The iconic all-American firearms design of the past 60 years, the AR-15, is almost universal in its popularity. Which brands do it justice is perhaps a spicier topic. On this week's 2nd Best Gun Podcast, Alexander and Chris sit down to weigh in on the subject. 

You can skip ahead at the timestamps below. 

01:20 Pepperidge Farm remembers...
04:04 Eger is still wandering around in gun lore.
09:40 Alex breaks out "the voice."
12:25 The genie gets out of the Colt bottle. 
15:40 Unchained after the AWB expired. 
16:50 Is KeyMod retro cool now?
17:45 Pour one out for the Poverty Pony.
25:30 The AR keeps getting reinvented. 
27:40 Often imitated, seldom replaced.
29:20 Don't sleep on M-400s and 516s.
30:30 Getting Radical. 
31:40 Do piston guns and blowback actions count as real ARs?
33:50 The Space Coast connection. 
36:45 Is $800 the dividing line on an AR today?
37:50 Tactical peanut butter and jelly. 
38:50 Police trade in patrol rifles are a gold mine. 
40:00 They start reading social media comments, and it just goes off the rails for like 10 minutes.