New M&P 15-22.... Love the gun, but numerous failures

[my_mp15-22_s&w]

It's that way on the magazines too, they are out there at twice the price. Do believe there is a lot of enterprise going on.

 

[speedyquad]

i shipped mine on monday, they received it wednesday and it was shipped back to me yesterday according to the email. i was told to include the mag with it.

 

[Gr8_Outdoorsman]

I'm glad that you mentioned mags. Surprisingly they told me not to send my mag with the gun.

In my shooting today, I used three different 32 round Pro Mags, two modified 10 round S&W mags to 25 rounds and the one original 25 round S&W mag that came with the gun. Didn't seem to have any mag related issues and was very happy with the quality of Promags. All seemed equal

 

[speedyquad]

that's good. i've passed on chances to get the promag because i have heard they don't always work as well. and with it having issues already, i didn't want to take any chances. the lgs has had them in stick for a while so once i get it back and it is 100%, i may give them a try. i did manage to buy 2 brand new 10 round long mags from a forum member. i'll make sure they work as 10 rounders, then modify them.

i made sure to ask since i had read this thread prior to calling them. i've gotten used to calling about this kind of issue though. i had a mossberg 715t that went back for repairs twice in the first 3 months i had it. the first issue was a fail to feed/bolt locking open. that was repaired by a new trigger housing assembly. it was returned with the ejection issue. i ended up selling it to fund the smith...

even with the smith's issue, which i expect to be fixed, the mossy seemed so much cheaper. you get what you pay for i guess...

 

[Lorelei]

Hopefully it's fine now. I for one recently and took it out of the box for the first time at the range and started shooting. So far, it's batting 1000. Hopefully yours will too.

 

[4x4x454]

I use the load assist all the time dont check for stagger just slam it home and go to town. I have had very few problems and I can hit clay pigeons at 160 yds all day long . I guess I just got lucky.

 

[Hearsedriver]

Many rounds of cheap Ammo through mine with zero failures. Mag loading technique seems to be critical , I always use the assist button and take my time. These guns eat anything . Don't let anyone tell you differently . Just ran 225 golden bullets through mine this morning at rapid fire. No issues at all.

 

[speedyquad]

mine is working like it should after a short vacation in the smith shop...

 

[kennyb]

my paperwork (form 4) has just come in which means my silencer goes on my 15-22 this week !