M77man, i ruled the R1 out a while back for a couple of reasons. first, the 1200ish price was steep with little on the used market. second, it is heavy a pound more than the BAR. third, the articles and posts i have read on accuracy for .308 have impacted me. when i tried to valid at stores in my area - no one had any one the shelves and sales folk were praising the weapon.

do you have any positive experience i can learn from ?

john