Not saying you should get into AR's, that's up to you, but I will tell you that I have let others shoot one of my Ar's that have shot many guns but never got into AR's, and the next thing I know they are wanting to show me their new AR.Growing up in the 1950's I watched a lot of westerns and cop shows. Had a bad influence on me. Later on it was Joe Friday and Reed and Malloy.