Yeah, the guys at Steyr stepped up to a new level of hammer-forging capability with the StG-58 program. I've considered moving to something "more modern", but I rescued that box of pristine parts from those idiots over in Austria who wanted to take sledgehammers and bend every surplus rifle's barrel. It's tough to justify a SCAR-17 when the FAL still does the job.
I've been looking at various optics for mine, too. What did you go with?
It’s an NC Star red dot with 1.5 magnification. Sure, it’s cheating, but if you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t tryin’.
Can’t afford really fancy optics, so it’s a decent compromise.