I' m kind of up in the air on whether I might buy an NM M1A or a Bushmaster DCM AR for highpower shooting next year. I' ve shot both and really love the M1A, but I' m leaning towards the AR since it will be pretty much used as a target rifle only and will be cheaper to shoot. Last week I took a few of my coworkers to the shooting range and impressed them by popping off 3 milk jugs of water in a row at 300 yards shooting my ' 03 springfield from a prone position. I' m using this rifle for high power matches this year but the bugger really kicks like a b@st@trd and needs to be replaced with a semiauto for next season.