Cerberus-
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Hello everyone,
Been a lurker here for a few years and reading up on the M&P 15-22. I settled on the M&P 15-22 after reading many of reviews, and watching videos on Youtube, and of course this forum. So, I finally bit the bullet, no pun intended, and got one for the family for christmas.
One thing though, I just cant leave anything stock, so I just had to make it my own. Along with the gun I got some stuff from Brownells for it. I've always liked the look of a AR with a 16" barrel and a rifle length handguard, kinda like this Dissipator:
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So next I ordered from Brownells:
Magpul MOE Rifle length handguard OD
Magpul Grip OD
Magpul ACS/L Buttstock OD
And since I'm going to a handguard, not a free float:
Gas block with rail
Handguard end cap
Delta Ring
Barrel nut
Of course, to get the barrel nut off,and install the handguard, I ordered the standard barrel nut converter package from Tacticool22.com.
Eventually, I'll get a new flash hider, and being a fan of the XM177 since I was a kid I found this from DPMS:
I also got a couple of mags, which I'll also eventually paint OD too.
So I wanted to do this as a WIP, instead of just posting the finished product in the M&P15-22 pics thread. Since I'm waiting for the order from Brownells to arrive, my first mod is going to be the Tacticrayola mod I've seen a lot of people do. While I like the look of using the white and red colors that most people seem to being using, I wanted to have more of a Lo-Vis/combat look. I used white and red for the safety's lettering, but to offset the OD of the furniture, I decided on a light and darker shade of brown. Another thing I did different than a lot of people is use brake cleaner on the lettering before coloring. I don't know exactly if it helped, but most of the lettering was done in only two coats.
I started with the safety:
Then I decided to remove the selector. Being lazy, and not wanting to go over to my tool box to get a drift, I tried pushing it out with a 5.56 brass. Dooh ! It got stuck on the detent, and I couldn't get it out.
After pulling the grip it popped out. Got it all finished and here's the left:
And the right:
Again, most of it took only two coats.
The 15-22 lettering was the only pain in the butt spot. I took about 5 or 6 tries before it filled in. One thing I found was that you need to go in two directions (up down, left right) to get good coverage. Also, instead of going in light coats, I used some good pressure to get the most amount of coverage.
Alright, that's it for now. Like I said, this will be a WIP and when I get my Brownells order, I'll post more. Oh, some more gratuitous porn:
Been a lurker here for a few years and reading up on the M&P 15-22. I settled on the M&P 15-22 after reading many of reviews, and watching videos on Youtube, and of course this forum. So, I finally bit the bullet, no pun intended, and got one for the family for christmas.
One thing though, I just cant leave anything stock, so I just had to make it my own. Along with the gun I got some stuff from Brownells for it. I've always liked the look of a AR with a 16" barrel and a rifle length handguard, kinda like this Dissipator:
So next I ordered from Brownells:
Magpul MOE Rifle length handguard OD
Magpul Grip OD
Magpul ACS/L Buttstock OD
And since I'm going to a handguard, not a free float:
Gas block with rail
Handguard end cap
Delta Ring
Barrel nut
Of course, to get the barrel nut off,and install the handguard, I ordered the standard barrel nut converter package from Tacticool22.com.
Eventually, I'll get a new flash hider, and being a fan of the XM177 since I was a kid I found this from DPMS:
I also got a couple of mags, which I'll also eventually paint OD too.
So I wanted to do this as a WIP, instead of just posting the finished product in the M&P15-22 pics thread. Since I'm waiting for the order from Brownells to arrive, my first mod is going to be the Tacticrayola mod I've seen a lot of people do. While I like the look of using the white and red colors that most people seem to being using, I wanted to have more of a Lo-Vis/combat look. I used white and red for the safety's lettering, but to offset the OD of the furniture, I decided on a light and darker shade of brown. Another thing I did different than a lot of people is use brake cleaner on the lettering before coloring. I don't know exactly if it helped, but most of the lettering was done in only two coats.
I started with the safety:
Then I decided to remove the selector. Being lazy, and not wanting to go over to my tool box to get a drift, I tried pushing it out with a 5.56 brass. Dooh ! It got stuck on the detent, and I couldn't get it out.
After pulling the grip it popped out. Got it all finished and here's the left:
And the right:
Again, most of it took only two coats.
The 15-22 lettering was the only pain in the butt spot. I took about 5 or 6 tries before it filled in. One thing I found was that you need to go in two directions (up down, left right) to get good coverage. Also, instead of going in light coats, I used some good pressure to get the most amount of coverage.
Alright, that's it for now. Like I said, this will be a WIP and when I get my Brownells order, I'll post more. Oh, some more gratuitous porn:
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