I have owned a match M1A owned this in 1981, an FAL made in Brazil imported by Springfield, more recently a Smith MP 10, a Gen 2 DPMS hunter, and a Ruger Sr-762. The FAL had a built in bipod and was heavy but in my opinion was the best of the lot. It was however a heavy SOB and the dust cover not condusive to a scope. That was an accurate gun as well. The second best is a current Ruger SR-762, I have no idea regards the reliability, have only fired it less than 500 rounds but it is accurate and has fired at every pull of the trigger, the M1 all I remember is that it was a longer gun, and somewhat less handy. The Smith MP 10 is a good gun was 2.5MOA or so and the DPMS was an abortion.
If you need a good 308 consider the Knight or the recently released Daniel defense. Of course I am not a big gun guru or internet Ninja and cannot wax poetic regards a wood vs plastic gun, I simply keep em or sell em, depending. I still got the Ruger even with its chit factory trigger it shoots well.
