But because of the huge stockpiles of standard .30 cal on hand and because of the standardised chamberings for MGs, BARs and rifles this would throw a kink in the system. The magazine may be detachable, but this is not considered desirable. Tankers are the only people I know who regularly break sledgehammersnot the handle, the actual hammer. You have to look very closely to see them, but theyre there. My weapon was a selective fire M-14. Even with this limitation American infantrymen could put up a wall of lead that would stop virtually any attack. However, I am not the military although I appreciate them being frugal with my tax dollars and not always insisting on the best which when you think about it would be impossible for them to have since the best is ever changing. The double-feed issue can be addressed by shooter training. Reconditioned/Reparkerized. Makes me realize that I picked a winner. 7.62 NATO power in a package this small was previously unthinkable, but this ultra-modern rifle will have you believing the extraordinary. The little M1 Carbine served its purpose and with about 2 dozen parts in it, brought down alot of bad guys around the world. Later, after the US advanced and captured some prisoners, they were told some interesting info. now youre just talking wholesale replacement of the hammer, trigger and disconnector. It works, and works well enough for most people because they simply do not know the difference or need the added reliability of CRF. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. The War Dept frowned on all of these partly for reasons of weight, partly for reasons of reliability (you could get mud and crap into a box magazine, it is true) and partly for reasons of cost, but mostly because many of the desk-drivers in the War Dept and US Army Ordinance Dept just hated the idea that somehow, somewhere, some grunt was going to waste ammo because they let him have too much of it at one go. Includes base, dust cover, aperture, windage knob, elevation pinion. Dont pick a $1500+ rifle as a guinea pig for epoxy experimentation. . the average person will never know this . that means more of the cartridge is grabbed. Made in USA. The first upgrades I'd suggest anyone do to an M1A (from a rack grade rifle) would be to replace the standard sights with the NM sights, which give you: - a thinner front post - 1/2 MOA clicks on the rear sight elevation - an aperture on the rear sight that can be rotated for minute up/down changes in elevation. http://www.treelinem14.com/M14-M1A-USGI-Stock-Liner-Screws-2-M14STSLSC.htm. Our National Match Spring Guide improves the consistency and smooth motion of the operating rod which help reduce wear and increase rifle accuracy over the standard stamped GI guide. When you read through the history from that era, its quite interesting. I think that they started with one DM with a 5.56 rifle per squad. What king of gun You have? The Brits were furious, but couldnt say much other than we told you so. The US wasnt going to listen to the intermediate cartridge idea, because the JFK administration wasnt going to go through another re-spin of a government designed rifle while Robert Strange McNamara was SecDef. Other smiths tell me that I should be charging for educating customers, but somehow, it doesnt feel right to charge for simply talking to a customer about what he needs vs. what he wants vs. how much money s/he wants to spend, and trying to reconcile these three parameters. They both achieve approx. The order *I* would do them would be (note added steps): 1. The XD set the new industry standard for comfort, ease of operation, features and performance. The legendary 1911 with modern double-stack capacity. If you review the historical accounts of the M14 project, you find that Garand was no dummy he told the Army brass that we needed an intermediate power cartridge like the 8mm Kurtz or something similar to achieve full-auto fire in a 10lb rifle. Designed specifically for the 9mm cartridge, the EMP features shorter dimensions making it one of the smallest 1911s out there. Mil spec replacement. Nov 3, 2009 289 79 37 For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Eh, it might work, it might not. It also fails DOD straightness gage tests, and appears to have a burr at the gas port. Reloading for the Match M14: Theres about three levels of bedding involvement here, and unless youre experienced in this area, its best to have an experienced smith do the work. WLCE: A good book to start with is Bolt Action Rifles by Frank de Haas. Best M1A Upgrades & Parts. Maybe now theyll get the caliber right. 