I am reconsidering my original decision to use it as just a field gun, a DMR would prove interesting as well.
I appreciate all the advice, but one thing I would like to add is that I am very un-interested in getting a normal M14. I don't care how much more balanced they are, they're still ridiculously heavy even without the rails (not that I mind :P )
I am intending to use mid-caps with this, so poor quality high caps aren't necessarily a problem.
Short I am not; I much prefer longer guns/stocks. Short guns just feel wierd to me.