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Posted: 10/3/2012 5:50:27 AM EDT
| Just purchased my first AR- Smith and Wesson M&P MOE M4. This site is full of accurate and helpful information! Just wanted to say thanks guys and keep up the good work! I have been and will be spending a large amount of my spare time educating myself. Any tips or advice to help point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! Thanks again! |
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Quoted: Whats by far, most important is practice. I will modify this statement and say "proper practice." There are lots of shooters that practice suboptimal things and develop what we lovingly call "training scars" that can be hard to overcome. It's much better if you do it right when you're learning. Take a class. Or five... From a reputable person. |
| I would like to upgrade the barrell for a bit more long range precision, as $$ permits. I am finding out very quickly that the only limits are your imagination and , of couse, the depth of your pockets! I watched a very helpful video on proper maintenance from this site. As far as optics, I have a vortex strike fire red dot which came with the rifle. I have it sighted in, but I am not 100% sold on it. I am going to try a few others this weekend that some friends have on their rifles. |
| I agree 100%! I am beginning with another carry class. The training facility that I am going to requires that you start with THEIR concealed carry clas and work your way up to tatical training(regardless of you already having a carry permit). There will be 7 classes in all, some of which are 2 day classes before I get to teh tactical rifle training. I am excited and a bit nervous, but ready to get started! |
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Quoted: I would like to upgrade the barrell for a bit more long range precision, as $$ permits. Being new to this stuff, your fastest/easiest way to get the long range option is a dedicated upper. Swapping out barrels is not for the uninitiated, whereas swapping an upper is simply pushing out 2 push pins. Something like this from Bushmaster would be a cost effective long range option: 20" Predator Upper Receiver/Barrel Assembly  24" Varminter Upper Receiver/Barrel Assembly
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with the melonite coated barrel it comes with, some people will even tell you it's better than a chrome lined barrel. I'm not an expert so I don't know if that's true or not. I agree with 6winchester2 in that you should play with it until you are comfortable with the iron sights. If an optic fails that is what you are left with and you should have confidence that you have them zeroed on your rifle and feel comfortable using them. After that, optics are gravy and make the rifle fun in another way. I use quick release mounts on my rifles so I can change between optic and iron sight while at the range. It adds to the fun, plus it'll give you time to determine which optic and style is right for you. I have a scope on one rifle and an ACOG on the other and enjoy both, as both are the correct choice for the given rifles...plus I can interchange them if I want to mix it up
BTW one of my rifles is a S&W M&P and I have a ton of fun with it! I'm sure you will as well. Great first choice in my opinion. |
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with the melonite coated barrel it comes with, some people will even tell you it's better than a chrome lined barrel. You are assuming that he got the new model. There is an older model with the 1:9 twist chrome lined barrel. Since he said it came with a red dot, I am assuming that he got the older version used. http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product4_750001_750051_764506_-1_757913_757798_757797_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y Regardless of which model, I would shoot it quite a bit first before I changed barrels...It might surprise you. |
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what kind of long range precision are you talking about ? just a suggestion from a guy who has been there and done that , I would just start gathering parts and build a 20 inch rifle it will be cheaper in the end and leave the carbine alone .
I certainly enjoy my 20 inch build but having a nice handy carbine for daily trips to the woods or throwing over your shoulder when on the 4 wheeler sure is nice . one more thing the strikefire is a solid optic with the only grievence I have for mine is battery life. |
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what kind of long range precision are you talking about ?
I had 5-600 yards in mind. I really don't know if that is plausible with a stock barrell or not. Like I said , ar virgin! Lol. But on a good note, I have a experienced shooter who owns 8-10 ar's who is coming to educate me further tomorrow. |
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