3105 North Stone AvenueColorado Springs, CO 80907, Only registered users can write reviews. Snipers Hide is a community of Snipers of all kinds, focusing on long range shooting, accuracy, and ballistics. If you train correctly you dont normally need individual automatic fire. SA only garantees them to shoot 3.5", so i should be happy, but I want tighter groups. A trigger job ($50), using good ammo, and lapping the barrelnot mentioned ($35) using David Tubbs Final Finish System, and bedding are all things that can be done without paying an arm and a leg, and will keep the reliability high.keeping it a Battle Rifle and not some weird bolt wannabe that does nothing well. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Try firing a 240B from the shoulder, and youll see how much modern compensators can do for 7.6251. Is that a photo of a real live M-14, or an M1A with a dummy selector? Register. A very good and accurate rifle. You can make the stock, as-issued trigger that smooth, unlike stock AR-15 triggers which actually are nothing but case-hardened cow patties, complete pieces of crap. Anyway, the War Dept stated: The rifle must be so designed that the magazine may be fed from clips or chargers. Thank you for sharing here as well the importance of using the right needing compound. For a few decades in US there were no newly manufactured CRF rifles available. Youre going to pay for it, one way or the other. Im also fairly new to long range shooting! Hell quite likely know how to use a 1907 sling. Our plug softens the blows on your op-rod and wear on the bolt lugs. $18.50. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. That is a lot more effective than spraying lots of lead in every direction. Front band spot welded to new manufacture gas cylinder on outside band around barrel hole at 6 & 12:00. Are you a young person looking for a career, or an old fart looking for a career change? I know the 308 is too much for the G3. Ive got one, and the low, low price is the cost of an M1A to replace it. I would like to upgrade my gun so I can do a better hunting activity. When you look down your bore from the end, you cant often see the tooling marks unless you use a set of optics (like a macro camera lens) and light at the correct angle, or you use a borescope. Well, CRF is great in theory, but there are times when the round somehow escapes the claw, then you either have to force the extractor over the rim risking damaging or breaking it, or you pick the round out of the chamber by pocketknife so your wonderful CRF rifle can actually chamber and fire the next round. They had to return without accomplishing thier mission because it appeared that an American platoon still occupied the hill, so obviously the sounds they heard were reinforcements, not a withdrawal. Made in USA. Build the squad around the machinegun and use the infantry to protect it. The factory spring guide is flat and allows the spring to wiggle uncontrollably while the action is cycling. You must log in or register to reply here. I agree with everything youve suggested. I happen to agree. Replace the clip with a 20 round mag and a soldier can put out 40 aimed rounds a minute. Flash suppressor on right (in picture) is lathe reamed using #7 taper pin reamer. Also, you may be quoting current prices, but when I bought my M1A last year, I paid just north of $1,600 for a version that features a Nation Match barrel, National match front sight, match grade rear sight, and match tuned rear trigger. http://www.fulton-armory.com/stocklinerscreweach.aspx. Unpossible. Its just dumb that the US Military keeps reinventing the wheel over and over again. It also features the Springfield Armory forward scout-style picatinny mount, an enlarged ghost ring aperture rear sight, and XS Sights tritium insert in the front sight to give you lightning fast target acquisition capability. So far, I've made the following accurizing upgrades: 4.5-5lb NM trigger job, shimmed gas cylinder, NM ferrule and handguard mods and NM op rod spring guide. Depends on what you want, if you must have lasers and flashlights then the upgrade is worth it. The SAINT offers upgraded features where they matter most. And no CNC. Certainly not $2,500. . 