Everyone has their own dislikes, likes, purposes for AR's. Buy it, shoot the hell out of it. If you like it, keep it and if not trade it or sell it. Personally I own my share of AR's and have built many. I have never had anything DPMS on my gun bench, personal preference. I really don't care for factory offerings, nothing wrong with them, they shoot but there is a whole different world to AR's beond the factory stuff.