rs525
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- Dec 14, 2021
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Good day all. This is my first posting and may be my only posting to the site but we'll see how it goes. I am a relatively new gun owner who owns a couple of pistols and want to eventually get my own AR-15. I want to go with a retro style Vietnam/Cold War era military esque rifle because I love the classics over the new "tacti-cool" guns. I'm trying to decide between these different factors:
- 20 inch rifle barrel or 14.5 inch carbine barrel (WITH pinned and welded extended flash hider). I do hear the 16" barrel (in this case 14.5 with Pin and Weld) is most versatile
- A1 or A2 style upper
- Preferably a lighter barrel, but if an A2 or M4 style barrel is better let me know
- I want to only shoot 55 grain or 62 grain FMJ ammo since it's the original and cheapest around
- No interest in mounts, removable sights, removable carry handles, or anything like that, just plain iron sights
- Only for target shooting. Not planning on doing long distance target shooting (Longest range near me is 200 yards)
- NO "Commando" length barrels like 11.5 inch. Too loud, less range and don't want to deal with NFA tax.
- Not a priority, but I would like to have it be something that was used extensively by the US armed forces and keep it as mil-spec as possible
- Edit: These guns are only meant to represent replicas, NOT actual Colt Ar-15s
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