New MP 15 Sport

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Greetings Everyone..

Pretty excited here. Just picked up my new MP 15 Sport today after Calif 10 day wait.

I am new to the AR style rifle, so am learning all I can. Going to clean it up, lube it and get it to the range sometime this weekend.

The bullet button seems to work just fine, ( sad to have to have it ).

BTW... I seen it in a gun shop some time ago and it looked like a good buy at the time. I put it on my "one of these days" I'll get it list.

Then I find that one of our Senators, wants to make the Bullet Button illegal here, so I went out and got it.

Someday if I can ever retire, I will move out of this state!

Great looking rifle, and from the reviews I have read, seems like you can't go wrong!

Best

Bob
 
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You won't regret your purchase, Bob...until you see the accumulation of charges on your credit card for the assortment of accessories you're bound to buy in the near future. hahaha

Welcome to the club!
 
Thanks Bill...

Looking forward to getting it to the range!

BTW... is there a trick to stripping this gun? That button to break it open is very difficult to press.

Best

Bob
 
Bob,
Probably stiff because it's new. Push the pins out with a punch or a cleaning rod. Once you have them out wipe them down and apply some grease to the slots in the pins and some lube in the holes in the upper. Then work the pins back and forth a few times.

When you're feeling comfortable with stripping the gun down, pull the trigger group and lightly polish the trigger and hammer pins with some 1000 grit sand paper. Then flush out the pin holes in the hammer and trigger with some gun lube before reassembling. It surprised me how gritty the trigger was coming out from the factory and how much of an improvement I could feel after cleaning the pins up.
 
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Thanks Bill...

Used the tip of a dummy round and raped it a few times with a screw driver. Lubed it with break free...will loosen up over time!

Guess was trying to "baby" it...that will change after a while!

BTW... We have a great outdoor range here in Concord, United Sportsmans Club...I am fortunate to live a short distance from it.

Thanks again... Been shooting for many years, but I am def a AR 15 newbie!

Best

Bob
 
Congrats Bob! I'm sure you will enjoy your new purchase. You have my condolences of having to live in Kommiefornia. One of the the top states of non citizen friendly gun ownership.
 
Enjoy your new Sport. You have just acquired an outstanding rifle.
 
Congrats on your sport! A friend of mine picked one up as his first rifle and I have to say that thing is a tank! And not in a bad way, it ate up all of the odd ball ammunition we fed it.

Since I don't know too much about California law, I looked up the bullet button. Does california law require a tool to get the mag off? Is that the point of the bullet button?
 
Also kind of new here myself, and although I have read about it here, I too would like to know how the "bullet button" operates and what the politicos of CA think it does for their safety? If you move out of CA, can you replace it with a standard release? Thanks for the information.
 
The Bullet button is supposed to make it difficult to change magazines from what I have read. It is supposed to not allow you to change while firing or do a quick change. Even if you take your gun outside of California to go shooting elsewhere you can take it out but you have to have it in Kommiefornia which from all I have seen the states largest employer is Police but I could be wrong it just appears that way!!! LOL
 
Bob, I shoot at Chabot in Castro Valley. That's the nearest outdoor range to me. I even joined their gun club. :)

And I'm in the same boat as you. I've been shooting handguns since the early 80s, but the Sport is my first centerfire rifle.


-Bill
 
The bullet button is addressing a technicality in CA's assault rifle ban which defines an AR as having a removable magazine. As the bullet button requires the shooter to use a "tool" to drop the mag, it is now a fixed magazine and no longer an AR. Before the bullet button there were lowers with no open magwell, having to load the rifle through the ejection port or by swinging the upper out of the way. Crazy, huh?

-Bill
 
Welcome to the world of the M&P-15 and a future of endless 'gotta haves' and 'really wants'.
The bullet button is a device that creates a fixed magazine. The only way to change mag is by using a tool (bullet tip or allen wrench). I assume the thinking is that in a 'crazed gunman' situation the madman will only get 10 shots (only 10 rd mags in CA) before having to manipulate the mag out with the tool and replacing it with a full mag. This will give the progressive lawmaker's in CA time to understand the gunman's childhood traumas and how our unfair society is responsible for creating him in the first place. :D
 
Thanks all...

I will keep my gun stock regarding the bullet button. I don't want to get in legal trouble here...!!!

I probably will spend $$ on some goodies though! Will know more after I get a chance to fire it, which sadly now, won't be for another week!

In the mean time, I want to get to know this rifle like the back of my hand, ie... field stripping, cleaning etc....

Best

Bob
 
Congrats on the new rifle!

I've got an older M&P15A. They are awesome black rifles! Try to refrain from decking it out with all of the gizmo's and contraptions! ;) While it might not be quite as "tacticool", it'll be lighter and somewhat easier to sustain fire! :D
 
Thanks..Martimus...

I probably try to keep it simple and functional...! One of these days plan to take it to the desert in Nevada.... and have a great time with it, perhaps a bit of varmint hunting as well!

US Veteran...Thank You for your Service!!

Best

Bob
 
welcome to the club :D and have fun accessorizing her :D
 
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