Well, GCK, everyone has his own opinion and all are my friends, but to me, having served with a foreign ally is all part of the history of the piece. I own a mint Inland all in WWII configuration I picked up thirty years ago, and recently acquired a racker Austrian IBM that I cannot believe is a racker -- the Austrians certainly took care of their guns. On the other hand, last year's Italianicon return SG was not well maintained and had obviously been abused. But it's all part of the story and the luck of the draw, and I think we should be very grateful the CMPicon exists and is giving us a chance at these pieces of history.

BTW, I missed the boat on the CMP 15 round mags . . . and do not have even one GI mag for my Austrian. Can anyone spare one please? I will go $15 for one in good condition.