Oh yes, well done. Can you post a pic of the barrel under the handguards? How does the profile diameter underneath compare to gas block-muzzle?
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Oh yes, well done. Can you post a pic of the barrel under the handguards? How does the profile diameter underneath compare to gas block-muzzle?
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I just saw one of these M&P 10 rifles at my local gun store.
to my (un-trained) eye, it looks Very nice. I never considered a .308 or AR-10 style rifle before but I am intrigued by this. Look and feel similar to M&P-15 rifles just scaled-up. the barrel seems thin? and flares-out to meet the flash-hider on the front.
The version I was looking at was the flat-top, no front-sight just a railed gas-block (same as pictured in Bedouin2W's blog post link, above).
The gas block appeared to be clamped-on? There were 2 horizontal screws along the bottom.
I was only seeing it in-store so didn't get a chance to disassemble it.
They had several on the rack, price was $1800.
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That is amazing in this climate.Originally Posted by SurplusShooter
About the GB, being clamped on, is it also pinned, or installed using rockset, or...? I'd be concerned if it's merely torqued.
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disclaimer: I am new to AR-10 style rifles....
do you mean "smokin' good price, I would buy it" or "too high, panic price" ?
I'd be really curious to know: how does it stack-up against the DPMS LR-308; which was out before and at a lower price-point?
I looked for a Pin but on the bottom the only pin I saw was for the Sling Swivel attachment (that pin was too low to grab the barrel).
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-SurplusShooter
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Amazing, like, why haven't they sold them all on gunbroker already?
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What reliability issues did you see?
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The rebate form on the Smith website says 5.56 rifles only for the rebate. Am I missing something?
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I just saw that... When I looked earlier I only read where it did not include the M&P15 Sport and M&P15-22. When they made that rebate the M&P10 hadn't hit the market yet. Hopefully they'll amend their rebate to include the M&P10.
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I'll post a pics tomorrow morning of the barrel sans handguards and of the GB.
This was my first gun review, in addition to it being my first .308, so I am still learning. Also, any future gun reviews on my blog will be have nicer settings, better lighting, etc... Moving into a house soon that gives me a basement that'll give me a place for my tools, pegboard, and shop lights. I took these pictures this morning in my living room with my 3 month old puppy providing ample distractions.
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Sorry for the constant updates, but I am watching a cleaning video on youtube for the Armalite AR-10. I've also watched a few videos on the DPMS LR-308 so I can compare and contrast it the M&P10. While seeing these, I have noticed a few more similarities and differences between the AR-10 and M&P10.
The buffer looks a lot smaller than the Armalite AR-10's buffer. I noticed The M&P10's buffer was proportionately smaller than an AR15's buffer to buffer spring. I should have broken out an AR15 buffer to see how the M&P10's buffer compares to it, but it is absolutely smaller than the Armalite AR-10 buffer. This is in addition to being kind of beat up where I could tell it had hit the buffer retainer pin more than a few times. The picture I posted in my review did a poor job of showing the wear on the buffer.
The BCG looks like a hybrid of the DPMS and Armalite BCGs. The shape of the bolt carrier is like a DPMS in that the bolt carrier is being rounded on the left side like an Armalite AR-10 bolt carrier. Another DPMS characteristic of the M&P10 BCG is the bolt assembly has three gas rings, as opposed to the Armalite single gas ring. The firing pin is almost identical in appearance to the Armalite AR-10 firing pin, with an additional spring to help prevent inertia of bolt closing sending the firing pin forward (or at least according to this video). The DPMS does not have this spring.
Anyways, just some more observations I noticed.
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