The AR platform is one ANYBODY can shoot at least decent with, if not great. I've never been a fan of them though, although I DO own one. Good rifle, but Never really impressed me other than its accuracy. I'm just not one of the guys who's Crazy over the almighty AR. I don't shoot it much though. One thing that I hate about it is when I shoot it, it tends to send a puff of smoke right into my eye with every shot.