FlyNavy
you'll get no argument from me that the ban is/was stupid to begin with. Listing a bunch of arbitrary traits and labeling them "evil" is stupid and reactive. The issue I see is those hailing the end of the ban are making too much damn noise about it. If they'd just shutup, no one will notice. It's not the anti-gunners who are making an issue of it going away, it's those who want it gone, and I think that might be a fatal flaw. But again, it's stupid to begin with and didn't really limit anything.
(edit: the shorter stock I originally had was orig. equip on the rifle -- it was a 'tactical entry' model designed for CQB I suppose, thus the shorter buttstock. it wasn't collapsed - it looked just like an A2/A4 buttstock, but it was about 2-3" shorter.
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As for ammo, I don't like shooting the American Eagle stuff so much. It seems to shoot a lot dirtier than the XM193/Q3131/A I typically shoot. My guess is it's due to the shorter throat of .223 vs 5.56 and lets a little blowby dirty up the chamber, but that's pure speculation on my part. The prices I posted are from ammoman.com - where I typically go. I looked at the site you posted, but they're out of stock on the XM193 and they price out a little higher (plus ammoman has free shipping).