CTF - If it is a matter of cost - what about a CETME?
I hear you - and so does everyone else, between mags, mounts, otptics - it is going to be a chunk of change.
That old saying - Buy Once, Cry Once - I have been through several platforms.
It all gets back to what you want and what you want in the future.
There is nothing wrong with a CETME or an FAL but they are limited - esp in the area of accuracy (although I am sure someone will post about this one time at band camp that thier [insert manufacturer here] shot a 10 shot 1/4 MOA string at 1k using some screwed up Indian surp).
I had a NICE FAL - it was half MOM(an) at 700 yrds. I have never owned a CETME. I now have a calico Eagle and a DPMS. Calico is more like 1/2 MOA. The RRA due out in late summer looks promising.
Do your homework, think about what you really want, save your pennies, shop hard, and get what you really want the first time.