Should I buy? MP15-22

[JRent54]

I have the chance of buying a mp15-22 from a friend for 500bucks...is this a good buy? What are your thoughts on this model... Oh yeah...it's the camo model.

[DTom75]

I have a Sig Sauer 522 and a Colt M4-OPS 22. They are hella fun to shoot and CHEAP to do so!

Sig Sauer: $450.00+TX,DROS.
Colt M4-OPS: $549.00+TX,DROS

[russt]

500 ain't bad in this market. I saw one at Marin arms new in box for 479 a few days ago.

[triggs75]

Yes. They are fun as .....

[510Kal]

if you have the ammo for it, why not?

[audiophil2]

I would not. It takes a proprietary mag and they are pretty much impossible to find at a reasonable price.

Find something that uses AR15.22 mags.

[cwin]

I just broke mine out of jail yesterday. I've read almost nothing but positive reviews on the MP15-22. The only downside is finding mags for it right now. I guess I'm just going to be stuck with one for the moment. I'm taking it to the range tomorrow. Excited. I got mine for $479 before tax and dros, depending on the condition of your friends rifle, I'd say it's a decent price but not great considering it's used.

[redcliff]

Black Dog Machine is just as proprietary as Smith & Wesson. Normally its not hard to find either, but we live in interesting times.

[GW]

I have the chance of buying a mp15-22 from a friend for 500bucks...is this a good buy? What are your thoughts on this model... Oh yeah...it's the camo model.

Heck yes buy it
They are fun and accurate
And all the controls work!

[audiophil2]

Black Dog Machine is just as proprietary as Smith & Wesson. Normally its not hard to find either, but we live in interesting times.

Not really. I can use bdm jn my cmmg and spikes conversion kits. They work with my full auto ciener kit in my M16. They work with most .22 uppers. The smiths just work in smiths.

[wjc]

I have one that I bought on impulse. $500 is a pretty good price.

So far, I've put a scope, Harris bipod, and two stage trigger job into it.

It's a hoot to shoot and the ammo is cheap.

It's also pretty accurate after you get a couple of rounds through it.

[Ron-Solo]

Mine goes on every range trip. It is usually the most popular gun on any of our shooting trips.

The magazine availability issue will improve soon.

[Mr. Meeseeks]

Yes buy it.

All the controls work like a centerfire AR; one of the reasons it's tons of fun. IMO, the bolt locking back after the last round is a must for a tacticool simulator; the Smith does it reliably. It's also not picky with ammo, which lets me and who ever I'm shooting with blast away for hours with cheap bricks of ammo.

I've had a CMMG conversion kit and a Sig 522, both of which ran on Ceiner/BDM style mags. Although they both fed most ammo reliably, the flexibility to use different brand mags wasn't enough for me to keep either of them. OTOH, my 15-22 I'll never sell, that is unless I'm forced to . I've actually often considered buying another one and probably will, especially if S&W came out with a new variation.

Almost all mags for any gun is hard to find right now, but before this current insanity M&P 15-22 mags were not a problem to find. Hopefully it'll come back to that.

[redcliff]

Not really. I can use bdm jn my cmmg and spikes conversion kits. They work with my full auto ciener kit in my M16. They work with most .22 uppers. The smiths just work in smiths.

Semantics I suppose. If the magazine you use is made by one manufacturer, its proprietary. Whereas on things like 1911's there are many different manufacturers of magazines=non proprietary.

I understand if you have several dedicated uppers and a conversion unit that use a certain magazine it's logical to stick with that type of magazine. If you're just wanting a .22lr training version of your AR the M&P 15-22 has a lot going for it for the price. Dedicated rimfire platforms are nice due to our bullet button requirements on center-fire and it keeps the dirty .22lr residue in one gun.

[audiophil2]

Semantics I suppose. If the magazine you use is made by one manufacturer, its proprietary. Whereas on things like 1911's there are many different manufacturers of magazines=non proprietary.

I understand if you have several dedicated uppers and a conversion unit that use a certain magazine it's logical to stick with that type of magazine. If you're just wanting a .22lr training version of your AR the M&P 15-22 has a lot going for it for the price. Dedicated rimfire platforms are nice due to our bullet button requirements on center-fire and it keeps the dirty .22lr residue in one gun.

While BDM mags are made only by BDM I would not consider them proprietary because they are not solely sold by BDM. BDM relabels them as CMMG and Brownell's too and are sold by those companies as CMMG and Brownell's magazines.

I was so close to buying an M&P1522 until I saw the proprietary mags. It is a nice gun but the mag issue is a deal killer for me. Others may have no issue with that and that is fine too. I just see it as a severe limitation if the OP decides to buy the original ciener style kits or uppers. That design has been around for decades.