To begin, I don't know a whole lot about ar15s other than them having cosmetic features that have no bearing on how they perform and being no worse than a "regular" rifle. Trying to stay the least political as possible but the threat of them being taken away from us triggered me into research and looking into buying one. I was curious where everyone would start their research into buying one and which brands etc. I am a big hunter mostly deer and upland game. I realize its not the best decision to use an ar for either of these obviously so the use would probably be more fun oriented, a coyote here and there and some home defense god helping we wont need it. I am very familiar with hunting rifles and shotguns etc so any similarities may help. Thanks in advance.