Comments on: Smith & Wesson M&P15R: 5.45×39mm AR-15 announced

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:15:15 +0000

Went to a machinegun shoot last weekend and had the opporunity to shoot an m-16 with a smith 5.45 upper. It worked great. We were shooting russian steel case ammo and the rifle never missed a beat. I put also 1000 rounds through the rifle my self and the owner of the rifle did the same. I had so much fun with it that I bought one of the uppers myself.

By: les mckenzie

les mckenzie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:56:49 +0000

I have the new 5.45×39 it will shoot the steel case just fine but you cannot change the trigger to a light weight it will not fire at all!! that is the only thing i do not like about it. i am going to try the jp ass and use the hammer and spring that came with the gun . we will see how it works.

By: bryan

bryan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:05 +0000

the ar 15 smith wont cycle steel cased ammo ,at least myupper wont..

By: Byte

Byte — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:30:38 +0000

I’m waiting to hear from someone who just got an upper to see how it handles the steel cased stuff. After all, isn’t it pretty much the only way it’s going to be cheap to shoot? Old Russian/Romanian stock ftw! Just rcvd 6k rounds and it came in under $830 shipped. Conversely, my last 2k of Lithuanian .308 was $1063 shipped…

I’d consider buying a complete rifle if they’d produce a reliable 5,45 in with the rail setup like the T so I can use a decent set of BUIS’s. Personally can’t stand the ole A frame M16 style front sight. Yuck!

By: bryan d

bryan d — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:31:34 +0000

i have the ar15 smith and it wont cycle cheap ammo .i tried wolf wont run through .dont have any problem with lake city,and yes it a little more but groups well..

By: thebronze

thebronze — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:54:30 +0000

Will this rifle be a POS like their 5.56 rifle is?

By: J

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:21:11 +0000

I shot a .30 Russian CAR-15 quite a while back and recall the spring noise in the stock tube being REALLY distracting. I haven’t shot a 5.56 AR-15 so I don’t know if that is normal for the rifle, but it certainly was present in the .30 variant.

For whatever that is worth.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:56:06 +0000

Hi Jesse, they are advertising it as a way to save money so I would assume that it would function fine with the cheap steel cased ammo.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:45:38 +0000

Huh… well that’s interesting. I was just thinking about getting a Polish Tantal to shoot the cheaper ammo as shooting my AR is getting far to expensive. I’m spending $200 a month on ammo and I’m using the cheap Serbian stuff.

Maybe I’ll excelerate my plans to buy second AR instead. The question remains, will it function with the really cheap steel cased surplus 5.45×39