Just wait until you have to do a BAR. Oy! It probably wouldn't be so bad if it were a "real" one (open bolt), but man, it's a real PITA...gas system (which is actually not too horribly bad), and the receiver (which is like pulling teeth with a rubber mallet and a pair of tweezers. Getting the bolt assembly out and back in, anyway...tho I suppose with practice, it's that much simpler.)
I had a nice chat with the father, and well...how would you feel about a Johnson Rifle?
I've been dying to try one of those out, and I have the manual to clean it around somewhere to make my life easier.
The one sitting in the collection is just collecting dust, and we all have the same view on things..why buy it if we can't use it?
Oh - at the Middletown show, there's a guy with a couple of them, if you're interested. They seem to come in waves...2500+ seems to be the average, but...5 years ago, they flat didn't exist. Now, at the shows, you can't throw a rock without hitting the guy. Odd.