Most that use the tier system, or the chart, or want "mil-spec" are going to call a S&W tier 2, a hobby rifle, a commercial rifle, etc.
However, you need to decide what is best for your use. If you want to shoot one ragged hole with an AR style rifle, the 1:7 chrome lined mil-spec barrel is not the best for your application. A unlined barrel in stainless steel, or one of the melonite treated barrels with 5R rifling would be best, but this is not mil-spec so the tier system would say it is second best.
If you are a three gunner, maybe a mid length gas system would be better for you due to less perceived recoil and getting back on target faster. Again, not mil-spec, so falls lower in the tier ranking system.
Decide what you want to do with the rifle and what your budget is and buy a rifle that has the features best suited for your application. Forget all the tier stuff, unless you want a "mil-spec" featured rifle. If that is what you want, then Colt, Daniel Defense, Noveske, or BCM are the brands pushed.
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