I went balls out on an Ar10 build proof carbon barrel, Mega billet keymod receiver set hyperfire trigger the works. Got it built and hated it I'm not a gas gun guy. Learned my lesson.
I have an M1-A and a .308 Ruger American Rifle. Both of them shoot better than I do.
The M1-A, the one rifle I own I would never sell. It reminds me of
the M-14s I had in the US Army in the late 60s.
The M-14 was still the issue rifle in the Navy at least as late as 1991, when I allowed my enlistment to expire.
I genuinely loved that rifle, a true thing of beauty and reliability.