Quote Originally Posted by Brian Dickicon View Post
Despite it's very few shortcomings, the design beats all the other gas operated semi auto weapons of it's era hands down.
Honestly I wouldn't choose any of the three given a choice, and given the era, the early production SKS that was fielded in 1945 would be my choice. High volume of fire, low recoil impulse, light weight, shorter length, enough oomph to reach out to 400m and strike a man sized target with irons. It was probably the first rifle to lead us down the path of post WW2 combat rifle thinking.