I have not owned one, but a good firend I shoot with often has several....his .223 has to be the best bang for the buck I have ever seen. I 've tried to buy it from him several times, but to no avail. It is super accurate, even with a low-end scope on it. Probably shoots better than I am capable of (which is not inconsiderable
). One word of caution...he bought several large lots of cheap ammo (?surplus) the kind that comes in the military ammo boxes...reloaded ammo I believe it was...bot lots that bought (one for his .308, one for .233) had failure to extract issues that were a real PINTA. With that said...none of my reloads were ever a problem, nor were cheap off the counter kinds. The .223 ammo burned right though my AR, so it didn't go to waste! And didn't have any failures either...
The finish on these rifles(cosmetic) is not that great. I think they put all the attention where it needs to be though. With that said...go get one...I think I'm going to have to go look at 'em again now also!
shoot straight,
MD