If you were in OKC, I'd let you look over a few of my milsurps to see if anything speak to you. If you go the CMP Garand route, join the Garand Collectors Association. It's around $20/year and you get a nice quarterly magazine. I would also try to handle an 03A3 and M39 too. Also, I actually like the feel of my K11 to my K31, though the K31 is the more updated one.