If you ever pick up a genuine StG 44, you might notice something interesting: the WEIGHT.
Fairly stable shooting platform, though I have so far never gone "rock and roll" with an original one.
The combination of a low-recoil cartridge in a straigh-line chassis is the "winning combination" for Mr. Stoner's little rifle.
As someone who once had several genuine 7,62 x 51 AR-10s of various models, I appreciated the ergonomics and engineering quite a lot, especially in the "minimalist" early variants.
Any "field reports / comparisons" for the "full-house" package of the FG-42?