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$1000 or less would buy a Colt CR-6920. The M&P, Ruger and Springfield have nitride barrels, batch tested verses the Colt's chrome lined, magnetic particle, high pressure tested barrel/bolt. The Colt also has a full auto bolt carrier, H buffer, plus a lot of other mil-spec parts, excellent build quality and better resale value.

I can understand not wanting to build an upper, as that build does require some specialized tools. The lower is so simple and is where quality parts are needed and where you should have spare parts for. Do your home work. It's more fun then.

I've had a Stag Arms Model 2 for several years, and it has been ultra-reliable and fun to shoot. You might consider renting a few AR's somewhere before you buy one.

The other option is to buy a separate lower and upper assembly, and build it yourself. This way you can have some fun and get to know all the components. I've never been a AR fan, but figured I'll get one, just because. I prefer pistol caliber carbines. So I bought a Anderson lower and a PSA upper kit, and after a few hours, I had a operational AR.

I can’t speak for any of your options specifically. I agree with you that at least for the M&P it’s a mid-tier option. Let me ask a question that may help you narrow it down: What do you want to use the rifle for? Home defense? Range toy? Don’t know? One option to consider: Get any of those, shoot the crap out of it to find out what you like and don’t like. For the things you don’t like, can you upgrade parts to make it more to your liking? Worse case when you find out exactly what you want then you sell the current rifle and buy or build one that fits exactly what you’re looking for.

I also wanted only one AR mostly bc of cost, I’m not swimming in disposable income here. But I found it just wasn’t possible to do everything I wanted with one rifle and constantly swapping parts (.22LR upper…cqb optic and long range…lightweight vs varmint) is a pain in the ass Building yourself won’t have a “tip to butt” (lol) warranty but if you built it once you can fix it when it breaks. And if the parts were defective it would probably be covered by the individual manufacturers anyway.

Just one AR-15? Sheeeeet, I got 5 plus a few stripped lowers just waiting to be built! Out of your options I would probably go with the M&P Sport 2. I have shot friend’s M&P Sport’s (both generations) and are good quality for the money. The nice thing about the AR platform is you can always upgrade parts and furniture very easily.

Yeah...Let us know how that works out for ya...lol I said the same thing only I knew I didn't want a ready made tinker toy. Did my research and started buying good parts. You Tube is a great site for how to build one. If you have any mechanical ability they are pretty simple. Only a few special tools. You will take pride in the fact that you built it yourself and know how every part in it works. BTW I now have 3 different calibers in the AR platform. Two or 3 in side charge. I only wanted one... Its a problem I know. But not as bad as some guys I think. Although I am fighting off the urge to build another one to give to my wife. She doesn't know she wants one...

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I would go for FN over Colt.

Steve at Monmouth Arms has a Colt 6920 and FN-15 AR in stock. N.J. Compliance work included. The FN-15 looks like a heavy barrel model however. https://monmoutharms.com/in-stock-inventory/

Ended up getting a Kimber Custom LW Shadow Ghost in .45 ACP. She absolutely loves it!

Day three was very good to the Team USA Skeet Shooters, as they won the gold in both the Men's and Women's events! Returning Olympic Medalist Vincent Hancock was in 4th place after the previous day's qualification round, 2 birds behind the leader, while Amber English was in 3rd place, but 3 birds back. Both pulled it out in the final, each setting new Olympic records, Vincent winning an unprecedented third Olympic Gold Medal in the event. Men's Skeet Gold V. Hancock, USA, 59 (Olympic Record!) Silver J. Hansen, Denmark, 55 Bronze A. Al-Rahshidi, Kuwait, 46 Men's Skeet Finals - video Women's Skeet Gold A. English, USA, 56 (Olympic Record!) Silver D. Bacosi, Italy, 55 Bronze M. Wei, China, 46 Women's Skeet Finals - video In Skeet, after a 125 target qualification round, six shooters advance to the final. In a manner similar to that seen in the air gun events, partway through the final the lowest shooters are eliminated from the squad, one by one, until at the end only the top two shooters remain in head-to-head competition. It is another fairly recent change to how the match is run, probably made in the interest of making it more interesting for the TV audience (and more stressful to the shooters). Since so much is different in international competition than what we are used to in US shooting events, I've attached the link below with good information on how every event works. How are the Olympic shooting events scored?

I didn't say she wasn't willing, I said she may not have been mentally prepared to. Most people have never even taken a sight picture with a real, breathing human being in it and I have seen people balk at just that. Pressing the trigger too takes mental preparation. She may have been absolutely ready to fire, but someone was behind the creep, or she may have hesitated. If you're of a mindset that you're going to fire your gun because you felt the need to draw and present it, I suggest you get some training on shoot/don't-shoot/don't-shoot-yet scenarios.

We now know what they are going to do. Personally, I think it's a bad move. ...."July 27 (Reuters) - Remington Arms Co on Tuesday offered to pay nearly $33 million to nine families to settle lawsuits claiming that its marketing of firearms contributed to the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, where 26 people died. The proposed settlements would provide $3.66 million to relatives of each victim, subject to approval by the federal judge overseeing Remington's bankruptcy case in Alabama. Only nine families joined the lawsuit, and many joined for political reasons, as the goal is to increase the financial pressure on companies that sell "assault weapons", a label popular among proponents of gun control. The families initially claimed that Remington knowingly marketed the gun for use by people to "carry out offensive, military style combat missions against their perceived enemies." https://www.zerohedge.com/political/remington-reaches-historic-33-million-settlement-families-sandy-hook-victims