M&P 15-22 Picture Thread

[Wayneard3413]

Lots of drills put in and less than$20 invested. If you are hoarding ammo instead of increasing your skills, you are wrong.

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[Jyezahn]

If you are hoarding ammo instead of increasing your skills, you are wrong.

Shooting skills don't mean anything if you don't have ammo, so it's neither right, nor wrong. On that note, some of us do both.

 

[TRUST8383]

Shooting skills don't mean anything if you don't have ammo, so it's neither right, nor wrong. On that note, some of us do both.

Actually, if you have no ammo. You can still run dry fire drills, target acquisition, malfunction drills, weapon reloads and manipulation. And dry fire some more

 

[Jthomps123]

Some pics of mine:

 

[Jyezahn]

Actually, if you have no ammo. You can still run dry fire drills, target acquisition, malfunction drills, weapon reloads and manipulation. And dry fire some more

What I'm saying is, if you have the skills, but no ammo, it matters not. Just as having ammo, but no skills, matters not. Neither one is right or wrong. Sure, PRACTICING drills and such is one thing, and can be done with or without ammo. But at least with ammo, you can send lead downrange. Try to do that with just skills.

 

[Wayneard3413]

What I'm saying is, if you have the skills, but no ammo, it matters not. Just as having ammo, but no skills, matters not. Neither one is right or wrong. Sure, PRACTICING drills and such is one thing, and can be done with or without ammo. But at least with ammo, you can send lead downrange. Try to do that with just skills.

I didn't mean it quite that literally.

I am an instructor and have seen people backing out of classes left and right due to not wanting to use up the ammo. This is understandable in some of higher round count courses (around 1500 rounds in a weekend).

But these are certainly perishable skills. Where I might attend 5-6 classes as a student a year, I will have to cut back until things die down. I will also be working certain skills with the .22 instead. Using my M&P to work things like presentations, pivots/turns, transitions and emergency reloads will help to save 5.56.

Having cases of ammo stored in my man cave does nothing to improve my skillset. Simply owning a weapon and ammo does not make me armed any more than owning a piano makes me a musician.

 

[Wayneard3413]

To keep the thread going on track, here is a video from yesterday.

Emergency Reload - YouTube

 

[wricksta]

Nice video. Tac reload or speed reload? Unsure as to whether you stowed your mag.

What I'm saying is, if you have the skills, but no ammo, it matters not. Just as having ammo, but no skills, matters not. Neither one is right or wrong. Sure, PRACTICING drills and such is one thing, and can be done with or without ammo. But at least with ammo, you can send lead downrange. Try to do that with just skills.

While i agree with your comment about nothing like sending lead downrange, drilling weapon manipulations, reloads, target acquisitions and transitions is very important to my shooting. The money i've spent taking classes does me no good if i don't run drills weekly and refine my skills.

I have done many many 2/3 gun competitions with TRUST8383. I can't begin to tell you how many people drop time because they are inefficient with reloads and transitions from rifle to pistol.

 

[Wayneard3413]

Nice video. Tac reload or speed reload? Unsure as to whether you stowed your mag.

Speed or emergency reload. Empty was stripped and dropped to the deck.

 

[Boz]

Empty was stripped and dropped to the deck.

That's an expensive drop if something happens to that mag. These days you almost have to keep a pillow in the range kit.

 

[Wayneard3413]

Makes me think back to all the GI mags with bent feed lips that I threw away over the years instead of marking them as training mags.

 

[htgrimmi]

Well here is where I'm at for this week. Notice how I didn't say I was done as in reading all your other posts, that just doesn't happen.

Now I need to stop buying stuff and go shoot the thing for the first time.

 

[cjt50]

Who make that case? Looks like its a good fit size wise.

 

[htgrimmi]

It's the 34" UTG Homeland Security Case. Amazon, under 40 bucks. Seems to be popular here.

 

[Locked-N-Loaded]

That's an expensive drop if something happens to that mag. These days you almost have to keep a pillow in the range kit.

Ranger plates can possibly help that scenario. But I wouldn't worry to much about it.

 

[FireManDan]

Figured I'd finally get around to posting a pic of mine.

 

[sound wave]

firemandan, can you explain how you got that buttstock on? thanks.

looks really good!

 

[erick1987]

here is mine

just got my magpul fde furniture on and a good ole tacticrayola job. turned out nicely. NDZ charging handle and 4 mags on the way. i'm thinkin trigger job next!

 

[FireManDan]

firemandan, can you explain how you got that buttstock on? thanks.

looks really good!

Thanks,
This buttstock is a permanent addition to my rifle. I was looking for a way to get some more length to it plus I like more of the basic old school look too. It involved notching and drilling through the tube to match the pins that hold the buttstock together. Also extending the bolt length that runs along through the tube and holds it tight to the gun base. I also used a EMA tactical rifle/shotgun stock tube sling mount to give the new stock a base to butt up against. With the notches and the interior cross pins in place it was a pretty snug fit. Of course I applied a healthy dose of high tech epoxy to all of the joints and notches,etc... It took some head scratching and eye balling but I'm very pleased with the outcome. I had installed a Mag-pul buttstock prior to this one but this was something I've wanted to try since I bought the rifle a few years back. It kinda reminded me of all those model kits I enjoyed building growing up! Anyway...The gun is a bit longer and a bit heavier now(two goals I was wanting). I love the looks and attention it gets when I take it out of it's case when we're all out shooting. Now if it could just improve my shooting skills! Hahahaha

 

[cjt50]

It's the 34" UTG Homeland Security Case. Amazon, under 40 bucks. Seems to be popular here.

Thanks for the info, I can see why it's popular...