Well as others said t/y for ya service ,i was an army cavalry , air mobile SSG for yrs,Now on to what to get , considering the repros are way over priced and have no collector value what so ever , it is like any other commercial rifle , once you leave the gun shop it just went down in value by about 35% if not more, and they do have issues. I have dads 43 winchester m1 and it still works like the day it was issued, i would not buy any repro for the prices they are asking or even if they were cheaper, plenty of carbines out there , i would look for a rock-ola if posible ,second choice would be a winchester. Dont fall for the repro game get a real carbine with some history my friend youll be glad of it over any repro gun,Hope that helps. Once again thanx for ya service and watch your six troop.