Just curious because I’ve seen pics of Costa and Travis using S&W uppers and lowers recently. Are they evaluating something new from S&W? I saw a pic of Costa’s rifle with an M&P lower with bright white lettering instead of the usual muted label. You can see it in the last couple of pics herehttp://m4carbine.net/showpost.php?p=400315&postcount=84
I would say that the best thing gun companies could probably do for themselves right now is give their products to Magpul for exposure. These guys are the hot sh$t right now, and with the number of people that buy based on what they carry. Big bucks.
What kind of optic is that on the KAC?
Trijicon RMR
It’s a KAC upper on a S&W lower.
Really doesn’t matter what lower it’s on, it’s the upper that’s the big deal here.
The post mentions Travis using a S&W upper not pictured…
I think that might be Jeff’s lower???
I know in our class he was running all KAC I believe with a few new BCG’s he was testing out for other companies as well.
Hi Jack,
Actually that was Travis’ S&W M&P lower receiver. Had his name etched in the lower (directly above the trigger…you can see the white lettering).
Some more M&P pics from the Magpul Dynamics’ Colorado class last month:
Travis getting some trigger time on his S&W M&P AR:
Travis was kind enough to let me get some trigger time on his S&W M&P AR:
S/F,
Jeff
They just have good taste thats all, Smith is a great gun, In (my opinion) one of the best.
from MD’s website:
[i][b]Product Testing & Evaluation, T&E
Research, Development, and Demonstration (RDD)
Contact us for more information and pricing
Magpul will assist in RDD by evaluating weapon systems and components with regards to the equipment’s specific mission, environment, and objectives. In addition, Magpul can provide live fire and/or static product demonstrations for the client’s promotional or educational projects. We understand the importance of proprietary information, and take every precaution necessary to protect our client’s data.[/b][/i]
my guess, is they’re getting paid to evaluate the systems, and S&W gets the benefit of the a high profile group “running” their gear. S&W also had a MOE version IIRC, which means that they have a business relationship in place already
Nice! It would be cool if they did some full on reviews of equipment and published their opinion. Some manufacturers might not want that though. It would be better than the crud in gun rags with a few targets and only a couple hundred rds fired.
Here are the S&W/MagPul collaborations. Nice looking rifles. I agree that the MagPul name certainly helps with sales. When they first came out, they were selling at a much higher price than other M&P15s. Didn’t make much sense since the standard M&P15A was cheaper and came with a Troy folding rear sight (which costs almost three times as much as the MBUS). A MOE handguard, stock, grip and MBUS cost just about the same as a Troy sight.
Seems like the madness has subsided and the S&W MOEs are now going for more reasonable rates…an appealing rifle in the $1000 range. I also believe there are S&W marked PMAGs to go with these rifles.
More to follow but for now:
Yes Magul and S&W have a great relationship as we do with many other manufactures in the industry. The Rifles they make are great and the Magpul Dynamics team do run them. These weapons run Phenomenally, are very pleased with these rifles and advocate them to all.
More details to come on the Dynamics Operation of them.
insert big freakin smiley right here
This makes me smile… and it makes me want to run a few hundred more rounds through my MP15T…lol 
So I didn’t buy a “lesser” weapon after all. :D:D:D
BTW, nice pic.
AMEN from those of us in the lesser income bracket seats (and MP15 happy owners)!
Obviously the Magpul Team didn’t get their copy of The Chart.
That’s a joke, Son, a joke. 
No disrespect to anyone, but that there is funny.
Hopefully with Magpul’s influence the M&P line will fill in the chart and be an even better rifle.