Bushmaster ACR
 

At my local Cabela's, I handled an ACR for the first time. It's actually a bit front heavier than I thought, but still cool. It's lighter than the SIG 556 by a mile. The guy at the counter was took a minute to realize where the charging handle was until I pointed it out to him and he didn't know where the bolt release was until I pointed it out to him.

Do you think it would be worth selling a kidney to own?

Almost 3,000? I hope my kidneys are wroth nearly that much.

Also to my delight, in their gun library there was an SP89! With 2 15 round magazines, 4 old style straight magazines and 3 of the curved ones.

Sweet! Was it for sale?

No, too bad it wasn't for sale. It was marked as part of the Library, not "pre-own". Too bad

Damn. You can buy most of the guns in the gun library at the Cabela's down here

If it was for sale, the SP89 would have been a little over 3000.

The ACR they got was a basic model without the folding, adjustable stock. But on the plus side it did come with the Magpul flip up iron sights

I'd rather have the H&K over the ACR

Same here. But it was cool to see an ACR up close for the first time.

I've always wanted to fiddle with one, but SCARs are more prevalent in my area

I wish they have a SCAR too, but if money was no object, I'd take the ACR over the SCAR

That must have felt good. :D

Stroked my ego more when he said I "knew my stuff".

There was a bunch of kids, and when I say kids, I mean, Modern Warfare 2 players that recognized the rifle and founded out how weird it looked in real life. I had to give them the run down about it.

Seriously though, the price, I'd kill to have this thing on my desk

I'm proud of you. Originally I was excited it was in there but now I'm just disappointed. I have no idea how heavy a Sig is. What's its weight compared to a AR-15?

Assuming you are talking about the Sig 556,- it feels like it weighs more than an FAL, but that's just because the weight is unevenly distributed (all at the front)

I know, the SIG 556 is very front heavy. You need to get used to the weight. But the ACR does have weight in the front, but not as severe.

Length wise, the ACR is about the standard carbine length with the 16in barrel. This basic model only has the non collapsible/folding stock. But the stock itself is short too.

If you aren't familiar with the bolt catch, it takes some time to get used to it, but it's very easy to release.