1stIDvet Non-sniper. Then learn to reload for the M1A or pony up the serious money required to buy Federal Gold Team Match .308 ammo, with the 168gr match pills. It shot just fine, but I wanted the look and feel of what I carried in Vietnam (1969-70), so took the scope off and re-did a 1960s US Army M14 stock. . Ive tried everything else, might as well throw a few more bucks at it before I yank it off and have a new barrel hung on the action. Your Source for Service Rifles: M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, M14 / M1A & AR Types Its the result of John Garand himself telling the DOD (formerly the War Department, back when we used to flat-out win wars) that there was no way to achieve a full-auto rifle with a full-powered rifle cartridge with a .30-06 in a 10lb rifle. USGI .308 Ratcheting Chamber Cleaning Brush, NSN: 1005-690-8441, 7.62X51 NATO *NOS* It will not decrease your trigger weight, however it makes it much much smoother and more even. We lost him a few years ago and he is missed. NB nowhere here have I diverged into mounting glass on the M1A. A traditional M1A, loaded with all the features you want to take your rifle to the next level. There is no other bolt rifle that has as many safety features tho, especially in the event of a case failure. I loved the M1; never felt much affection for the M14. I want a CRF bolt gun, and I will accept no substitutes. From the two-stage military trigger to the aperture-style rear sight (adjustable for windage and elevation), the Scout Squad takes the M1A design and adds a forward mount scope for the added versatility of extended eye relief optics. Winchester corrected this fault in present production Classic by having the gas venting into the magazine and installing a gas block. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL DETAILING WHAT YOU HAVE. an aperture on the rear sight that can be rotated for minute up/down changes in elevation. Thank you Don. Sorry my bad. Based on one of the most prolific and popular pistols in small arms history. The Germans invented the assualt rifle for two reasons; the Russian hordes and the limitation on trained manpower. NB the several. While I might not like ARs, I know quite a bit about them and own more than one, in more than on caliber, from more than one manufacture. The answer was that the Ordinance Dept had this idea that soldiers were going to single-load their 03s, and keep the magazine in reserve. No lie, that was the idea. The ultimate icon. This spring set instantly incresed the smoothness and consistency of cycling on my M1A. Of all the push-feed extractors, I like the Win70 post-64 type extractors the best, and something like an AR extractor translated to a bolt gun is perfectly OK as long as you dont tempt case failure by over-stoking your reloads. (Plus you can stuff a whole bunch of enbloc clips in your pocket.) Maybe some of our recent veterans can enlighten me on what kind of squad level tactics are currently in play. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The en bloc clip loading system was adapted from a competing rifle that was rejected. The legendary hero. I came along too late for soldiers to be issued M14s with a happy switch, so cant talk about them. It was a cheap POS surplus barrel, it shoots reasonably well, but not great, so the worst that can happen is that I wreck it and I have to buy a real, non-POS barrel.. Oh well. M14 / M1A..$249.95 (Currently Unavailable) BOLT, COMPLETE - LRB Arms manufactured. .308 WIN 6.5 CREED MSRP $1,938 - $2,104 Hellcat Micro-compact Handguns The highest capacity micro-compact 9mm in the world. Rest assured, you will still benefit from our vast product selection and industry-leading customer service. The M1A Scout Squad combines the legendary power and reliability of the M1A with the quick handling and fast sight acquisition of a scout-style rifle. Stoner made a gun, Garand made a rifle. ), What youre talking about is called fire-lapping.. As an added bonus a proper functioning CRF is as smooth as bolt rifle can be. Too many people babble on about which bedding compound is harder or some such nonsense. Speaking of overpowered, if youve ever fired a M1892 French Cavalry Carbine in 8m/m Lebel youll know what blast and recoil is all about. 3105 North Stone AvenueColorado Springs, CO 80907, Only registered users can write reviews. CNC machinery has changed all that. as a pro and not just a DYI hobbyist)? It may not display this or other websites correctly. I usually carried a grease gun or shotgun. CRF is more reliable, there is no doubt about it. From what I see it does nothing to smooth feeding on a M70 from the magazine since if the rifle is working properly the cartridge lines up with the chamber. considering lives have been lost and put at risk unnecessarily because less than ideal cartridges being fielded, stupid is rather a understatement. Bullet walk isnt really an issue in a 10 lb rifle like it is in a 16 oz snub. