AR accesories

Ok folks I finally got my first AR now I need help from those of you who are veteran ar owners. Where do you get your accessories? I got an S&W M&P sport for Christmas and I'm interested in changing out the fore-grip to one that has more space for accessories such as a rail for a flashlight and I'm also going to add either a red dot or some other type of sight but i need suggestions. HELP!!!

Burris has a nice mount scope and red dot combo thats sweet. Sturdy too

all i plan on adding to it is a red dot a vertical grip a flash light holder and a sling and POSSIBLY a green dot laser just for the event that something happens to my red dot sight but the only things i know for a fact i want are the red dot, flashlight holder and vertical grip so not planning on adding much unneeded weight.

the sight i plan on getting is probably going to be the trij. reflex from basspro. I like the way it looks and think it would look really good on my gun plus i like how wide open it appears to be.

spmwheels wrote:all i plan on adding to it is a red dot a vertical grip a flash light holder and a sling and POSSIBLY a green dot laser just for the event that something happens to my red dot sight but the only things i know for a fact i want are the red dot, flashlight holder and vertical grip so not planning on adding much unneeded weight.

Look at the Magpul MOE fore-end. The rail sections you can get for it are polymer so that'll help keep weight down, and you can get the vertical grip(MVG I think) that bolts directly to it instead of taking up rail space. I don't have the rails yet but I plan on adding them and a pistol light to keep weight down. You can get a pistol light/laser combo and that would beat a huge laser hanging off the side.

by spmwheels on Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:29 am

the sight i plan on getting is probably going to be the trij. reflex from basspro. I like the way it looks and think it would look really good on my gun plus i like how wide open it appears to be.

I have the larger reflex on my DPMS and I LOVE it! There's a reason their serial #s all reference a biblical verse concerning the light of God. Take that thing out in the daylight and it's really like looking at the light of God

And I wouldn't depend on a laser as a backup to a red dot, flip up irons would be more reliable. But if you go with the trijicon, outside of the glass shattering, you won't have any failures to worry about

jake that's almost the exact setup I'm looking at minus the odg mine will be all black if I can get all of it in black.

Brownells sells all the color options in various sets. It's a good bit cheaper than buying them individually. That's how I did mine, except the vertical grip I had to buy separate because none of the ODG packages included the grip, I think only the black kits did

For the price the MOE line is hard to beat! I love the buttstock and foregrip. The pistol grip and vertical grip are nice to be so big, even with my smaller hands, but the buttstock and foregrip really make the package. It's just such a versatile line. The shape of the foregrip reminds me of the old A1 triangular foregrip, which I've always liked

found all my parts now I've just got to order them found everything at brownells only came up to 488.89 total for everything.

Jake in the picture looking though your sight is that the dot i see through the peep sight or is that just a glare on the picture?

It's the cowitness of the dot and irons. With the taller mount that it came with I couldn't do that, but once I got the lower ARMS throw lever mount it worked out perfectly.

No that doesn't include my sight that will come later from basspro.the 488 includes the new forearm, vertical grip, pistol grip, 15 mags, mag loader, Medieval Muzzle Brake and cleaning kit. The sight will be an extra 570. And Miker don't worry I'm working on the pics I'll have them posted up as things progress. I'm going to take some later today of the basic rifle and then I will post more as I start adding gear.