Wow this is an old post.
I have a Springfield Armory M1A National Match now. Don't shoot it as much as my AR, but it holds tight tight groups at 50 yards.
(Cloverleafed with Irons).
The M1A is surely a heavy rifle, which would make it "non-ideal" for a long day of hiking and hunting, but since it's only rifle I have in a full sized cartridge, it'll make do for now.
I think, that SR420, by recommending a Norinco or Polytech was recommending them in the sense that, I can buy a nice, forged reciever rifle for cheap ($800), then upgrade it with a JAE/SAGE stock, and all the other fixings to make it a super precision rifle.
As someone stated earlier, there is no "one size fits all" rifle, especially for someone like me, who likes military rifles.
Eitherway, thanks for all the advice again.