In 1979 I had the opportunity to purchase two brand new FALs at $1200 for both. I allowed myself to get talked into a 7.62 Galil at the same price. You know the agony of 1980. Biggest mistake I ever made.
FALs are rally hard to find; but I did find a Century FAL rebuild from JG. Second biggest mistake I ever made.
The Springfield M1A is a great big "OK", but, oh well.