Well here in Pa. we can't hunt with a semi., don't see any of my friends going to Camp Perry, and we are all too dang old to go to any "sandbox" in the wide wide world.................................

I bought my last Smith AR for about $1,100 in early 2013 before the prices spiked; it was a flat earth MOE I'd looked at before Christmas.......I like the magpul stocks and handguards....... so I'd take my friend to the range for the day ...... to the local gunshop(s) the next to see what he could 'fondle" . And encourage him to spend as much as he can to get the options he likes........ with enough left over for an Aimpoint PRO.


My guess is that an Sport II will meet the needs....... maybe not the wants.... of 95% of folks who buy a "modern sporting rifle"