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Is there is a new sport II coming out? I have seen it on several gun dealers websites. It has a forward assist and dust cover.

It's not on the S&W site that I can find anyhow....
 
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I've heard rumors, but just that, rumors.. I wonder what they'll cut to add the FA and cover
 
snm8510 said:
I've heard rumors, but just that, rumors.. I wonder what they'll cut to add the FA and cover
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I'd be surprised it they cut anything. I really don't think a dust cover and FA can add much cost when the tooling for every other AR they make is already there. I'm guessing it was done to compete feature-wise with Ruger's AR-556.

Looks like melonite has been renamed again to Armornite.
 
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Very nice! The FA & Dust Cover were not a deal breaker when I picked up my Sport. Adding them might make me pick up the new version someday. Then again, if I can find another 1st Gen weapon at an even better price, I may go that route to add to the one I have.
 
interesting.. you're probably right, the Ruger AR556 has them and they probably need to keep up to compete cuz NO WAY was it that expensive to include them. Might add another to the collection
 
The timing of this news sucks. I picked up my sport last week. I guess for $500 I can afford two. [emoji6]
 
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Aw man. I knew this would happen. I just got my Sport a couple months ago. Haven't even got to shoot it yet. I'm glad to see they added that. It ought to help them sell quite a few to those who passed on the Sport because of the lack of DC and FA.
 
This doesnt bother me a bit. Im very happy with my early Sport and upgrading to have DC & FA is not a great motivator.
Change in product line features is always good and sales and marketing
make their livings changing things. I hope those shooters who feel they should have held back in wait dont worry too much about not having a DC & FA. Its ok.
Jim
 
Yeah, i agree... I was more interested in the fact that it was a new model and if anyone had details on availability... There doesn't seem to be any info on their website.
 
Hddeuce said:
Yeah, i agree... I was more interested in the fact that it was a new model and if anyone had details on availability... There doesn't seem to be any info on their website.
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Did you not see Gtwralph's post above?
 
cyphertext said:
Did you not see Gtwralph's post above?
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Yes.... But no mention of it elsewhere. I would have thought that they would be advertising it somehow... As a new product, like they do for all of their other weapons. And via this post seems to be the 1st anyone has mentioned that it may exist to my knowledge. But maybe not...
 
Hddeuce said:
Yes.... But no mention of it elsewhere. I would have thought that they would be advertising it somehow... As a new product, like they do for all of their other weapons. And via this post seems to be the 1st anyone has mentioned that it may exist to my knowledge. But maybe not...
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They are probably waiting until they have sufficient supply in the pipe line before making an official announcement. But the PDF and the store ad show that it is coming. Good find!
 
cyphertext said:
They are probably waiting until they have sufficient supply in the pipe line before making an official announcement. But the PDF and the store ad show that it is coming. Good find!
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Unlike Ruger. They announce new products three months ahead of availability. I would have wound up with an AR-556 when I started looking for my first AR. When none were to be found, more research and money led me to a S&W mid moe. Glad it worked out that way.
 
jkasch said:
Unlike Ruger. They announce new products three months ahead of availability. I would have wound up with an AR-556 when I started looking for my first AR. When none were to be found, more research and money led me to a S&W mid moe. Glad it worked out that way.
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i called smith & wesson today and they said they rifle was released to dealers within the last 48 hours from 12-10-15. so they should be hitting dealers next week. i called mine and gave them my name, told him to call when they arrived, i want one, maybe two.
 
Great solution to an Internet created problem. But, I understand that from a marketing perspective it makes perfect sense.

Speaking of marketing, now I guess I have a "Sport Classic"!!!
 
It doesn't say anything of the barrel being chrome lined just says steel? So is it?
 
recon-1 said:
It doesn't say anything of the barrel being chrome lined just says steel? So is it?
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No, the Sport barrel is not chrome lined, it is salt nitrided. They once called it Melonite, then "durable corrosion resistant finish", and now appears to be called Armornite.
 
At that price, it makes me want to buy another AR. I already have two that I don't shoot enough. I have to admit though, the FA and the DC were what pushed me over the fence when I was trying to decide between the M&P 15 Sport and the Bushmaster M4A3. Virtually the same price at the time.
 
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