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I wouldn't buy any of the big name AR's right now. Truth is, there's about 3-4 manufacturers that make 90+ percent of all of the uppers and lowers and about a half a dozen barrel manufacturers that make commercial grade barrels for the entire industry, so it doesn't matter what name is stamped on the side, in the current climate everyone is slapping parts together and shipping them without even test firing.

I've had good luck with DoubleStar out of Kentucky. During the last "black gun panic" I had to source 12 M4s for the company I worked for. Doublestar came through in 3 weeks and didn't gouge us on the price (actually charged us dealer price). Everyone else (the big names) said it would be at least 4 - 6 months and quoted prices higher than retail! The guns were very well built - you could tell whomever assembled them knew how AR's worked and wasn't just grabbing parts out of a bin.

Ah, the Clinton high-cap gun ban - President Clinton sold more guns and ammo than any other President. Why do I sense that record is about to be broken?