Kinda put the cart before the horse but was wondering if we have any S&W AR owners and if you've done any mods.
I bought one several years ago with they first hit the street but never really intended to use for anything. I have a couple 870's set up for home defense and way too many special purpose rifles to use it for hunting.
There is tons of info on the net for upgrading and modifying the AR's but almost nothing on the S&W and I was under the impression there was a lot of proprietary stuff involved with it.
When I first got it, having shot thousands upon thousands of rounds through M16's teaching special weapons tactics in the military, I didn't like the way it handled so I modified the trigger to a 3 1/2 pound pull, changed out the buffer and a few other mods so in rapid fire it recoils straight back without kicking up and added Troy flip up sights. At 50 yards, you can empty a mag in rapid fire into a 6" circle now.
I recently decided to go ahead and add optics, laser, flashlight, angled foregrip etc, but that's not possible with the OEM handguard. So, I've ordered a 13.5" M-Lok, free floating handguard and low profile gas block to give me something to mount my add-ons, not knowing if the barrel nut and gas block is standard AR or some proprietary fit from S&W, and they have to be changed to free float the guard.
Another fun part is I'm left handed and entertaining using a holographic site mounted at and angle beside the 1x scope. I experimented with it today (first time I've shot it in three years), seeing how that will work and the most natural way for me to roll the rifle to use the holographic site puts the ejection port upward, sending hot brass straight back at the top of my head. After Pricing left hand uppers or doing a left hand build is not in the cards for now.
If any of ya'll own and have modified the M&P15 OR, any info or words of wisdom would be appreciated.
