Smith & Wesson Announces New M&P10 Sport Rifle in .308 Win
Why not start with the price? At 1,049 USD this is a great price for an AR10 and a product I probably wouldn’t like to see or hear about if I was competitor.
Sure, a lot of the polymer furniture isn’t of the highest and coolest factor, but that’s something we chose on an individual basis at a later stage anyway?
It’s funny that S&W call it “Sports”, then puts “Purpose” as “Home Protection and Hunting”.
Overview of the M&P 10 SPORT Optics Ready
M&P10 Rifles are versatile, easily accessorized, and suitable for a wide variety of recreational, sport shooting and professional applications. Engineered with 5R Rifling and 1/10 Twist, the M&P10 is as accurate as it is powerful. Making short work of long range, M&P10 Rifles keep you at the ready.
Gas Block with Picatinny-Style RailFeatures
• Gas Block with Picatinny-Style Rail
• Sling Swivel
• A2 Suppressor
• Mid-Length Handguard
• Armornite® Finish on Barrel (Interior & Exterior)
• Chromed Firing Pin
• Rifling: 1 in 10”, 5R Rifling
• Ambidextrous Safety Selector
• Ambidextrous Magazine Release
• Ambidextrous Bolt Release
• Mid-Length Gas SystemArmornite® finish is a hardened nitride finish that provides: Enhanced corrosion resistance, greatly improved wear resistance, decreased surface roughness, reduced light reflection and increased surface lubricity. Armornite is used on many S&W® and M&P® products imparting a high level of protection internally and externally where applied.
Specifications
Gas Block with Picatinny-Style Rail
Here’s the dedicated product page for the S&W: https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/mp-10-sport-optics-ready
What do you think of the package? Missing anything? A great deal or still too expensive?
How soon before we see these at 999 USD?
Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
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8 pounds, 16 inch barrel? Meh.
With some of the featherweight AR-15 builds nowadays, what I would like to see is a featherweight AR-10 with a 20 inch barrel in .243 or 6.5mm for a reasonable price.
Maybe there's no demand for something like that...
Even for MSRP it's a nice value,
but for the life of me, I can't find any differences between this and the older 18" version.
Aside from the shorter, thicker looking barrel an muzzle device of course.
How come the 18" is more than $600 more expensive?
Why the huge difference?