Good post. One of the reasons I want one of these:
http://www.dsarms.com/STG58-Austrian-FAL/products/9/
Or these but they have gotten expensive:
http://www.dsarms.com/SA58-Original-Series/products/35/
This looks pretty close to what Pacino had in “Heat.”
http://www.dsarms.com/SA58-FAL-Carbine-Rifle-308-Cal/productinfo/SA58C16/
If you have the money get a Springfield Armory M1A, SOCOM is the most popular then the loaded model and then the National Match.
I have a standard with a Leupold Mk 2 tactical scope.