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Ok, I know this opens up an absurdly large can of worms, but hear me out.

I already own an 'assault rifle', a MAK90. Since everyone has been going batty about ammo prices, I did an inventory, and I have about 1000 rounds for it. So I guess I have my zombie rifle ready.

The only problem with this is that frankly, a MAK90 is a piece of junk. Will it continue to fire after 10,000 round with no cleaning and yak butter as its only lubricant? Sure. Its an AK. But it ain't the most accurate gun in the world, and there is no way to put optics on it without drilling some kind of custom rig into the rather flimsy stamped receiver.

So the current gun buying madness has got me thinking about buying something better. Now this would seem to naturally lead to an AR variant of some kind. But I have been looking in various forums, and AR owner seem to b!tch about broken parts more than Ducati owners. Yikes.

Am I getting an inaccurate picture? I had my heart set on a Sig 556 (Basically a snobs AK), but they are very expensive, and there are some nice looking AR setups in the $1000 range. At Sig 556 prices, you can get an AR with a floating barrel and a REALLY nicely machine front end.

Set me straight. Are ARs a maintenance nightmare? Or are the guys complaining about this stuff the guys that put 5000 rounds a month through their rifle? For the record, I would probably shoot less than 1000 round a year through the gun.