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    I have a deal on a mp15t..223. Does anyone have on and like it. Are the Smiths good rifles?

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    I have heard a lot of good things about them.
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    One thing to check on those is to make sure that your PMags seat in the magwell. I had one that was out of spec and PMags didn't seat all the way in. I had to dremel some material off of the mag(s) to fit right. So take a PMag along when you check the rifle out.

    But... I guess I'm assuming that you'll be using PMags... if not don't worry about it.

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    I'll tell you this much, they don't like to be ran dry lol :P. Pmag thing could be an issue, but you can solve this either by using a dremel and rounding some plastic off the sides of the pmag (cheap way) or you can buy a new lower (not Cheap way) Other then that I got about 1000 rounds through mine with maybe 3-4 hic-ups due to running to dry on lube.

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    How would you rate them to a RRA?
    Thanks for the help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sixgun View Post
    I have a deal on a mp15t..223. Does anyone have on and like it. Are the Smiths good rifles?
    Quote Originally Posted by Sixgun View Post
    How would you rate them to a RRA?
    Thanks for the help.
    Well I don't know, its hard for me to compare a complete kitted rifle to another completed kit rifle. the MP15T comes with Troy Rail system, and Troy Flip up back and front sights which alot of people highly praise, and very warrented as they are real nice and snap to place with just a finger. The barrel is a true float barrel as far as i'm aware of since what I can see that the barrel only touches the Upper. its also a little heavier due to the Troy rail system, which isn't that big of a deal.

    Personally you probably can build the same rifle for cheaper the MSRB but I bought it because I heard good reviews through Magazines and such, and the thing is built sturdy everything is correctly stacked. My only gripe is that I have one of the first production MP15T so the lower doesn't like Magpuls which I have 6 of. but nothing you can't fix with a dremel.

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    New S&W have mag problem fixed? Gun hasn't left factory yet. I'm getting it for cost. Dad best friend, my other daddy is direct dealer in Pa. I just have always liked RRA over anything else. With the current price hike on the RRA's, Smiths are still in my price range at cost.

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    Rock River makes some really good AR-15. As good or maybe better than a Smith.

    Smith doesent have the track record that others do.

    Keep in mind that Camp Perry was won with a Smith based AR-15. Story here. http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com...-championship/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sixgun View Post
    New S&W have mag problem fixed? Gun hasn't left factory yet. I'm getting it for cost. Dad best friend, my other daddy is direct dealer in Pa. I just have always liked RRA over anything else. With the current price hike on the RRA's, Smiths are still in my price range at cost.
    Yep, S&W newer models went with another companies lower then what they used in the first production models. And I heard cases where you could reship your rifle back to S&W and they would replace it for you free, but I don't have the urdge to do all that work just so I can use Pmags, when i can just grind a little plastic to make it work.

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