Dstegjas
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I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone's first AR was. It doesn't matter if you built your own or bought one from a manufacturer. Being in the Air Force you don't get much experience shooting AR's. If I remember correctly we only shot a ten round magazine and that was it. The next four years the only AR's I saw was MP's carrying them at the gates.
My first AR was a Colt target model. Very nice rifle but I just couldn't get use to it. The loud spring in the butt stock ringing in my ears every time I pulled the trigger drove me crazy. It just didn't feel or shoot like my Remington 700. So I ended up selling it and thinking I got that out of my system and I was ready to look for another regular rifle. The problem was that I just couldn't get the AR platform out of my mind. There had to be one out there that worked for me. So I did a lot of research and decide to try again and bought a Rock River A4 Varmint model. It came with a 20" stainless steel heavy barrel and two stage match trigger. I topped it off with a Nikon P-223 4x12 scope and added an adjustable magpul stock. The specs said it would shoot 3/4" MOA at 100 yards. This was back in 2014 and I still have it in my safe. Needless to say this rifle made the difference. It fit me well and it shot fantastic. I don't have a collection of them but I'm sure this one will be around for a while.
My first AR was a Colt target model. Very nice rifle but I just couldn't get use to it. The loud spring in the butt stock ringing in my ears every time I pulled the trigger drove me crazy. It just didn't feel or shoot like my Remington 700. So I ended up selling it and thinking I got that out of my system and I was ready to look for another regular rifle. The problem was that I just couldn't get the AR platform out of my mind. There had to be one out there that worked for me. So I did a lot of research and decide to try again and bought a Rock River A4 Varmint model. It came with a 20" stainless steel heavy barrel and two stage match trigger. I topped it off with a Nikon P-223 4x12 scope and added an adjustable magpul stock. The specs said it would shoot 3/4" MOA at 100 yards. This was back in 2014 and I still have it in my safe. Needless to say this rifle made the difference. It fit me well and it shot fantastic. I don't have a collection of them but I'm sure this one will be around for a while.
