TexasCHLforum.com

Thanks guys. I think the first rifle that's not a .22lr will be an AR-15. I like the way they feel (the one's I've shot at least), and the intensity of the recommendations on here cinched it for me. I'll save the more purely recreational guns and such for later. The other nice bit is that all the AR's I've shot have just been with iron sights, so I don't need an optic for my purposes. That being said,if anybody has a recommendation on a decent red-dot style site for a good price, let me know.

Thanks!

Sounds like an AR-15 is the weapon of choice. Will I need to buy separate optics for it? Any recommendations that won't break the bank?

So, I'm seriously considering buy a couple rifles in the near future. I've shot a few (including an AR-15 and an AK-47 style rifle whose make I can't remember). I've shot a whole lot of .22lr through a friend's rifle, and I'm either going to buy his out right or buy a .22lr just like it. For the other rifle, I'd like to get something that's not a .22lr. I've been checking out everything under the sun from traditional bolt-actions to AR-15's to the very non-traditional PS90 and FS2000. I thought I'd see what you guys thought given some of my goals.

1. Should be fun to plink with, yet still usable for home defense if that need should ever arise. If the lady of the house is going to plink with it too, then recoil needs to be pretty well-managed and not beat her up when she fires it.

2. Should be relatively easy to take apart, clean, and put back together.

3. Should be reliable.

4. At the ranges I'm going to probably be shooting (probably 100yards max), I'd like to avoid having to do/worry too much about separate optics. Decent iron sights are probably fine. I know some of the FN's come with optics which are also probably fine if they're any good at all.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Things to avoid or definitely look at?
Thanks!