Out of the "big three" 7.62x51 NATO battle rifles. I would pick the G3 last. It's solid enough, but has some short comings the other two don't. You mentioned two of them with the charging handle placement and the selector switch. The other negative is the dead man's click. It also seems to have the worst or most felt recoil of the three. A lot of the G3's out there had those slim forends too. I never shot with a slim one, but they look like they would get hot fast.
I think it is cool Cold War rifle though. I just never understood why HK-91's where so highly praised back in the 1980's and 90's.
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