Right on. I am a decent shooter, no marksmen by any means but. i have handled several rifles and hand guns since being young. mostly 22's and shotguns growing up, and I now I own a 30 ought 6, a firestar .40 pistol, and a .22 bolt action.
so I am not complete noob, I would like to fire one. i haven't really fired any type of Gas operated, magazine fed, semi-automatic rifle. i was also looking at tactical shotguns, I was really debating the two and decided I would like to go with aGas operated, magazine fed, semi-automatic rifle. The AR-15 seems to be all around great weapon, range, accuracy, mobility. All things I want. Is there another gun you would suggest that achieves those 3 things better than a AR-15? I know there are several guys with guns I have never heard of in here so, by all means... school me!!
I wasn't planning on going cheap, I want quality. I have a budget of about 1,500. Is that enough for a quality AR-15? Looking around the internet I have seen lots of different pricing.
This is a couple I was looking at recently...
http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct922.aspx
http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct356.aspx
Is this even close to a quality weapon? Who is a good manufacture?