Any opinions? Any members have one? With the mad dash being made to secure ARs before the laws are changed the AR market has skyrocketed. They seem to be selling for twice their original retail prices or more. I have found a few decent deals on these MP15 sports and want some opinions before I make the plunge.

 

Thanks guys!

 

-Scott

Got one. Nice rifle and a good starting AR platform for the $. (maybe not in today's market though)

Keep in mind if you plan any mods to it, you may be better off building one from scratch or saving your money and buying up.

 

 

 

Good to know...thanks. I was never much into rifles but I truely enjoy my M&P 15-22 and with all the frenzy about buy now or never own 1 I was kicking around the idea. I have been saving for a nice revolver but was thinking if its now or never maybe I should hope on the train. Still contimplating it though. The prices I am seeing are nuts!

 

-Scott

I've shot my buddies when we were helping him zero it. It's nice. A few things to note is that it does not have a dust cover (not that big of a deal), no forward assist and no brake (or threads to attach a brake (again, may not be that big of a deal unless you want the "look")). I didn't look at the stock to see if you can undo it and re-pin it at the length you like.

 

The handguards are carbine length and you would need to swap it to something else if you want any sort of attachment added. My buddy was dead set on getting a bi-pod so he swapped out stock handguard for a quad rail piece.

 

In terms of shooting it, it let's out a big fireball at the end which is quite impressive at the range. The recoil was manageable and there was no negative impact on follow up shots as the 223 does not kick terribly. Also, zero malfunctions while we were out there.

 

They do only give you 1 ten round magazine which looks pretty crappy when you take pictures of it but this can be solved when you buy a pinned 20 or 30 rounder.

 

ARs are pretty much like lego. You can swap out most parts. One of the first things I would take off is the grip. I'm not a big fan of the crappy plastic A2 grip.

If you feel the price is still acceptable considering they were only $680 out the door 3 months ago, I say go for it.

 

It's only missing minor stuff, thats not really necessarily needed for our terrain or situations here. Specially if you are just using it for plinking.

If you are going to be changing a bunch of stuff out on it Id go with a lower and build as you go. You probably won't do a lot of shooting with the ammo like it is anyway.

If you think you're going to leave it "stock" and not modify it in any major way, go for it, they're a great starter AR. If your going to be changing the stock, getting a different forend, swapping out the upper cause you want a dust cover and forward assist, thread the barrel, etc etc, then don't get it and build one from scratch.

Thanks for the heads up guys. I would love to sit here and say I have no intentions of making any modifications but we all know how that works. Now knowing that this isnt the best platform for doing mods and knowing this gun was $6xx a few months ago I think I will stick to a revolver.

 

-Scott

Ugh I want a mp sport upper to finish my build

I had one before... it was fine.. but I find mid length gas system much more favorable.. also I prefer a 14inch upper with a brake welded to allow you an AR with a brake, at the shortest length legally allowed without a tax stamp... I had one.. and it worked ok... but I have built several ARs since then.. and I can honestly say it is very unlikely that I will ever buy an off the shelf AR again...

Any opinions? Any members have one? With the mad dash being made to secure ARs before the laws are changed the AR market has skyrocketed. They seem to be selling for twice their original retail prices or more. I have found a few decent deals on these MP15 sports and want some opinions before I make the plunge.

 

Thanks guys!

 

-Scott

 

Got one. Love it. I wanted an off the shelf unit because I cannot invest the time to learn all there is about building one. I wanted someplace to start and to spend my time shooting it and taking classes with it. Off the shelf worked for me.

 

A quick question on the M&P15 Sport while I am here. There is a symbol on the right side just under the picatinny rail near the charging handle above the forward assist that looks like an embossed capital A. Anybody know what that symbol means? I thought it may have something to do with where to place the sight.

 

A quick question on the M&P15 Sport while I am here. There is a symbol on the right side just under the picatinny rail near the charging handle above the forward assist that looks like an embossed capital A. Anybody know what that symbol means? I thought it may have something to do with where to place the sight.

 

 

Its the forge mark, just tells you what plant made the upper, yours = Anchor Harvey

 

 

ETA : Heres a list I found with a quick search

 

How to identify your upper's origins. It should have a mold mark on there. Here is the list:

 

A (splintered) = Anchor Harvey Aluminum

AF = Alcoa Forge

C AF = Colt Alco Forge

C MB = Colt / Mueller Brass

Cardinal (stylized) = Cardinal Forge

CH = Colt Harvey Aluminum

Circle/Crosshairs w/"AR" = ArmaLite

CK = Colt / Kaiser Aluminum

CM = Colt / Martin Marietta

D (stylized) = Diemaco

DK = Diemaco / Kaiser Aluminum

E = Emco

EK = EMCO/Kaiser

E MB = EMCO/Mueller Brass

F keyhole = FNMI / Cerro Forge

FA = FNMI / Anchor Harvey

FK = FNMI / Kaiser Aluminum

FM = FN/Martin Marietta

FMB = FNMI / Mueller Brass

Keyhole = Cerro Forge

L = Lewis Machine & Tool

LK = LAR / Kaiser Aluminum

LM = LAR / Martin Marietta

M (under diamond) = Mueller Industries

PA = Capco / Anchor Harvey

PM = Capco / Martin Marietta

Square = Brass Aluminum Forging Enterprises

 

Edited March 7, 201313 yr by alowerlevel

Dont pay 2300 for it

I'm kicking myself for not picking one up last summer for 700. Just put a deposit down on one that was selling for 850. What can you do?

I have several of these in my shooting gun collection, and several in my investment/ prepper collection (which are NIB ansd stored). Love love love this gun. It eats anything and I mean anything, you cant stop it. Smooth, accurate out of the box. I have many guns and many rifles. This is my go to gun.

I love to shoot it short and long range and so do my kids and my wife. Anybody in the world from a 6 year old kid to an 80 year old can shoot this gun well and have a great deal of fun doing it.

I have several of these in my shooting gun collection, and several in my investment/ prepper collection (which are NIB ansd stored). Love love love this gun. It eats anything and I mean anything, you cant stop it. Smooth, accurate out of the box. I have many guns and many rifles. This is my go to gun.

I love to shoot it short and long range and so do my kids and my wife. Anybody in the world from a 6 year old kid to an 80 year old can shoot this gun well and have a great deal of fun doing it.

 

with all due respect.. how is it different than any other decent quality AR15.... I had one.. and it was ok.. but my home build one works just as well in the reliability factor.. but seems to cycle softer creating more time on the target...

Mid length is a softer shooting AR as I have one of the DD offering. Smith and Wesson like any company makes competent AR's. To each his own.

I did a lot of research on the same. I ended up buying the mp15FT model. Comes with the quad rails, magpul sights, dust cover and fwd assist and all. Its a much better bang for your buck in my opinion. But as you know times are tough, I paid somewhere around $1,900 for mine just to secure it before all the laws came in to effect or what not. It has always been a $1,200 rifle. Just keep your eyes open you'll find what you're looking for.

Its the forge mark, just tells you what plant made the upper, yours = Anchor Harvey

 

 

ETA : Heres a list I found with a quick search

 

Thanks for that table. I always wondered what the keyhole mark was on my lower.