Never did like those things. Sako l579 more to love

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This is a good reason to get one or two. Mine is named Hillary, she's why I bought it. I don't love it but she's mine.

There wasn't any mention about piston rifles. I have both, piston and direct impingment, you might want to weigh the pros and cons between the two. I like both systems but with the piston version you don't have a buffer tube which means more versatility(IMO).

SBR'd Sig MCX pistol 300BO



With a couple extras

Alright, so I made an offer on a Smith & Wesson M&P15X, so we'll see what comes of that...

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The little shop in the Palmetto state is running a sale on uppers and lowers now, less than $350.00. It would need a magazine and some sort of sights.

Get your $328 AR at PSA.

PSA Daily Deals

M4 style complete uppers for $229 and complete lowers for $99.

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A friend convinced me to go in with him on a 5D Tactical jig & I built way too many AR's, I find the standard .223/5.56 are very easy to build and usually work the very first time I take them to the range-- Then I started building the AR-9,AR-10, AR-45 and they need more tweaking to make them work right. Now I have way too many AR's in every caliber I like

Well, my offer received a counter-offer which I accepted, but now I've hit a snag... The site I ordered from doesn't have my FFL on file and neither the site's customer support nor my FFL are open until Monday, so now I have to wait...

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You waited this long to get an AR, a few extra days won’t matter much. It gives you time to shop for magazines, sights, a sling, ammo, maybe a furniture set.

My last AR was issued in the Dark Ages, but I've fired a (ahem)-ton of M4s since 2013. It happens that I had in May occasion to function-test and get exemplar brass from several of an AK variant in 7.62x39. I enjoyed the round, but not the rifles, so I think I need a Colt CR6762, essentially an M4 in 7.62x39. Familiar rifle with just enough 'juice' for small-to-medium deer. They come with a 30-round mag, but hunting 5-rounders are readily available.

Alright, so now that the order has been placed, here's some information on the rifle that I purchased...



M&P;(R)15X | Smith & Wesson

Based on what I've been able to gather, the M&P15X was in production from 2007 up until 2019. It was originally Smith & Wesson's premium option in the M&P15 line, with a hefty MSRP of $1,379.00! Fortunately, it only cost me $608 after tax/fee/S&H, which seems fair to me considering that it's a police trade-in which most likely spent most of its life inside of a police cruiser. I'm unsure of where my particular example came from, but I was able to find two articles listing the adoption of the M&P15X, one was the Navada Department of Public Safety and the other was possibly — get this — The National Aeronautics and Space Association! Yeah, apparently NASA was considering adoption of the M&P15X for the security force at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock Mississippi. However, I could find no confirmation of whether or not they actually adopted it, so of the two of them, it most likely came from the NDPS, but an interesting tidbit of information nonetheless.

Based on the specs, it appears that the M&P15X was basically Smith & Wesson's offering for a high-end M4 Carbine/LE6920 style of tactical rifle. Alas, the M&P15X seems to have been a model which just didn't attract the same kind of attention that the standard M&P15 or the budget-priced Sport models did, so attempts to find any detailed reviews, testing, or even range reports on the rifle were ultimately fruitless. Yes, this rifle, despite being in production for over a decade, just doesn't seem to have been anywhere near as popular as their less expensive models were. Nevertheless, I consider myself rather fortunate to have stumbled upon a sale for such a high-end rifle at such a low price, and I can't wait to get my claws on it!

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it isn't the American government. The feds don't care since the AWB timed out, but some of the state governments do.

So depending on where you live you need either none or several.

My buddy who I used to shoot with a lot has an M&P Sport. I think the current model is the Sport II but IDKU.

I can't find a single thing wrong with it.

Several major manufacturers build a decent <1K AR.

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Early 1970s Colt SP-1.

It's fine for what it is. I've owned and used it since the late 1980s. It was mostly acquired as a stand-in for a US small arms collection. It's probably my least favorite rifle on the place. I don't admire anything about it, its design, its ergonomics, its appearance, or its cartridge.

It's ok for fun plinking out to 200 yards. So are a lot of other rifles.

