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Sangiovese wrote:I haven't heard that the FNARs were picky about what you feed 'em. I'll have to look into that.

As for being a beauty queen... I'm pretty neutral on the looks but this rifle will be a tool so I'm not too concerned about that. After I settle on a semi auto .308 I will have all the bases covered and will finally be able to shift over to "collecting" rather than filling my toolbox. Looks will come into play at that point

I didn't say all FNAR rifles are picky about ammo, I just said mine was. I have two friends who currently own, or have owned an FNAR as well. Those two are not quite as picky about ammo, but ammo quality does affect accuracy more with theirs than with mine.

AndyC wrote:I find that rifle distinctly unattractive, personally - it looks like a BAR onto which someone just slapped on a pistol-grip. Oh, well - pretty is as pretty does.

Visually, the FNAR is ugly as sin, but when people see the results on target it becomes quite attractive.

I am an FNAR owner as well, infact I think I may have been the first on this board to publicly admit to owning one. Pros are that you won't see very many others like it at the range, accuracy out of the box is good (Gets better with custom loads), and it stays pretty clean. The cons are that it is heavy, mags and other accessories are expensive, disassembly is a pain, and everybody wants to shoot it when you take it to the range. Taking one to the range is like taking the prettiest girl to the dance, everyone wants to have a turn and a reputation will form.

Mine is extremely finicky about ammo selection. I swear it looks at the sticker on the box before deciding how it's gonna like it. if you put a $100 price tag on a box of wolf it would love the stuff, but put a $5 price tag on a box of Hornady match ammo and it won't even cycle the stuff. Mine prefers good quality ammo with match grade ammo being its preferred diet. Oddly enough its not that accuracy suffers from using cheaper ammo, the gun just won't cycle stuff it doesn't like. I'm told that newer FNARs are not as tempermental as mine, but I don't care as I feed it a custom mix I worked up just for it.