For a better recommendation, you need to tell us your use for the gun.
If you want a lightweight rifle for hunting, the pencil barrel might be better due to less weight and for hunting, you usually only pull off one or two shots, so no worries about barrel overheating.
For NRA or CMP competitions, you'll need a floating barrel, match trigger, and a full profile heavy long 20 inch barrel. That's the M&P 15 PC you're looking at. That is an extremely high quality firearm and my no means cheap. Out of my 3 recommendations, the M&P 15 PC is the best gun of the lot. You will never be able to outshoot that gun. You can almost buy three M&P 15 Sports for the price of one M&P 15 PC. I would feel comfortable hunting with this gun or defending a hallway in my home. Conversely, my other 2 gun recommendations cannot be used for top level NRA or CMP service rifle marksmanship matches.
Jboiii78 wrote:Hey everyone,
I have been looking around for a while now for an AR15. I know they can get pretty expensive and I don't have a lot of money. I now have the opportunity to get a Smith and Wesson M&P15 PC. I know its a performance model from s&w. I was wondering what everyone's thought on it is. I'm looking for something tactical and I do know that it is pretty heavy but I have been wanting a AR15 for a very long time and this is a good deal and easy way for me to purchase it. It also has a few extras like pop up sights that cost $130 a piece. What do ya'll think. http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/Sm ... _01_lg.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
