Smith and Wesson AR15: who actually makes it?

[Spitpatch]

Smith and Wesson gas-piston carbine. Does Smith actually make this gun, from the ground up? Or, who builds it for them, who makes the barrel, etc.

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[MountainBear]

A year or two ago, S&W moved the production of most of their AR parts in house. I would assume this would apply to their piston gun as well, but am not 100% sure. I don't know if they contract out their barrels, but would assume they do.

 

[Spitpatch]

Thanks, that helps some. With a bit more time for this thread, I hope some "AR experts" will chime in.

 

[DavinFelth]

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From what I read, they used to buy parts from Stag. But, it looks like it's been all in house for a few years now.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Everything about it is fine except the trigger. Like a rusty barn door. A Timney fixes that issue.

 

[Ampster]

Smith and Wesson gas-piston carbine. Does Smith actually make this gun, from the ground up? Or, who builds it for them, who makes the barrel, etc.

As far as I remember, there are about 4 major manufacturers of AR lowers, and S&W's are manufactured and labeled (S&W) by Stag Arms... I could be wrong as that info is at least 6 years old.

 

[Lloyd Braun]

a company called CMT makes the lowers for both stag and smith and wesson

AR Lower Receiver FAQ (56k beware) MMS, CMT, LAR, LMT compared... - AR15.COM

 

[madcratebuilder]

a company called CMT makes the lowers for both stag and smith and wesson

AR Lower Receiver FAQ (56k beware) MMS, CMT, LAR, LMT compared... - AR15.COM

Five year old list.

I think S&W is doing the finish machining on the raw forgings but I don't know who is supplying the forgings. They do barrels from blanks, don't know who supplies the blanks. The lpk parts and bcg parts are probably from several different venders.

 

[bshnt2015]

I thought CMT and Stag were the same company. I understand most of the parts were Stag, a co-worker has one, I got to look at it and I could see some Stag markings on his.

 

[mjbskwim]

a company called CMT makes the lowers for both stag and smith and wesson

AR Lower Receiver FAQ (56k beware) MMS, CMT, LAR, LMT compared... - AR15.COM

Go to Stag's site and you can see they now make their own and manufacture for others.Unless CMT owns them,but I don't believe so.

 

[Iceberg]

Go to Stag's site and you can see they now make their own and manufacture for others.Unless CMT owns them,but I don't believe so.

CMT is a long time mfg of AR parts & is the parent company of Stag; the father runs CMT & his son runs Stag Arms. I personally feel that they would have been way better off to spin off the retail/commercial side of the business w/ the Continental Machine & Tool (CMT) name (like LMT did). Many folks do not like the Stag company name & the silly logo even though they make many of the parts used in other rifles.