My most recent AR .22. The start of a Solo Blaster. This is how it was set up for a 2gun ZSA shoot that I used it in two months ago. Cheeked it and used it for my rifle.

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Love my MP Sport2, but after buying a Sig Tread 716, I'd definitely buy the Sig 400 Tread for the little extra money it is. The Ruger, Springfield, Colt and Bushmasters are also good value AR's.

Hey great idea you guys, I think I'll write my own obituary too:

BRL40 kicked the bucket long before Forte Smitten Wesson ever got around to giving us a flippin' range report.

Ferkrissakes have you even fired that thing yet?

I'm another of those shooters who's just sorta 'meh' on AR's..... - Not a single thing against them - I mainly ended up with my first because of dissatisfaction with a total of three (3) Ruger Mini-14's whose accuracy was approximately "minute of paint bucket".

Have a fairly basic Delton that came with a 20" hvy. barrel with a match chamber. Grew tired of that, easily sold the upper and put a 16" Bushmaster upper on it. Kept the M2 style stock because it just works n the woods if I want to hunt with it. A good quality Burris low-power variable scope, Magpul pistol grip and fore end, completes what is a great shooting little rifle. Far out-performs the Mini-14's I used to own.

The other is a SIG PM400 with brace. Got it while working at an LGS when they had first come out, complete with the ATF laminated letter stating that the firearm was a pistol and completely approved.
It wears an EoTech red-dot and is a fun shooter.
I also got a CMMG .22 LR conversion kit for it that works perfect. My only suppressor is for .22 RF and it threads right on the SIG. With subsonic .22 LR, you hear just the bolt moving and bullets striking cardboard.

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Yea, same here, me and a shooting buddy were at a gunshop one day when he asked my opinion on AR's, seeings as how I recently had gotten out of the Air Force and was familiar with them.

I told him that I didn't think much of them as I was more interested in bolt guns such as my Remington 700.

Years later he decided to purchase a new Colt M4 something-or-other anyway and we took it to the gun range.

"These things are fun, care to try it?"

Me: "Sure...hey wait a minute, these things are kind of fun."

He then proceeded to jump in my bottom:

"YOU IDIOT, I COULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE OF THESE THINGS FOR TEN TIMES LESS BEFORE THIS STUPID 1994 GUN BAN, I AIN'T NEVER LISTENING TO YOU AGAIN!"

ME:

Been into them ever since.

A friend bought a Bushmaster(pre Rem) Varminter. Never shot it. Offered it to me for 500 dollars with a 4 1/2 X 14 Nikon on it. It shoots almost as well as my 700 bolt gun. I bought a cheapy M-4 style for 400 bucks...nothing great in my opinion. Then bought a completed Anderson lower...for 150 bucks...put a good Timney trigger in it I got in a yard sale buy...box of stuff for 10 bux. Went to the local gun club swap/sale. Got an Anderson HB upper with sights a Magpul 30 round mag and 100 rounds of US military ammo for 275 dollars. Put it all together and the darn thing shoots well. Sold the M-4 style and got a nice Ruger Mini 14...I have 'nuff military style stuff now. Guess I oughta get more ammo for 'em......or make my own

As much as the riotous segments hate those things they compulsively try to steal them as in the case of the guy fighting dumpster fires and graffiti. Then they sweep the area in open court.

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Sounds like you've been having fun!

Had two Mini-30's in the past and they were fun, but I got an Olympic Arms .223 chambered fluted Stainless Ultra Match barrel for my AR and it was more accurate than my 700 bolt gun.

Of course I sold that gun because I am an idiot, but I still like AR's better because they can be easily made back into tack-drivers if desired.

I've been reloading .223 until my supplies run out and then I'll buy some more remanufactured ammo from Freedom Munitions because it's way easier than reloading on my neanderthal single stage press set-up.

Nope, unfortunately I've had an awful lot of personal stuff going on ever since I got the rifle and have been too preoccupied dealing with the mess to do anything else.

Besides, I'm between ranges at this time because the one that I was a member of for years adopted a host of fudd rules which essentially render shooting an AR there practically impossible, so not only do I have to sort out a lot of things in my life before I can shoot, but then I have to find a new range that isn't governed by fudds who basically render shooting anything but a 6-shot revolver an exercise in tedium.

