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I wouldn't take an FAN-FAL over an M-14. WHATEVER rifles that were in the test,They ALL tend to look good in such tests. Do any of you have ANY idea how much abuse a rifle undegoes when it is actually used in the field for real?? I ain't talkin' a spec op party as they are pretty short term. Take a rifle in the field and LIVE with it in your hands for 6 months then get back to me about how tough and reliable it is. The only rifles I saw that passed that test were the M1 Garand,the M-14,the AK-47 and the M1 carbine. Unfortunately the M1 carbine is miserably underpowered. M-16's we used had to be cleaned every day SEVERAL TIMES A DAY!!!! Treat test guns like a chunk of schhhit for a couple of months and get back to e.