These rifles would be sold to three types of customers, with the third type being the most important:

1. Patriots like us looking for a decent priced quality battle rifle (perhaps even to use as a DMR).

2. The crusty old veterans who were issued these rifles back in Korea. Many of them don't trust "those new plastic space-age guns."

3. The gun-owning sheeple who are intimidated by "A-salt" rifles, yet would like to own a good quality semi-auto rifle that uses a caliber suitable for hunting.

Notice that the people in category 3 are the same people who often ask you "Whatd'ya need one of them thar AR47s fer anyway?" You can spot them at the gun store when the employee behind the counter suggests that they might want to check out a Remington R15, they say things like "No no no! I don't want anything that looks like a machine gun!"

These people are going to be the Johnny-come-latelys when the SHTF. They won't be willing to take up arms against tyranny until some Homeland Security goon rapes their daughter or wife. When they show up, do you want them to have only a bolt-action hunting rifle? Or do you want them to have a solid good quality semi-auto?

On equipment: You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
On training: Our drills are bloodless battles so that our battles are bloody drills.
On tactics: Cheating just means you're serious about winning.