My first was a 600 in 223 circa 1966. I told the fellow at the Embassy Gun Shop in Taipei Taiwan I wanted the first 223 they could get their hands on, as I could get all the ammo I could shoot from the AF armorer. Well the 600 arived and was the ugliest rifle I'd ever seen. It went straight to the armorer and the the rib and shark fin sight were removed, the rib studs milled off and the squared stock given some nice rounding off. Untold cans of 55gr ball ammo went through it and it killed stuff for me for 40 year before the barrel gave up the ghost and now it is continuing on as a 6x45. A few months after that I bought a 742 BDL Deluxe in 308 (again free ammo), fitted it with a receiver sight and sling and shot competitively with the ROC army guys.
