Pretty far from a basic model, with full ambi controls, right from the factory. It's so much more a KAC SR-25 than any DPMS-based rifle. And that's a hell of alot cheaper than you'd get any SAR-25 for.
I'm thinking that people really need to re-think this rifle. You're getting a hell of alot from them, straight from the factory, that ONE other manufacturer is providing - and that's KAC. Compare prices and features of those two, and tell me what you come up with...