I'm looking at buying a 5.56 AR-15 and I've found a couple of used ones. I was wondering what y'all thought of either of them and if the prices are good or not. Here are the specs for them:

16”- $1,200

-Aero Precision Lower and Upper
-Tactical [censored] charging handle
-Fail Zero Nickel Boron Bolt Carrier
-Diamondhead USA 15” handguard
-Ballistic Advantage barrel
-Leupold Vx-3i 1.5-4x20 Scope
-Warne one piece scope mount
-Magpul stock and grip
-Rise Armament 3lb trigger
-CMMG lower parts kit
-Aero Precision Buffer kit
-Aero Precision Gas tube and block

and

12”- $1,000

-Aero Precision Upper and Lower
-Radian Raptor Charging handle
-Fail Zero Nickel Boron bolt carrier
-BCM 11.5” handguard
-Ballistic Advantage barrel
-Eotech 512 Holographic Sight
-SB Tactical SBA3 FDE Brace
-Rise Armament 3lb trigger
-CMMG Lower Parts Kit
-Aero Precision Buffer Kit
-Aero Precision Gas Tube and block

The two tone rifle is the 16" and the all-black is 12".

Given today's prices and "scare" - with the optics on the two I wouldn't say they are real bad prices - I've seen better but neither are bad guns/deals. Both would I think be decent - not tier 1 or great but both would be decent and functional. What's your intended purpose? And will the seller negotiate on either?

IMO the rifle is setup for hunting as is, the pistol for defense/CQB. If you have an astigmatism and haven't used an Eotech before you might not like it so be sure to look thru it first. You won't have any such problems with the Leupold.

Earl

My eyesight is generally pretty good. I was intending to use an AR for just some target shooting as well as varmint hunting and defense, if it came down to it.