Hey All,

I'm thinking about getting a .22 LR trainer for my son to learn more on marksmanship and semiauto shooting.

Does anyone have the Mossberg 715T .22 LR 37204?



Palmetto State Armory has a pretty decent sale going, so I'm thinking this might be a good fit.

Anyone own and shoot one who can tell me of their experiences?

It's controls don't mirror the AR, so I'm curious if it is worth it or should I look for a different direction?

BIGGER_HAMMER

I messed about with one when they came out about 3 years back at a friends gunstore . Even the Mossberg rep was embarrassed to show it .
Crummy sights , nasty trigger , junky feeling magazine and poor magazine release .

I never shot it but its overall impression was just a junky gun with lots of poorly designed plastic crap added on to make it look similar to a AR.

It might have been improved somewhat but the one I had in hand was a nasty , nasty gun.

Buy your kid a 10/22 or save some more and get a M&P 15/22 or drop a rimfire conversion in a regular AR .

Drop in to a local gun store and do a hands on and I believe you will see how bad it is.

I generally think Mossbergs are a decent value and reasonably ok guns but this little one is a turd

Only way I'd own one would've been on the PSA package deal with the M&P22 for $399. That means you pay about $50-$75 for the 715T, which still may be more than it's worth. And the M&P 22 pistol is loads of fun. (They still have the package at $429...but I wouldn't even spend the extra $30).

PSA has sold the M&P 15-22 for $299 several times recently, and that's as good of a starting AR as you'll find.

i've fired it, some guy we used to hang out bought it, its basically a mosbberg 702 plinkster in a plastic cover to make it look like an ar, its molded around it, so its a  bitch to clean, the mag in itself is ok, it does have some feeding issues but they stopped after some rem oil, very light, sights are crummy, and the rails are plastic so..... sights are that use the bolt/thread make sure not to overtighen, that aside for the price, id stick to the 702 i bought as a starter years ago, still functioning great :D

I've played around with the Mossberg and the S&W 15-22.  Do yourself a favor and save up for the 15-22, it's well worth the difference in price.

15-22 or better yet just get a designated 22 upper for your AR

PSA has the threaded barrel version of the 15-22 for $299.99 again.

i got one in on a trade for some other stuff a while back, first thing i did was pull it out of the shell and drop it in a modified marlin stock, then i threw a 4x bushnell on it and its made a good little pest gun

I've shot all of the following: 715t, colt AR .22, 10-22 styled as an AR, sig 522, and I own a 15-22. For a AR in .22 specifically, unless you build one and use a .22 conversion, the only way to go IMHO is the 15-22. Hands down. 715t is terrible, lots of jams, horrible to take down and clean, poor QC. Colt ar and sig 522 didn't seem as nice to me as the 15-22, and a 10-22 will never be a dedicated .22 AR. Save for the 15-22, hands down best route for a .22 AR trainer outside of building an AR.

Btw, I have about 5,000 rounds through my 15-22 and I can hit clay pigeons consistently and easily at 250 yards with my 15-22 and it just has a vortex strikefire v.1. No upgraded trigger or any if that, all stock except a magpul grip, utg bipod, and a magpul airsoft version stock . I've only had 2 jams, and it was purely my fault when loading the mags, the gun has given me 0 issues, and mine hasn't been picky with ammo either.  Haters gonna hate, but imo the 15-22 is a very good gun.

In complete agreement about the 15-22 as well.

Guys at the range had one and were having troubles with it jamming.
Mean time my daughter was at the next bench happily banging away with her 15-22.
15-22 no issues at all.
Go for the 15-22

Pass.

MAHA