My first AR was a 16" 5.56 Ruger with free floating mlok rail and telescoping buttstock . I love it. Very affordable and fires nicely.
It's about $700 but doesn't come with any optics (not even iron sights). You can use the extra $300 go put whatever optic you want on it. Or buy shitty ones to find your preference before you spend real money on an optic (red dot? green? iron sights? flip up iron sights? scope? etc).
My first AR was a 16" 5.56 Ruger with free floating mlok rail and telescoping buttstock . I love it. Very affordable and fires nicely.
It's about $700 but doesn't come with any optics (not even iron sights). You can use the extra $300 go put whatever optic you want on it. Or buy shitty ones to find your preference before you spend real money on an optic (red dot? green? iron sights? flip up iron sights? scope? etc).
https://ruger.com/products/ar556Free/specSheets/8529.html