Am I being a cheapskate with my M&P Sport 15?

[North86]

I run a magpul forend with a section of rail and magpul afg on mine. I too wanted to keep it simple and light. Since I view this as an HD weapon, I plan to add a light up there too, but that's it.

As for the Sport as an AR, its a great buy for the buck, fairly accurate, goes bang reliably and has a good warranty. What else do you need?

[BigPun762]

not looking to deck it out, my thinking is that using a fore grip creates a different type of hold with my left arm, seems like it would take less support from my shoulder to hold the M&P

maybe I'm wrong, but, if a $50.00 investment can help me a bit, i'll just have to go a day without the hookers and blow to cover it

Honestly the fore grip didn't help me at all. I prefer holding it like a traditional rifle but that's just me. You should try it first and see if you like it. But a fore grip didn't make it any easier to hold or offer any significant upgrade.

[64physhy]

I tried a foregrip on mine and don't care for it. It's a grip pod, so I occasionally use it for the Bi-pod when shooting prone or from a bench, but I don't use it as a grip. Oh, I use the Magpul MOE handguards, and I think they are lighter and more comfortable to grip than the mil spec type that come on it. They run about $30 and a short rail (if you want to install a grip) is only something like $5.

[North Bay Guy]

I like the Hogue grip better then the MOE grip, I have both. A nice grip is always my first upgrade. Next is sights and or optic.

[JMP]

No, you are being reasonable. All you need is a stick and some superglue. It's a friggin assembly line AR, not a precision rifle.

[TeddyBallgame]

i went ahead and broke down and bought a Magpul MOE handguard, a rail, and, a Magpul foregrip

no hookers or blow this week, and, part of next week lol

[tquizzle]

i recommend this. a set of magpul handguards and a magpul MVG (vertical grip) to go right underneath it. this should be about as inexpensive and light as it gets.

Do this, it's very cheap and looks better. Not to mention the magpul handguards feel better in the hand than the stock ones.

[BakoJ]

i went ahead and broke down and bought a Magpul MOE handguard, a rail, and, a Magpul foregrip

no hookers or blow this week, and, part of next week lol

Would you post a pic when you've gotten it all put together?

[TeddyBallgame]

Would you post a pic when you've gotten it all put together?

sure bako, should have everything in, and, put together before the end of the week...the handguard is due in Thursday, and, I just got an email letting me know the rest is due in tomorrow

[xOperator]

i went with this setup for my father, who has arthritis and cant raise his left arm above his shoulders because of injuries from vietnam...

Its a Midwest Industries Gen II SS handguard


(image from arfcom, I only have the handguard, and waiting on the panels to arrive)

(picture from: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_124/6...age=4#i6168827)

[TeddyBallgame]

Would you post a pic when you've gotten it all put together?

[tradecraft]

I don't know why I'm the first one to suggest this, but why don't you just buy a sling?

[BakoJ]

Hey that looks pretty bad ***!

[North86]

Can't see the pix. Where did you host them?

[ScottsBad]

Long story short, bought my first AR a few months ago, the M&P Sport 15...I've kept it basically in stock condition since I bought it, never really wanted to add a bunch of stuff to it

I do have an interest in adding a fore grip, having arthritis in my shoulder, I'm thinking the fore grip might help me keep a steadier aim at the range...I really don't want to add a quad rail, I'd be happy with a picatinny rail that I could mount on the bottom of the stock handrail, then I could add the grip

doing some research, I found that Midwest Industries has a rail, specifically for the M&P Sport 15...only problem is, it's made of light metal and will add some front weight to the rifle, probably not much, but, for a person with arthritis, something I need to consider

I found a Magpul L3 rail section, with 7 slots, made of the hard Map plastic, seems durable enough, not very expensive...not sure if the L3 is compatible with my stock handrails though...my last option is to buy another hand guard, with it's own rails...magpul has those too

for wanting to add just a fore grip, I really don't want to have more rails than I need...I did mount a dot sight on the top rail, changed out the stock pistol grip with a nice AG43 Mako grip, and bought a few Magpul 10/30 magazines...also, even though it is just the stock hand guard, I kind of like them just me, I guess

what may be my best route for doing this without a major change-out of my AR?

Just buy the MOE hand guard and the Magpul grip that goes with it. No need for a rail. But if you do want one they make them for the MOE.