I've seen those car-15, and you seem to echo the praises i've heard about those. I guess for my first rifle i just really wanted to hold it in my hand and walk out the door with it. Maybe that sounds stupid? We'll see how things go at Jensen's tomorrow, i guess i just really had my heart set on buying this weekend.

ugh this isn't like a pistol, so many things to choose from, and so many opinions on rifles. It's hard to judge what's "good" from my perspective. Since i don't have any experience with AR's i'm pretty much basing this purchase on what others say.