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Then, after bedding, you should remove the action/barrel from the stock as little as possible. With magazines you have to reload them. BTW, overall, I think the post-64 Win70 has a lot of positive attributes that have been ignored by shooters over the years in favor of the Rem700-style actions, but thats a topic for another day and another thread. What makes me weary is explaining to AR owners who expect that I can do for their AR what I can do for $75 to $100 on most any other gun cant be done on their AR, and that Im going to charge them for the Geissele trigger, possibly some springs and pins (if their pins or, more likely, pin holes are worn) and they (or I) can do the installation. For some reason, when I pick up a Garand or M1A, I have no need of glass. I have to disagree about mounting a sling on an AR-15. The US insisted that they wanted the 7.6251/.308Win, and the Brits & Germans, realizing that they were in the back seat on this NATO road trip, went along with the US. Machined from bar stock. See what we did there? He got emotional and told of how it saved his life many times. Front band is flush/square to the ferrule with proper draw contact on the lip of the . Heres the actual bedding procedure WITH PICTURES. Made in USA. Anyhow, thanks for an excellent article and comments till next time, RV. @Dyspeptic Gunsmith: where would you recommend obtaining gunsmith training (i.e. Requested URL: www.brownells.com/gun-parts/rifle-parts/rifle-recoil-parts/m14m1a-operating-rod-spring-guide/, User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_8_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1. When Springfield Armory made the civilian-legal variant in 1974, shooters across the land rejoiced. $7.50. Im pretty sure thats true. Those are great too. All Rights Reserved. I left the painted rack number on it, but cleaned off the gook and grime and used Tung oil for a finish. We no longer use full auto except for a narrow range tactical situations. Someone had to have a lathe bit ground specifically to create that bevel-on-one-side groove. Originalcondition. The Sadlak National Match Spring Guide improves the consistency and smooth motion of the operating rod which help reduce wear and increase rifle accuracy over the standard stamped GI guide. Founding Member. The Mauser 98 is/was certainly a very good and strong action, but might be considered over-built for modern sporting purposes. All Rights Reserved. The M16 was okay. The schooling and tools are a substantial investment expense well over $20K for out-of-state folks. Thats it. The Germans came back for the night and he and his buddy fired their Garands until they warped the barrels at the encroaching Germans. Five year old thread. Would they be improved by lapping? Fire lapping for accuracy? Of course it wasnt just the push feed that made the Model 700 cheaper to manufacture. Much emphasis in afghanistan was on mortars (60s and 81s) and M240s in infantry-on-infantry combat. Sold Individually. Minuteman. Ive known competitors who have shot Berger 185gr bullets for years with IMR-4895 and theyve never had a problem. Combining portability with superior ballistic performance. With regard to bedding: Dont start experimenting with novel or new bedding compounds stick to epoxies that give known results, such as Acra-Glass or Marine Tex. Includes socket head screw and pillar bedding sleeve, Screw, add $1.00 (available at cart checkout). I like its feel and the 1 minute drill proved its speed. Machined from genuine 8620 steel forgings per mil-spec. Soon, I hope. We use cookies to give you the best possible user experience & to analyze traffic. JavaScript is not enabled on your browser - our site will not work for you as intended. Just a causal observation. M1A Rifle Operating Rod, Socom II, in *Very Good* condition. Thread starter Epeeist; Start date Jan 13, 2020; Epeeist Elite. The real secret to a successful bedding compound is that they dont shrink over time. . I have some Springfield Armory M1As I dont need. M14 / M1A Stripper Clips, Set of 5, 7.62 NATO, *Very Good*, M14 / M1A Flash Hider Assembly w/Front Sight, USGI, *Good*, M1A / M14 Dual