M&P 15-22 Shooting Right

[Buck44]

This has become a very bad problem. I sent the the gun back late June for the gun shooting right. They sent it back with the same problem. 3 weeks later. I had to wait for another call tag another week. Now its still not back. My customer has waited all summer and he still has no gun. Very bad for business. Anybody have to deal with this?

 

[Unit505]

I attempted to sight mine in yesterday and shot horribly to the right. I'm hoping it's just me. I was shooting from the rear rack of my ATV instead of from a bench. I'll be heading to the range this coming weekend and see where I land on the targets. 50 yards, high and right with the rear sight adjusted almost as far it would go. I'll be switching to a red dot as soon as it arrives via Fed-Ex. Hopefully I'll have it in time for the range.

Just out of curiosity, anyone know if there is a history of barrel problems or could this be an issue with the polymer frame and rail system? I'm wondering if I can test the issue before sending the gun back if I need to?

 

[HalfSwiss]

Tried pulling the sights and carefully remounting? Might just be one or the other isn't seated on the rail quite right.

 

[Buck44]

Yes done that and you still have to move the rear sight all the way to the the left to hit center at 15 yards.

 

[Dragon88]

Is the barrel loose? Is the handguard crooked?

 

[Redbulladdikt]

what about the muzzle brake?>

also might be the barrel nut worked its way loose--it is highly doubtful the quad rail has anything to do with it--but just to be safe remove the endcap and see what that does--also need to make sure you are bore-sighted before trying to fine tune just to be 100%...good luck and keep us posted

 

[Dragon88]

It's a flash hider, not a muzzle brake, and if that were loose it would cause different problems. Not make the rifle shoot to one side. Bore-sighting is worthless if the sights are already at a mechanical limit and the rifle is still not zeroed.

 

[Redbulladdikt]

It's a flash hider, not a muzzle brake, and if that were loose it would cause different problems. Not make the rifle shoot to one side. Bore-sighting is worthless if the sights are already at a mechanical limit and the rifle is still not zeroed.

if its a defective sight attempting to bore-sight might shot its a sight issue NOT a barrel issue...

far as the "flash hider" is concerned if it is bent or damaged it could potentially cause issues

just trying to make suggestions that might negate a return trip to SW

 

[k-dog]

is your front sight post bent??? I have seent this cause crazy issues but it doesnt have to be bent that much

 

[Unit505]

Not to steal the thread but I've got to ask - think I may have messed up on my end. The closest thing to an AR type rifle that I've ever shot was an M-16 in the Army 23 years ago. Thinking back, yesterday when I was trying to sight in my new 15-22, I was resting the barrel on the seat back that I have on my ATV. I was not resting the handguard. I am in the process of building a shooters bench and just realized that the handguard should be used and not the barrel. Stupid I know, but I see allot of barrel mounted bipods and never really thought about the harmonics of the barrel. I guess I'll have to go back and start from scratch. Make sense that I'm off about 6" at 50 yards by resting the barrel and not the handguard?

 

[Cptslick]

I bought a Osprey scope the other day 4x32 and went to zero it in,before that I had it boresighted and put higher rings on it. This was at 25yds. Didn't take it long to get dialed in.I used Winchester 333's.

 

[Taranwanderer]

OK, this is semi-related: my M&P is shooting to the left consistently. Now, when making an adjustment to my scope, should I be turning the scope adjuster knob to the right, or is that going to make it worse? One way I look at it, it seems I should be turning it to the right to have the shots hit more on center, and then I think about it some more and think that I should be going to the left to get the gun and the scope more aligned. Thoughts? I'm sure this has been covered before but the search gave me 20 pages of threads... Thanks!

 

[Rustpot]

OK, this is semi-related: my M&P is shooting to the left consistently. Now, when making an adjustment to my scope, should I be turning the scope adjuster knob to the right, or is that going to make it worse? One way I look at it, it seems I should be turning it to the right to have the shots hit more on center, and then I think about it some more and think that I should be going to the left to get the gun and the scope more aligned. Thoughts? I'm sure this has been covered before but the search gave me 20 pages of threads... Thanks!

You scope should have a marking of some kind on the windage knob, usually "R" with a clockwise arrow. Twisting in the direction of the arrow marked R will move BULLET IMPACT to the right.

Sights and scopes are marked for moving the hole in the paper. The direction to move the sight is different depending on whether it's the front or rear, so they mark it universally so you're not trying to picture in your mind how a moved sight will effect muzzle elevation relative to sight picture.

 

[antifederalist22]

Is the barrel loose? Is the handguard crooked?

On this note, if the handguard is not mounted correctly then your iron sight plane will be off and it only takes a little to do a lot at range, but I would think it would be all over the paper than favoring one side. Try an optic mounted on the receiver rail section. Better still, try an optic that you know shoot straight on a similar rifle so it finds paper in the same fashion and see if you can shoot straight--sorry for the pun here.

If using iron sights, and if the handguard is loose you will get a very inconsistent point of impact due to the sight plane shifting, but that leads back to the first question of whether your barrel is loose and it could be symptomatic of the barrel nut not being torqued properly.

Or, the Scooby-doo is that your handguard rail is actually mounted correctly, barrel nut torqued snug, but it's crooked for whatever reason--the handguard rail is plastic and could just be a factory defect. Maybe your rail has a slight curve to it or the mounting end was finished off with less material on one side where it mates to the receiver. Measure the rail at the barrel end to make sure all distances from inside of the rail to barrel are even, and take out the end cap to do this so it is free floated. Also try placing a long straight edge ruler or level on each side of the rail to see if it curves, or maybe use a smaller lever like the ones used for scope mounting and see if parts of each side of the rail are not level. Again, this is the Scooby-doo idea.