one more vote for the FN FAL here. I've got a 308 match version of this fine rifle and it shoulders and shoots like nothing else. too bad the idiot bureaucrats prohibbed it. very smooth rifle, points like your own arm and the gas system is well designed, adjustable and reliable. it is hard to mount a scope to, and while accuracy is quite good, under an inch, acceptable but not exceptional. this design should have been the basis for an upgraded version with a FF rail, trigger, and optic mount.