Magazine Pouch, OD Green Canvas w/Belt Loops, Greek, *Good*, M1A / M14 Dual Magazine Pouch, OD Green Canvas w/Metal Hangers, Greek, *Good*, M14 Stock, 33.5", Wood, Refinished Brown, USGI, *Good*, M1A / M14 Standard Weight Barrel, 22", Chrome Lined, 1 in 12, Parkerized, 7.62x51, *NEW*, M1A Operating Rod Spring Guide, *Very Good*, M14 / M1A Barrel, Chrome Lined, Marked H&R, Parkerized, 22" Long, 7.62 NATO, *Good*, Sold *As Is*. This means your rugged outdoors life just got a whole lot better. This is a great upgrade part for your M1A! Soldiers would sometimes in a panic situation double feed the rifle rendering the weapon useless. The first round will simply eject. Fitting required for aperture. That when I heft my Garand it feels like a battle rifle up to Pattons blessed quote. CRF eliminates an issue. Lets talk about barrel lapping in general. Hes 93 this year and this was the first time he told that story. My bolt roller popped off my M1A Scout . Im a huge fan of CRF, but Ill forthrightly admit that for target, varmint, tacti-cool and other situations where youre not shooting at something that can kill you dead, push-feed is OK. 85% or more is shooter inconsistency.Its cheaper to correct your bad habits ( Read shooting techniques ,therr all consistent.) This is a high-quality replacement that is round (fully supporting the recoil spring and eliminating rough shakes and jerks in action). Theres just no way. But, the FAL is my one-gun-solution, my rifle of last-resort I would grab it and go because it has an adjustable gas system that accommodates the widest range of ammo, as well as scope, bi-pod, and cleaning kit it is a 1 MOA rifle with 175 gr. So, yes, for activities inside of 400 yards, it doesnt matter, but if you are looking for long distance shooting, most $1.2K AR-15s are not going to be able to compete. I also want a cone breech, but thats yet another topic. I never did see any action other than dodging mortars most nights. Ive built all but one of them, and while I bought the only one I didnt build pre-94, Ive re-built it a couple times over. . Machined from genuine8620 steel forgings per mil-spec. Some recommend adding Loc-Tite. Where I come down on it: I can see how the proper application of lapping can reduce fouling, thats a no-brainer to me. If you need lessons on how, find a retired Marine NCO, age 65 or older. Its like a stun grenade going off. Just proves how much i have yet to learn about firearms, gun culture and politics. I dont know what, nostalgia? Build the squad around the machinegun and use the infantry to protect it. Next, if you want to increase accuracy but keep the wood stock (and there are custom walnut stocks available for the Garands and M1As that are really quite lovely), you can start bedding the action into the stock. All my present hunting rifles are CRF and I wouldnt buy a push feed rifle for hunting. I never found it heavy. The US did try out the FAL in the early 50s but chose to stick with the familiar M 1 upgrade the M 14. Or maybe youre just such a froid sang sort of person that this feature is a superfluous waste on. Then there are barrels that are rough as a cob, they foul and wont group, that are reported to be improved. M14 M1A USGI Operating Rod, WRA: M14 M1A USGI Operating Rod, WRA Retabbed: M14 M1A TreelineM14 Chrome Silicon Operating Spring: . Everything else is just gravy! Are you interested? pull, which you can easily achieve with the stock two-stage trigger group. Look into the NRA summer courses to get a flavor of what smithing really is before you jump in with both feet. Theyre out of print now, and quite expensive, but CD-ROM versions of them are quite inexpensive to own. The only issues that arise are when people come with non-standard AR parts. AR-15 solutions in rifle, SBR, and PCC configurations. Garand, Pedersen, et al were working on semi-auto battle rifles clear back to the early 1920s. The German armaments board wanted something more positive and robust, and so we got the spring-steel extractor the Mauser 98 made famous. think about it: such a cartridge would have solved problems that we would encounter in the 21st century in afghanistan. The M-16/AR-15 was made to please the lowest bidder, not a rifleman. My 1st shirt used to say of me that if he put me in a padded room with a steel ball and a feather Id find a way to fvck up the ball. His company pulled back to consolidate the lines and his platoon lost contact with him. 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