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SAI gets the love because of price and warrantyBuy a M14 clone that isn't a SA. I owned a SA SOCOM 16 and I found the gun relatively mediocre.
Figure out what you're going to do with a M14 clone first. If you're nostalgic, buy a clone with as many GI parts as possible. If you want a CMP match gun, get one. If you want an EBR DMR, look at Fulton Armory's higher end guns.
For a gun to actually "use", I'd suggest a FAL or G3 instead, but I get the vibe that this is more about nostalgia and aesthetic than practical utility.
Edit: SA specifically gets more love on this website than other brands, but that's probably because Springfield Armory M1As are exempted from the Mass AWB. If you don't live in Mass, you should really consider other brands.
SAI gets the love because of price and warranty
A SAI standard (under normal times) could be had for $1300-$1600
Your base LRB, Fulton, armscorp and even Bula are much more , get into tge national match and super match types and $$$$$$
I have not seen a bula for $1500 in a while.The Bulas are $1500 last I checked. I mean I won't quibble over the difference, but many will.
The op rod 'fitting' is most likely attributed to SA not machining the dismount notch correctly. Brookfield Precision Tool corrects most SA receivers that come into the shop with this problem.
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SAI M1a? Usually after tou pop it off 1 or 2 it loosens up.Anyone use Brookfield Precision Tool?
I tried to find a contact for BPT - butonly found a weird site with a number 508.867.6742 - Got an answering machine with a curt 'you called me leave a message.' Is that them?
My Op Rod is a pain and a half to get out of my Springfield - figure some milling would take care of it. Using someone that has done it a bunch of times before is appealing to me, despite the drive...
SAI M1a? Usually after tou pop it off 1 or 2 it loosens up.
IDK for me I would leave it alone. How often do you need to pop off the op rod?
I'm pretty much Mitch's 'go between' as he's been trying to be retired for 2 or 3 decades. He still does gunsmithing when he feels up to it. In the past couple years, through me, BPT did a couple of runs of XM25 parts for a group of us who where building replicas.Anyone use Brookfield Precision Tool?
I tried to find a contact for BPT - butonly found a weird site with a number 508.867.6742 - Got an answering machine with a curt 'you called me leave a message.' Is that them?
My Op Rod is a pain and a half to get out of my Springfield - figure some milling would take care of it. Using someone that has done it a bunch of times before is appealing to me, despite the drive...
M1s are garbage.
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Going how far back?Big reason I got it was that I had every other US service rifle and this one completed the collection.
I want one, but as a fun gun, not a practical addition to the collection. I’ve only been at it for 3+ years now, so I have to weigh the want/need heavier than some and I also have limited funds and space.
They seem like moderately expensive guns for what you get. They certainly have some history attached, and they may or may not be decently accurate. Also, heavy. For my money, I’d go AR10 for something lighter, potentially more accurate, and reliable (I’m a lefty and the moving op-rod was a concern) for potentially less money. Is an AR10 as cool? Absolutely not. But I’m not there yet with my “collection” especially with something as spendy.
Also, this review is interesting, especially SA’s response to the accuracy concerns. At least the reviewer admits to being “an a**h*** in a tank top” in the first minute. It wasn’t confidence inspiring when I started researching them and looking to buy one.
View: https://youtu.be/U11URice_cM
I don’t think they are spendy guns at all, the ammo , maybe.
I e seen plenty at $1400.00 -$1600.00 , do you’re research. in same ballpark as ARs, AKs, 5.56 or .308I do.
Perhaps my income and living situation alters my viewpoint in a way that means our opinions on $2,000 guns doesn’t properly align?
I want one, but as a fun gun, not a practical addition to the collection. I’ve only been at it for 3+ years now, so I have to weigh the want/need heavier than some and I also have limited funds and space.
They seem like moderately expensive guns for what you get. They certainly have some history attached, and they may or may not be decently accurate. Also, heavy. For my money, I’d go AR10 for something lighter, potentially more accurate, and reliable (I’m a lefty and the moving op-rod was a concern) for potentially less money. Is an AR10 as cool? Absolutely not. But I’m not there yet with my “collection” especially with something as spendy.
Also, this review is interesting, especially SA’s response to the accuracy concerns. At least the reviewer admits to being “an a**h*** in a tank top” in the first minute. It wasn’t confidence inspiring when I started researching them and looking to buy one.
View: https://youtu.be/U11URice_cM
1903, 1903A3, M1, M1 carbine, M14, M16A1, M16A2, M4Going how far back?
(My collection only goes as far back as the Springfield '03.)
I do.
Perhaps my income and living situation alters my viewpoint in a way that means our opinions on $2,000 guns doesn’t properly align?
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A Springfoeld M1A?Bula Defense M14 - go forged receiver or go home .,.
When I worked at GE, a few of us went out shooting, and I once witnessed a ‘cast M1A receiver’ breaking and smacking the guy’s wife right in the head, almost killing her. The grain structure of the action look like a Nestlé’s crunch bar !