Still hypothetical, because I'm still broke and a lot of my deciding factors are riding on the AWB expiring.
Which sounds like a better general-purpose (plinking, camp gun, SD) carbine: a) a Bushy Shorty with an A-3 handle or b) an Armalite AR180B with carbine-length barrel (traded email w/ sales@armalite & they're considering it in '04) and, if the ban expires, an original-style side-folding stock?
Feel free to throw in any "c" options, as long as they're realistic, no much more than $600, .223, take AR mags and are more accurate than my Mini-14
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