This is a good thread. For some reason I have been thinking about a new carbine. I have my DSA middy, but I just can't love the 5.56mm rd per say. I have had the majority of different platforms from AK, Galil, AR, FAL, M14, SKS, lever-action, Garand, bolts, so I am not new to them. I love the 7.62x51mm cartridge and the 7.62x39mm cartridge. I kinda have the hankering for a Para FAL again, love the platform and regret getting rid of the one I built a long time ago. Of course I can do an AK again, but something about the FAL paratrooper. Heck, I held a Sage M14 stocked Bush this last weekend and really liked it but it would be a serious piece of change and not really a carbine. Not really sure what I am going to do, but the FAL is in the running for the time being.