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The M&P CORE comes drilled from the factory for several different red dots, and they include the mounting plates for all of them. I waited quite some time to find the right deal and the whole package set me back less than $1k. The general selling price for the RMR is about $500-550 and the pistol is generally around $650-700. Next step is to get the 9mm barrel for it so I can shoot both 9 and 40.

You can adjust the dot to be wherever you want it to be. I put it just over the front sight as that's where I found it easiest to hit the target. Someone with more experience might be able to provide better insight. Duno if you paid for the pistol or not yet, but Tony @ TJ's Sporting Arms had the best price out the door of anywhere I have seen. Might be worth it to send him a PM, he is a forum vendor. I have purchased many firearms from him and the service/prices are excellent.

I went with the ssa trigger bc I had one in another ar and the pull worked the best for me out of all the triggers I have tried. I decided to put them in all my ar's. As far as the kns pins the rifle had them installed already so I reused them when I put the trigger in. I had not really looked into any ill effects. Was there a reason stated not to use them?

Would you mind posting or pm'ing me where you got it from? I have been putting off buying one bc I have a bunch of ar's but that is sexy looking!

Those laserlyte cans look awesome. Wonder what the range is on them? I would love to use some snap caps and those in the basement for practice.

Nice rifle. The sr-15 is the only rifle left on my ar "wish list". Did it come fde from the factory or did you cerakote it?

I know I'm bumping an old thread but I decided to go with the RMR01 and finally got it out to the range today. It took a little bit of getting used to, but I really like it. The 3.25 moa dot is a perfect size IMO, and I was ringing 8" steel discs at 20yds with near perfect accuracy which I would generally hit 2/3 of the time without the dot.

Noveske VIS 16" Mid length rifle Battlecomp 1.0 brake VLTOR E-Mod stock Geissele SSA trigger BAD ASS short throw ambi selector KNS pins MOE Plus grip AFG2 (soon to be removed) Noveske marked Troy BUIS TA11 ACOG in a Larue LT100 mount I recently put the TA11 on her and today was my first chance to get to the range since swapping optics. I really like it, was shooting just under MOA at 200yds which for me is damn good. The SSA trigger is helping tremendously with my accuracy.

/easiest solution is to use your irons at 50yds. Shoot for groups not bullseyes. Use a cheap spotting scope to see the target. I am learning with optics (more than anything else) you pay for what you get.

Indeed it does. Wonder what the upcharge is on that.

Interesting that Kel Tec looks to have knocked off the Tavor design and added a bull pup to their line up. 2k for a kel-tec is steep. I have a couple of their rifle's and their fit and finish is def not at a 2k level.

depending on price I have that Korth pistol on my short list

Thanks for doing this OG! As usual my want list just got longer...

get one of the small solar power setups, would prob be more efficient than that.

^ Edit dj getz makes his own mp5 clones with very good reviews

Never heard anything but good reviews on his work. I think he does alot of work on the mp5 clones too.

There are a bunch of companies that make them. $1k on the low side 2500-3k for the best ones. There was a slickguns deal for one of the better quality ones a few months ago for $1300 that I am still sore I missed out on.

I owned a USC that was modded to take grease gun mags. Not a UMP conversion per se but same basic principal. The way mine was done was the upper receiver was milled like you said, but it had a completely separate lower for the grease gun mags. My advice to you is to shoot one before you buy it (if you haven't already). I bought mine without ever having shot one before, and I wound up being underwhelmed by it. It was reliable and accurate, but was very bulky, heavy for a plastic gun, and the recoil was pretty bad. I ended up selling it and plan on getting an mp5 clone in 9mm at some point. I have shot those and had much more fun with them. Other pistol caliber carbines I either own or have shot and liked better are the KelTec Sub2000, Taurus GT2, Marlin Camp carbine, and a dedicated 9mm ar.

Several of our members are going. Just gona bug them lol.

Did not know the ALG triggers were made by them, anyone try one yet?

Yea all of my ar's will have the ssa triggers now except for a Colt HBAR that I am leaving stock.

My reading comprehension skills are lacking today, I didnt fully read your post. Its actually new to me that there are 2 piece free float rails. My previous post is rendered irrelevant. In any event Daniel Defense makes top notch products. If he is going with one of your above options thats the one I would go with. I have 2 of their factory rifles and one build with a dd rail and they are great for the price point.

Putting this here bc I got ar triggers from them. Last week I happened to see a promo code available for their triggers, but it was expiring literally 15 min after I saw it posted on another forum. The promo was for 30% off any trigger they made, backorders ok. I have an ssa trigger on one of my ar's and love it so I figured I would get a few more to outfit all of my rifle's the same way. They had none in stock but the site said they were backordered and should be in within 2 weeks. I put them in the cart, code worked and my total reflected what the discounted price should have been. Tried to check out and no luck. I put all my info in (including cc info) and it just wouldn't go through with probably 2 min left in the promo window. I gave up after 2 tries on my phone (wasn't at home) and called it quits. I check my phone when I get home and see an e-mail from them for a placed order at full retail with an order time of about 12:15am. Uh-oh. This was last Sat night/Sun morning. Called them Monday AM and explained to the CS woman what happened. She told me she would speak to a manager and call me back. I got a call back not 30 minutes later from them and they couldn't have been easier to deal with. Not only did they agree to refund me the 30% discount, they told me that they had some of the triggers and would ship them immediately. Got the triggers a few days later with some "swag" in the package and couldn't be happier. Def a good company to deal with.

The big difference in rails lies in the "drop in" vs "free float" categories. Drop in rails will do just that, you pull the delta ring back, take off the stock hand guards, and drop in the new rail. For the most part they are sturdy and you can mount whatever you want on them. Plus side, they are cheaper and install in seconds. Downside, you lose accuracy and they aren't what I would call rock solid. I think the general consensus is that you lose about moa at 100yds depending on what you have hanging on the rail. Free float rails require removing the front sight post and bolting the rail onto the receiver, so the rail does not touch the barrel (i.e. "free float") and in most cases changing the gas block to a low profile one. This is a much more labor intensive process and is what comes standard on all higher end firearms. Plus side, better accuracy and a rock solid patform. Downside, costs more and you really have to be ready to get intimate with your rifle to install (not a bad thing IMO). Good luck, not sure where you are at but if you need help just yell.

Standard flash hider. You are going to have to purchase a muzzle brake and have it pinned on. I am using a Battlecomp 1.0, the PWS FS556 is another good one to consider.