Thanks for the welcome and the tips. I think it may be better to just save for the real deal...or the almost real deal. I dont have 6,000 to dump on a rifle or else I would probably have a Barret 50 Cal by now...lol. Anyway, $700-$800 isnt too much seeing as how I dumped that on my AR but I am looking at M1 Garands too...decisions decisions...lol.