Please help with AR rifle purchase

[stevetford]

Hello again guys, I am a new recruit in the Army National Guard and currently doing RSP drilling waiting for my 17 Sep 08 ship date to BCT. Anyways, I own several rifles and a few pistols but what I do not have is a AR15 and have always wanted one. So my thinking is buying myself a AR for christmas and begin training with it at the range using iron sights just as tought in BCT and hope to use this as a advantage in order to achieve sharpshooter or expert certificates in my markmanship training. (mostly just a great excuse for the wife to allow me to buy another rifle). Anyways, I watched a DVD the Guard gave me that takes you through training from RSP to the last day of BCT and when I viewed the marksman training, it looked to me as if they were using either the mid length or full length rifles with fixed stocks. For some reason I always pictured a carbine with adjustable stock.
So obviously I have no idea what they are using and was looking for some inside knowledge. I am wanting to buy an AR rifle in in the closest configuration to what I would train with in the military. I understand that I am buying an AR and not a M16A2 rifle, but just looking to get something as close as I can to train and become familiar with. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Blackfork]

Rifle Training.

I've got considerable experience shooting the AR15 and clones and training the military to shoot their M16 and variants. Let me just say that ANY marksmanship training will help a LOT. Even pistol shooting.

It's all just front sight and trigger control.

Being at a distance and not being able to assist you personally, let me suggest a few things:

1. Find the closest NRA highpower rifle match and GO. Send me a personal message with your address and location and I will send you the relevant match directors contact information. They shoot AR15s and know the rifle in ways the Armed Forces never dreamed about.

2. Go on the CMP website and order the Army Marksmanship booklet on Highpower Rifle shooting. It beats the heck out of the Army Field Manual and its cheap.

3. Don't buy a rifle. Borrow one. Spend the money on ammo and asking folks if you can shoot their AR, Garand, Remington M700, .22 bolt, pistol, et, et. It all applies and the wider experience you can get, the better. Most folks very glad to assist deploying soldiers, ESPECIALLY NRA Highpower Rifle competitors. The army isn't going to let you shoot much. Never at 600. They don't KNOW much, it turns out, and NRA competitors know it all.