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Living in the communist state of Kommifornia, I have held off buying an AR platform rifle due to the restrictions placed on it in this state. I have great hopes that soon the "assault rifle" ban will be ruled unconstitutional, but in the meantime I have acquired a Ruger Mini 14 which serves a similar purpose and "isn't Scary" to the leftists here. I have selected my requisite options for when I can purchase what I want however.

Since my last 'water craft' was a 12' w/a 6 h.p. Evinrude, I only needed this one:

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If I were in your shoes, then I too would also sooner opt for a Ruger Mini-14. California Compliant ARs are a hideous abomination. The mere sight of one honestly fills me with disgust.

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After 29 years in the Army, I thought I would never have a AR. I now have six, I only shoot paper. I found it enjoyable to build my own lowers, but I did build one upper. I reload all of my rounds, another hobby that has blossomed. If you want a AR get one or two.

Oh, you are forgiven, hey at least you were able to obtain one so give us a report when you can.

Yep, we here in WA. used to be able to go to a gun show and buy and sell to each other without restrictions, as long as we were law abiding citizens.

Then I think bunch of your residents moved up here for the high-tech. jobs and now I don't think a FFL will even sell me a AR trigger spring.

They might be highly intelligent, scholastically educated individuals, but they are dumb as snot when it comes to protecting all of our 2A rights from government intrusion.

That's why I went out and bought my most recent AR and some spare parts, before all this garbage took place, and that's why I'm now stocking up on ammo before the idiots manage to vote away our ability to purchase that stuff too.

...and so it goes...

Nice rifle DRYHEAT.

Buy one, but 4 are better! I own 2 Colts and 2 Bushmasters plus a custom build AR10 (.308). They are fun to plink with and I use my AR10 for hunting.

I had a couple several years ago, Colts back in the 70's early 80's. Both got stolen. I liked the5.56 caliber and had shot a few deer with them. although @ short range and neck shots. I wanted another but AR's were taboo by then on a So I decided on a mini-14.
A few yrs ago my son gave me a stripped lower with all the parts for Christmas. Then a stripped upper for my birthday, early January. Built it up to include Shilen heavy SS barrel in 6.5 grendel (already had a 223 mini), CMC single stage trigger and Hogue free floating fore. Rest of the parts were off the shelf stuff.
A couple years later I ran across a Radical Arms complete upper in 5.56 for a price I couldn't pass up. My plan was to just change out the uppers when I wanted to. But now I've got a hankerin to build another lower for the 223. I may do that soon!
OP, everyone needs at least one AR in the caliber of his choice. So many to choose from!

A lot of people like to point out that (historically) "AR" stands for Armalite Rifle - NOT Assault Rifle.

I like to think of "AR" as standing for "AMERICA'S Rifle"

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I also don’t “feel the need.” That being said I have one (at least one) I don’t use it a whole lot. Then again, I don’t use my fire extinguisher a whole lot … or all of the 250 horses under the hood of my Crown Vic. The AR has function all over the place. I’d suggest going my route: buy or build a plain Jane version, pref. in a F2F. After you get the hang of it THEN start looking for your preferred version on it. Buy the preferred version then.

I had the same hesitation as OP, and to be honest I still do. I am in education and I know how my colleagues would view that, even if I think they are wrong. I also know my wife would not be thrilled about it, so I am not sure it is worth the headache. After all, you cannot defend your family if they are not there to defend. Even so, I will try to convince her we need it for home defense because I do think we should have one. She could use that easier than my Mossberg 500 if she ever absolutely had to use one.

The "ANTI-GUN" people have been targeting ALL FIREARMS since the country was established. If you don't have a few AR's laying around, that's just anti-American dude.

Maybe it would be good to have a constitution reading party with the wife?? Sounds like she's ignorant of the Bill of Rights and firearms in general. Like most woman, they're very emotional animals and logic generally escapes them.

I bought one a few years ago, a Geissele Super Duty, and installed a 1-5 optic. It's my favorite rifle.


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