Yup - FN FAL with a good 21” barrel. Perfect balance while carrying at the ready for patrolling, ADJUSTABLE gas system to reduce recoil for different ammo, field strips in 30 seconds or less. Oh, and higher cyclic rate than an M4. Yeah, heavier and longer. Deadly at 1000 meters.
Yes to all of that. Although my ageing eyes forced me to optics a few years ago. Mines an StG58 kit built on a DSA receiver. It’s a tack driver, but I’ll settle for 500 yards. Trigger’s been worked so it has a nice clean break. Definitely a one shot per customer item.
Mounting optics is problematic, though.