Sounds like you did well - you couldn't touch any AR for twice that when I took the plunge. I have their Varmint Exterminator - it was my first AR also. I shot it quite a bit when I first bought it but haven't worked with it much lately. It does shoot 55 gr and lighter "varmint weight" bullets better than the heavies, but that's what I bought it for. It's sub-MOA with most loads - some in the 1/2 MOA range. The factory trigger was pretty rough and inconsistent - to the point of struggling to break a clean shot. It now has a Geissele trigger - big improvement.
