I have owned four, and still have three. Two each .308 and .223. Customized one of them into a .25-308 and gave one of the .223s to a friend. While they have their faults, I like them very much.
Bought the first one at a gun show back in the mid-70s. A .308 with a cheap scope and two magazines for $130. Never paid more than $200 for any of them, and always bought every magazine I stumbled across. My remaining .223 has a custom trigger, is ported, and sports a 6-24 Pentax scope. Prairie dog killer. The original .308 has claimed quite a few deer, pigs, and such. Built the .25 because I just had to have a .25. I don't load that one or the .308 as hot as I could because of the lugs, but both are accurate and deadly. All three will probably be in my safe when I die.
I think I paid $79 New at the local sporting goods store, for the last one I bought new about 1979 or 1980.
