Seriously considered one a couple yrs ago, couldn't find anything bad said about them.  In the end I just don't like that calibre.

Have one in a blackfeather stock with a Nikon on a casm mount. Love the gun and it's crazy accurate for a semi, heavy though

If you do end up getting one, you'll love shooting it. Tons of fun, but expensive as hell to play with, unless you manage to find some milsurp 7.62x51 or crazy deal on .308. It really chucks the brass and chews the crap outta the cases, so reloading might not be an option for your brass. Other than being heavy and expensive to feed, it's a great rifle!

I've tried to order that Austrian ammo before and it always seems to be sold out. I usually use hornady steel match for small critters and Sierra gamekings for whitetails.

Well it was range day and..
The finish is way below our standards but it seems to be built tough.
Tough like a Ukrainian farm girl and weighs just about as much. Yup she's just under 10 pounds unloaded.This is not a rifle that you want to pack up a mountain on a sheep hunt.
It comes with two mags,a 5 rounder and a 20 rounder pinned to 5,stupid law.
 Also has a cleaning kit in the buttstock.The front post looks tall and chunky but hey it works.It took me over two boxes of ammo to get it shooting good.Actually it shoots not to bad.
They come in either a 22 inch barrel or an 18.6 which is what I have.
Also picked up 3 battle packs (240 rounds each) of Hirtenberger surplus ammo.I was told not to use the 180grn hunting loads because it could cause damage to the op rod.
Anyways here's a few pics. 

So on the fun factor I'd give it four **** out of five.My only complaint is that she's loud,really loud.Muffs alone were not enough.Had to use earplugs and then muffs over them.

Not bad sonny nice addition to the collection. Good groups for a non-hunting rifle.

Well I guess you could hunt with it if you wanted to,after all a .308 ain't no slouch.

But riddle me this..

Norinco M305..Black stock semi auto 5 shot .308win.... Non restricted.

Norinco AR-15 Black stock semi auto 5 shot 5.56 ...Restricted.