S&W AR 15 Sporter Mark 3

[Stogies]

I got the newsflash today but I don't really see much news here other than the free float M-Lok handguard?

 

[Exspiravit]

Mid gas instead of carbine, different barrel twist (1/8). I think it's otherwise the same rifle.

 

[Timfoilhat]

Mid gas instead of carbine, different barrel twist (1/8). I think it's otherwise the same rifle.

Don't most S&W have a 1/8 twist barrel. My old one did. I remember the days of "The Chart" where that was one of the strikes against S&W along with 4140 barrel steel that kept it from being considered decent to the author of "The Chart"

 

[Exspiravit]

Don't most S&W have a 1/8 twist barrel. My old one did. I remember the days of "The Chart" where that was one of the strikes against S&W along with 4140 barrel steel that kept it from being considered decent to the author of "The Chart"

I thought they were 1/9? I looked at S&W's site and I don't think it actually says what the Sport II is.

 

[DS1911]

I thought they were 1/9? I looked at S&W's site and I don't think it actually says what the Sport II is.

Most were 9 twist

 

[pee wee]

some of the early sport 1 models were 1:8, then they moved to 1:9.

 

[cubrock]

The early Sport models with 1:8 twist had 5R barrels. Lots of them got bought on the cheap to get those barrels.

 

[Stogies]

Mid gas instead of carbine, different barrel twist (1/8). I think it's otherwise the same rifle.

Good point, that was interesting I thought, too.