I bought an off-the-shelf DPMS Panther and gave it to my son who is 16 and newly "into" guns. 1-9" stock barrel with PMC Bronze 55 gr fmj's, he's pretty regularly hitting shotgun shells. Like previously stated, intentions change and the ability to shoot heavier projectiles is nice.

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