m796rider Wrote:I've owned and shot dozens of different rifles and the AR tops them all in terms of usability, ergonomics, spares support, and on and on.Heh, heh. I, too, have owned and shot dozens of different rifles, but I'd place the AR near the bottom of the list in regards to most characteristics.
Oh, properly customized (as with your superb Grendel SBR, for example), an AR can look really sharp, but for actual shooting I detest almost everything about the design.
Fit, feel, and handling? I'll take an M14 rifle (especially with an "E2" stock) or M1 carbine over an AR any day.
Ergonomics? That frakking T-handle sucks, and the forward-assist is a Mickey Mouse contraption which, for me at least, usually interfered with retracting the bolt assembly. Give me a proper bolt handle, a la the M14, please; much easier to use.
Plus, the Sproing! sound of the AR's buffer spring with each shot fired is rather annoying.