I am very curious BBall, as to why you want/need such a rifle? My buddies here always get on me when I ask them this, if your suprised the army is comprised of more gun nuts than an NRA meeting, dont be. But I still cannot understand why you would want to spend that kind of money( 1200 friggin $!, and my buddy just ordered a pre banned M-14 for 1900!) on something that you get very little if any use out of?:scratchhe
Im all for having sweet toys Ive got lots including a harley and gsxr750, but i ride them often. Unless somebody actually has a useful outlet for a semi auto assault rifle (which other than the obvious proffesions, nothing comes to mind) let alone one thats accurate to 400 yards, with a 30 rd mag and free floating barrel. thats serious hardware.:riflefire. Then I just cannot understand the justification. This weapon in utterly usesless as a means of self defense, well i wont say useless, that would be a exageration. But it is not as suitable as some of its brethren. The rounds have very little stopping power, take this one from my proffesional experience, and if you live in an apartment or even just a regular neighborhood their is a very real threat of stray rounds endangering your neighbors.
Do not! get me confused for those hippies who think all guns should be banned, hell no! an armed nation is a safe nation. I think all adult upstanding citizens have every right to home defense and recreational weapons(hunting, skeet shooting etc). However I do think the weapons that were made for the law enforcement and military communites should be used for exactly that.
Anyway, thats my .02 I feel very strongly about it, and I am speaking up merely for good conversation. However if an assault rifle is whats for you than they are right about the 5.56 being the way to go, surplus ammo is very easy to come by, and will be even more so after the withdrawl in Iraq. Keep a close watch on online auctions for good deals in accesories. Gun shows are great for things like slings and mags, esspecially the military surplus type. Eitherway all my gun buddy tell me the window is closing the Obama gun laws are already beginning, so if your gonna buy dont wait to long, goodluck. Also I feel for you brother the economy is sucking bad anyluck on the job hunt, I wish the best for ya!
