[Lycanthrope]

Listen to yourself man! Pull yourself together! A dilemna over being able to afford a JP!!!! You could buy an AR10 AND a RRA varminter for the price of that gun......both would be inferior to it, but still.........

Stop thinking about the AR as a rifle. Don't search for the perfect "rifle". Search for a perfect platform.

Very few of us have just one. I always have at least three on hand in different configurations.

The JP is the CREAM when it comes to AR's. I am 99.9% sure they are chambered in 5.56 (it matters because you can't shoot 5.56 out of a .223 chambered gun, but you can shoot either out of a 5.56 chambered gun). They are amazing rifles for a first time AR. Absolute racehorses. Stick with the 5.56/.223 and learn the platform. Ammo is extremely cheap and you'll shoot thousands of rounds versus hundreds of a larger caliber. Not to mention that the larger calibers can be magazine finicky and are generally more expensive to feed. 5.56 pressures are nothing to sneeze at and your barrel is going to last a lot longer....and be cheaper to replace when you need to. All in all, do you want a higher risk of aggravation in trade for a larger ball for your first rifle? Exactly how often do you need that extra 600-700 fps of the WSSM? Is it worth losing capacity? Cost? Get to understanding the gun before you go wildcatting and ruining your taste for evil black rifles.

After you've shot 2000 rounds through that JP, THEN make a decision for another upper if you still want one to hunt large game with........I wager you'll just spend that extra grand on an ACOG.