New AR Recommendation

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Looks like Springfield Saint Sig

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I like the looks of this one but never shot it. Has good reviews from what I’ve seen.

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I love the colt. But to be honest the S&W Sports 2 are just as good.

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No they aren't and I have sold hundreds of sports. Sure they are decent for the money but they simply are not on the same level as Colt. Some of the M&P line is up there, I have one of the M&P rifles because it was a smoking deal for a mid length gun that was configured 95% of the way of my LMT so I set it up as a back up almost identical.

To be fair modern Colt isn't on par with Colt just a few years ago and I understand with going with another brand, but for $1k they are a solid choice.

Sound like you will be in a Stag to get all those features. There is really nothing wrong with them, I just have a hard time paying over $1k for one when they were like $100 more than a sport not that long ago. They usually have a lot of solid features and are well thought out. IME they don't hold value like a 6920 or similar.

Good features though, chrome lined mid length is where I like to start for 16" AR's.

For $1400 you can almost buy and FN or BCM or Daniel Defense (when you catch a hell of a deal).

For less than $1400 you can also build a Centurion, which is what I'd do.

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Colts are overpriced POS.

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I tend to agree that Colt has been passed up on the AR market. When they were the standard bearer for LE and military rifles they had good QC and were considered the standard for a reason. I believe FN has moved into the spot of being the standard issue M16/M4 rifle for the military (could be wrong though).

There are a ton of options out there today that will outperform a modern Colt. I wouldn't have said this same statement 10-15 years ago though.

Aero Precision may fit your needs.

Hard to pass up IWI as well.

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There is a reason an AR company went bankrupt in one of the biggest AR buying binges in history.

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It had nothing to do with the gun business and everything to do with the leadership. They purchased Colt, leveraged the company to the MAX but instead of investing the money in Colt they paid themselves the money. They still had record sales but were overleveraged and it was unsustainable. The group that bought them didn't care because they just wanted the easy fast big payday and didn't care about the brand.

So if you have a S&W Sporter 2, how do you improve it? I've already done trigger, stock, grips,

Unless you are just adverse to a build, I would build your own and make it as you want it from the ground up.

Of the brands you mentioned, I’d go Sig.

I've owned a S&W M&P Sport 2 for over 10 years now and replaced the following parts:
-Geissele SSA-E trigger
-Magpul grip
-15" M-lok rail with the full picatinny rail on top (no name brand that I paid $39)
-Magpul MOE Carbine butt stock, mil spec
-Surefire Warcomp Flash hider for the Surefire 556 suppressor
-Gas block
-AFG forward grip