[RevM]

Looks like a good basic AR15.

Having horsed around with AR's for a few years now, I don't think that I would buy a full rifle. They are such simple guns to put together that I would stick with building a lower and purchasing an upper from a quality builder (and that does not mean a well known name-brand necessarily).

Building your own lower allows you to pick the components that you want. Trigger groups, grips, and stocks are all things that can be highly personal.

If it's purely something you want for a SHTF situation perhaps a really basic M4 copy will do. If you want something that you can use for target work, varmints, or perhaps bigger game (like deer or hogs) you'll want to rethink your requirements.

I've gotten rid of my 5.56 upper and now have just 6.8 SPC uppers ... my AR's are my primary hunting guns. I bought a 16" upper from a custom builder who is well known on the 68forums.com site, then I built a second upper myself from a Wilson Combat 12" barrel that they had on clearance ... that one is configured as a pistol until I get around to submitting the paperwork for making it a short barreled rifle.