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I have three AR's and I always take what the Colt fan boys say with a grain of salt.
That being said, I own a Colt SP1, DPMS and home-built AR with Colt, DPMS and Aero parts.
Bolt carriers are two BCM, and two DPMS.
All run well. All cost under $900 each, with one at $600.
The most accurate and most rounds, is the factory stock DPMS. People dog them, but mine is great and has done a one day rifle course without a hickup.
The old Colt SP1 is a 20" full stock A2 model with National Match sights. I found an old 1960's style Colt 4x20 scope to put on it and it is very accurate, but I haven't put enough rounds in it to say it is more accurate than my factory DPMS, but it might be. It had a lot of rounds down the tube when I bought it (1970's gun) so I replaced the barrel and hammer and springs (trigger was down to less than 2 pounds because of wear, great for shooting, no so much for safety) , best guess is 10 to 20K or more. New barrel only has 200rds but I like it so far.
For best-bang for the buck and reliability the M&P15 Sport seems to be the winner right now IMO. If they were more common on the used market I might buy one, but I haven't seen one for sale used locally in a over year. (Which could mean people love them and won't sell)
Over on GlockTalk there is a thread about a gun range owner who is doing a long term test between a M&P15 Sport and Colt 6920, both guns are on the rental counter and used by walk-in customers, not babied at all, just lubed and not cleaned for the first 1000 rds. Seems SW has a winner here. Colt fan boys are eating their hats since a $600 rifle is going head to head with a $1000 gold-standard rifle and winning in accuracy and a tie everywhere else.
Good luck with your choice and keep us posted.
That being said, I own a Colt SP1, DPMS and home-built AR with Colt, DPMS and Aero parts.
Bolt carriers are two BCM, and two DPMS.
All run well. All cost under $900 each, with one at $600.
The most accurate and most rounds, is the factory stock DPMS. People dog them, but mine is great and has done a one day rifle course without a hickup.
The old Colt SP1 is a 20" full stock A2 model with National Match sights. I found an old 1960's style Colt 4x20 scope to put on it and it is very accurate, but I haven't put enough rounds in it to say it is more accurate than my factory DPMS, but it might be. It had a lot of rounds down the tube when I bought it (1970's gun) so I replaced the barrel and hammer and springs (trigger was down to less than 2 pounds because of wear, great for shooting, no so much for safety) , best guess is 10 to 20K or more. New barrel only has 200rds but I like it so far.
For best-bang for the buck and reliability the M&P15 Sport seems to be the winner right now IMO. If they were more common on the used market I might buy one, but I haven't seen one for sale used locally in a over year. (Which could mean people love them and won't sell)
Over on GlockTalk there is a thread about a gun range owner who is doing a long term test between a M&P15 Sport and Colt 6920, both guns are on the rental counter and used by walk-in customers, not babied at all, just lubed and not cleaned for the first 1000 rds. Seems SW has a winner here. Colt fan boys are eating their hats since a $600 rifle is going head to head with a $1000 gold-standard rifle and winning in accuracy and a tie everywhere else.
Good luck with your choice and keep us posted.
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