I understand holding out for a .308, I got a couple before I got my Aug, hell I wanted and waited 20 years before I finally got it. And like a dumb ass I bought it at the highest possible market price, right during the Clinton ban.
But let me tell you what, even though I have a couple of ARs, and that is what is in vogue right now, or rather "the rage", you can keep em. I'd rather have that modular Aug any day.
It is handier, quicker, and sweeter.
You can't hang crap all over it like a Christmas tree, so what, we did without forever, I still can.
To be honest, for the price, if the Microtech was available at the time, I would have gone with it. I think I could live without the Svaroski (sp) optics.
Good luck in your quest, stay the course!
Reinz