M&P 15-22 star on back of owners manual?

[Old No7]

The stars are out...................

Blue star, or Red star, or No star, or falling star -- Huh?

This all reminds me of my late father, who would put red or green magic marker on the tops of the RNFP lead bullets he'd shoot in his old .38-55 Ballard...

Other shooters would see the different colors, and ask all sorts of questions. He'd lead them down whatever path they wanted to go on, but when they got serious about "Really, what's the color mean...", that's when he'd say it was a "secret".

Truth is my Dad just enjoyed shooting the bull as much as shooting his old rifles, and at age 89 when he last shot it, having a break in the shooting to talk about "this color or that" let his aging shoulders recover between shots.

So -- Blue star, or Red star -- Well, I guess that's a secret too!

Tight groups.

Old No7

 

[Firehouse]

I don't know how a colored star stamped on the back of an owners manual, which is completely independent and separate of the weapon anyway, could remotely have anything to do with the rifle itself. Just my thoughts. Maybe they used red ink and ran out and just switched to blue because that's just what they just happened to have handy. Could be it's an updated owners manual. Who knows.

 

[Scoreguy]

Mine has a blue star, so when I called to order some things a week ago, I asked the customer service rep. He chuckled and said its just a matter of who the packaging inspector was that sent it on its way out the door. I guess that means there's only two of them in the whole factory, I've yet to hear anything about green or yellow stars.

 

[27 Beck]

Mine has a blue star, so when I called to order some things a week ago, I asked the customer service rep. He chuckled and said its just a matter of who the packaging inspector was that sent it on its way out the door. I guess that means there's only two of them in the whole factory, I've yet to hear anything about green or yellow stars.

Mine has a gold star.

j/p

 

[Scoreguy]

Seriously? A gold star? Maybe that gets you a tour of the factory like in that Willie Wonka story?

I really was hoping there was more of an "unsolved mystery" behind this topic!

 

[emzel]

Mine has a blue star, so when I called to order some things a week ago, I asked the customer service rep. He chuckled and said its just a matter of who the packaging inspector was that sent it on its way out the door. I guess that means there's only two of them in the whole factory, I've yet to hear anything about green or yellow stars.

Maybe when blue or red go on vacation you'll see a green or yellow star show up....maybe a gold or silver one when management has to lend a hand once in awhile.

 

[Angel]

My instruction manual has a red star, and the ejector appears to be the same as GillAgin's. It's been to cold to get to the range yet, but will post results as soon as I get a chance to shoot the thing. Sorry for the blurry pic, but I was in a hurry to include a photo with this post.

SteveK44

I picked up a flash hider version two weeks ago. My ejector looks like yours so I guess it is the old version. It is bent so that it actually touches the bolt.I have not fired the rifle yet. My serial number is DTU5XXX. I have cleaned and lubed the rifle. I will definitely run a brick through it this weekend to see if it holds up.If it is going to fail I would rather have it sooner than later. I picked up a great looking Weaver k2.5-1 scope for $10 at a gunshow last week and am looking forward to trying her out.

Angel

 

[BELT_FED]

I picked up a flash hider version two weeks ago. My ejector looks like yours so I guess it is the old version. It is bent so that it actually touches the bolt.I have not fired the rifle yet. My serial number is DTU5XXX. I have cleaned and lubed the rifle. I will definitely run a brick through it this weekend to see if it holds up.If it is going to fail I would rather have it sooner than later. I picked up a great looking Weaver k2.5-1 scope for $10 at a gunshow last week and am looking forward to trying her out.

Angel

mine is a dtu4*** and ive had zero prob. but i only run fed. bulk and a few fiocchi when shooting with a can..

congrats on your purchase and enjoy

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Maybe when blue or red go on vacation you'll see a green or yellow star show up....maybe a gold or silver one when management has to lend a hand once in awhile.

LOL!!

All throughout this forum we've pretty much looked under every rock to find some type of clue or pattern to help explain the operation of this rifle. Analyzing the different colored stars shows just how far we're willing to reach.

 

[Temporaryscars]

mine is a dtu4*** and ive had zero prob. but i only run fed. bulk and a few fiocchi when shooting with a can..

congrats on your purchase and enjoy

Hmm...small world! Mine is a DTU4 as well and I too have experienced zero problems.

 

[the_drewster19]

if i were to polish the feed ramp myself what would i use to do that? any suggestions?