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Agree ....metric vs inch seems like more trouble than I like . Hiredhand has one I think.....pinged him to see if he has good info. I have always liked the M1A’s.....carried one almost my entire career as an EOD tech in the service. we used the scoped match grade versions for a process called SMUD where we shot small munitions to disrupt them . I figured no reason to pack a M4 as well so I carried two 1911A1’s and a crap load of M1A mags .........good weapon in all environments I was deployed too.

The SOCOM is a great shooter. I am doing a 3 gun match in May and will take the SOCOM with me as well to see how it performs . I expect good things .

Stay safe !

About the FAL...I don't know "much", but here's what I discovered with mine. Avoid inch pattern FALs. These were British L1A1s and Canadian C1A1s as far as I know. As with a LOT of things, the Brits had to make very subtle changes and interchanging parts from the inch to metric rifles can be a problem. I'm reasonably certain that all but the L1A1s and C1A1s were metric. I pretty much started with an Imbel Type-III receiver, and an STG-58 (Austrian Metric FAL) barrel, and by the time I had bought the DSA lower and full gas system (because mine was worn out basically), I could have just bought DSAs SA-58 rifle outright! I wish I had.

I'm not so certain that the FAL platform would be best at this time. M1A might be the best at the time because of parts availability. I do believe I'm going to hang onto mine for the time being, but I am concerned about parts availability and need to pick up some necessary spares.

Squantos was one of the reasons I picked up a couple of M4s (clones...one Armalite, and one DPMS). They're a lot of bang for the buck in a very small package! Granted, they aren't 7.62mm NATO, but for the money and parts availability, they are "logistically feasible" more into the future than the FAL.

I'd STILL like a DSA SA-58 though. They're nice. :-) http://www.dsarms.com. All of theirs are patterned from the Austrian STG-58 and are therefore metric.