way too Cool! I had to order a set! Will be here Wednesday if lucky.

And they told the buyers of the S&W Model 41 the exact same thing. And a few years down the road they more than tripled in price. Buy it cuz they are cool and you like them. If you are looking for a bargain buy a 10/22.

Not really. All the parts that's been added to that 15-22 are standard AR parts. So if he likes, he can use them on any other AR that he has. And when you are talking about the AR platform in general, he's only scratched the surface of spending money on upgrades. The last AR I built from the ground up came out to about $2500 without optics.

In case anyone was wondering how much it probably cost him to build it up this way.

M&P15-22 rifle - $500 (probably less)
Magpul CTR - $115 (or less)
LaRue Indes Clips $20
Hogue Grip - $18
Larue Offset Mount - $89
Tango Down VFG ~ $85
Magpul MBUS front and rear $100
Eotech 511 - $350
Blue Force Vickers Sling $59
GG&G sling thing mount $35
4 extra 15-22 mags $80

Grand total $1451 (not including shipping costs). But My numbers are probably a little high. The only accessory on that list that cannot be used on any other AR, or just about any modern battle rifle, is the 4 extra magazines. So I'd say it's more of an investment in a system than it is on a specific rifle.

I know people who have over $1200 invested in a 10/22 not counting optics. And none of that is reusable in any other firearm.

I'll be working on building mine up to match my regular AR over the next few months (after Christmas). My list of parts is very close to maxicoopers list.

Modified safety selector (ambi safety)
Norgon ambi-catch (already installed)

Magpul CTR
Magpul MIAD grip
Magpul MBUS front and rear
Larue FUG
Larue Index Clips
MS2 Sling
slings mounts (haven't decided which ones yet)
Eotech XPS2

I'm also going to get the BBL threaded for FH/Supressor and then a Gem-tech outback II will be the final item. But these item's are the last on the priority list right now.

Great job on the M&P15-22 maxicooper. Enjoy.

Right. Kinda like buying a high-end portable GPS... it'll work wherever you decide to put it. And if the 15-22 is the first AR style firearm someone has purchased, they would do well to invest in quality optics if they think they'll eventually move to centerfire. As a gadget junky, I get a lot of use and fun from the inexpensive Chinese merchandise too.

As they say.... 'it's all good'

TH, you're spot on.

My budget is $1,300 at the beginning. At current stage, it was "very" close to the plan.

Fortunately, I got some of the mods from local gun stores which help me saved some shipping cost. I also got an Eotech from my fellow shooters at a discount price.

What will go over the budget will be barrel threaded, flash hider and trigger upgrade. Those will be the final touch to the rifle.

The goal is to make a "Tacticool" and fun to shoot AR, for me and my kids to enjoy shooting and to spend valuable time together. And my son loves it, that is priceless.

I found that modding AR was additive than modding my MINI.

Can I mod any of this to a Sqiures Bingham? Had it lying around for 30 yrs or so.

Sure. Just bolt on some picatinny rails and you can hang all sorts of stuff on it.

I can relate, I gave up auto-xing my 87 BMW and have focused on upgrading my M4s......and have just started on the M&P15-22. I see some hand-me-downs making there way onto the 15-22.

THIS IS A LOT OF FUN!!!



BUT.... THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW!

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Where is that Autox? Almost looks like Columbia SC at the stadium. By the way there is a sale going on for used M-16's. Seems like a good deal if you have the money.
Bargain Bin, CMMG, Inc

It's at Firebird Int Raceway in Chandler, AZ, just outside Phoenix.

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What ammo were you using when your rifle blew up into all those pieces?

You've posted some fantastic pictures, Maxi. If you're not in the photo industry, you certainly have a knack for it.