Been lurking on here for a long and got a lot of good info here. Thought it was time I finally made a post and introduced myself and thanked everyone who has contributed info here making my life easier.

My girlfriend actually got me the 15-22 for my B-day in Dec of '09 so it is an early rifle before they came out with all the different versions and updates, can't complain though what an awesome gift.

Has been sent back to S&W and has all updated springs and such only problem ever was one OOB and popped the extractor which is what necessitated the trip, no problems with S&W outside of taking forever to get a shipping lable, came back with blue springs and new extractor.

Have made many mods/upgrades alot with info found here.

Hogue Grip
Magpul stock (found a neat little add-on quick release sling mount specifically for the Magpul stock and obviously had to have it)
I'm a south paw so using the tip found here did the ambi safety mod, works great and cost less than 15 bucks for the second lever and only took about 20 min.
Norgon ambi mag release (again south paw)
Extended take down pins
NcStar scope with quick release mount. Not the best scope, but with dual illum and for the $ can't complain works well for plinking.
Once the scope was on really needed an extended charging handle latch and Beltfed's works great.
Really wasn't to wild about the look of the quad rail handgaurd so with the help of an adapter from Tacticool installed a midlenght handguard from Hogue.
Added a quick release sling mount to the handgaurd. Mount is actually for an SR-22 but had the perfect contour to match the handguard contour so drilled, threaded and tapped the handgaurd and mounted it.
I had always intended on getting the barrel threaded and installing a compensator. So I sent the barrel to JP Grips and had the barrel threaded (can't say enough good things about Jim at JP the work was great, the communication/professionalism was top notch and the cost was right to boot).
Problem was with the handgaurd and no gas block I thought a barrel shroud would fill in and look better. So I made my own threaded barrel shroud from a piece of aluminum and polished it.
Did the normal trigger work lightly polished the appropriate surfaces and added the JP yellow springs. No light strikes, minimal creep and breaks at 4.8lbs (stock was 6.5lbs, I figure $10 for almost a 2lb drop is worth it).

And by the way the MP15-22 is by far the most expensive gun I've ever owned as it really is a gateway gun into black guns, and inspired me to buy a .223 (and of course mod the heck out of it) and then build a 6.8spc and a .308 .

Now that I'm done rambling on. I'll throw a few pics up (a few of the others as well).
BTW name is Dane and am from the Midwest (St. Louis, MO area).













The .223





The 6.8SPC







The .308

You've been lurking for how long and keeping those pics from us??? Great looking rifles and glad to see you speak up. Thanks for posting. I really like the barrel shroud. From the pic, it looked like you replaced the barrel.

Thanks for the compliments.
Keeping the pics till I had enough cool stuff to post 'em all

The barrel shroud was just kind of a what the heck kind of thing. I needed at least a 6.75" long shroud to tuck in the handgaurd and the longest I could find in stock anywhere was 6". Tried having Tacticool make me a black 7" shroud but the kept having problems with their anodizer and after countless e-mails and delays I just figured I'd try making my own (I figured the polished would give it a unique look and it was cool to say I made it myself).

Where'd ya get the Ambi safety from?

Welcome as well from St. Louis

The lever is a JP enterprises from Midway
Ambidextrous Lever Reversible Safety Selector AR-15 Matte

Was a couple bucks cheaper when I bought it. And I learned the mod to install it on here.
I only did one side and left the original on the other side.
Here's a link to the thread

Ambi-Safety Mod

Big thanks for the post! i'm also a southpaw who's brand new to firearms. my m&p 15-22 is en route in the mail & i've been looking for ways to make it full ambi unit. i'm going to look into your ambi safety & mag release mods now in anticipation. now i have the happiness.

Welcome from the East Coast. Those are some very tasteful rifles. I share your affinity for thin forends - much better control.

If you think the rifles get expensive, wait until someone hands you a revolver.

Nice Rifles !!!! Welcome from Virginia. Also originally from St. Louis (entire family still resides in the area), as you tell by my forum name.

Nice looking setups, I noticed you have a sling attachment on your Magpul stock. I have the same stock, so I know you have a sling adapter, can you direct me to name and were to get one?

I have the Magpul sling attached to the Buffer plate (right hander plate) but was interested in attaching to the stock if possible. I installed the quick release on my M&P 15/22 for that setup.