j, actually i like you using the buyback. i like to use the govs plans to further my own at any opportunity. i too have slowy shifted from cheap guns to better ones as funds permit. i wasted a crapload of cash buying cheap first. only thing i won???t do is buy a colt ar15 just because its colt. with few exceptions, an ar is an ar. never had one fail me if i did my part. semper fi.