i would go with a bushmaster varminter, its pretty sweet, shoots well 2, but if u prefer a carbine id go with the colt match grade m4, my friend has one its sweeeeet

The Maryland law referred to bans 30 round mags, not the weapons. You can by any assult rifle for sale in any other state, just not 30 round mags. You can have a max of 20 round mags in MD. Can't wait to move back out of this state for good!

All 3 are great guns, regardless of which you choose though, make sure to build the gun yourself. You can save hundreds of dollars by buying the upper and lower receiver separate. A new Bushmaster 16in carbine with bird cage flash suppressor costs $1085 MSRP. A bushmaster assembled lower receiver without the buttstock costs $259. You can pick up a collapsible stock for about $30 on www.gunbroker.com And the upper receiver costs $545. This gun takes about 5 min to assemble and only costs $834, that's a $251 savings for the exact same gun!

I'll guarantee you'll never complain about a Wilson Combat UT-15. But then again, that's likely more than you want to pay.

I've only had one colt AR-15 and one Armalite. I've still got my Army, I sold the colt 5yrs and over 10,000rnds for enough to buy my Rock River Arms. I've got two bushy's one high grade stainless target model and one realtree (full camo version, not just the stock set)...oh yeah, plus my Wilson parkerized O.D green on black UT-15...

The wilson is far and away the best shooter, definitely worth the money, I don't regret buying it for a second, and I'd buy another one if this one "died". My colt wasn't really impressive, it shot about on par with my other "standard" model AR's that it cost about double the cost of, but it didn't feed well most of the time (worked flawlessly with Wilson magazines however). My Army didn't have anything bad about it, other than I paid the same price for it, a standard model, as I did the full camo parkerized Bushy. My standard camo model bushy is great, it's with me most places I go, the varmint model is what it is, too accurate and expensive just for spraying lead, but absolutely a blast to hunt coyotes and P-dogs with. The RRA is probably the best value.

If I were buying my first AR-15, I'd buy an AR-10...no just kidding (AR-10 is the .308win version of the AR-15, in case you're wondering)....

Seriously, I'd buy the RRA or Bushy (RRA prefered for price) and an aftermarket stainless match grade bbl, and a few Wilson combat magazines in various capacities (two fives, two tens, and 4-10 30 or 32rnd magazines would be my starter kit)....That'd be the best deal on an outstanding performer. You'd have about $1000 into it at that point, but you'd have a rifle that'd shoot 1MOA to 200yrds in the right hands and likely be able to cycle 300rnds per minute from a semiautomatic!!