ORIGINAL: lagniappe
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
If the $1200 price tag on an R1 has you scared off, then I am afraid that you may be out of luck on a Springfield Socom. From what I have seen on the auction sites and the few that I have seen locally, I doubt you will find one for under $1000 used at best, and the new ones that I have seen are in the $1500-1800 range.