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Springfield M1A

laylandad
are these rifles really worth the price? someone mentioned a problem with extracting cases earlier, i have seen this problem on another M1A, but it would easily extract, you just had to do it manually, the rifle was essentially brand new. on anther M1A i saw recently, it looked like the rounds were being fed too "high' they would run into the top of the receiver and hold the bolt open, i think it was factory 175gr or something like that. do these rifles just require alot of fine tuning? or are they very sensitive to ammo? or.....are they just junk?.... i dont think i have any use for a rifle that is that sensitive.
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  • laylandad
    anyone have any thoughts of the M1A supermatch as a long range precision rifle? what about the caliber? 7.62x51. what about a scope?, should i go with the fixed 10x like the USMC M40A3 uses? or something else?
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    To my knowledge, no.
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  • fordsix
    commercial barrel no..USGI barrel probaly
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  • cpermd
    USGI standard barrel-always.
    USGI match barrel-rarely

    CP
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  • cpermd
    Givette is not correct on this.
    ALL USGI standard barrels from all four mfgrs were chrome plated.

    CP
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  • Ed_Hilton
    How would know looking at the rifle if it has a chrome barrel?
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  • wpage
    There is no information on the CMP site regarding the chrome that I could locate...
    http://www.thecmp.org/m1garand.htm
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  • cpermd
    Why would you look on the CMP Garand site for info about M14 barrels??

    CP
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    USGI M14 barrels made to drawing number 7790190 had chromium plated chambers and bores.
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  • givette
    CP is correct. My post further up this string (which has been deleted to save response space) is in error, and I apologize. I contacted LRB, who has surplus USGI M14 barrels and LRB stated that the M14's had chrome-lined barrels. Below is a transcript of my communication with LRB:

    Joe
    Yes barrels are chrome lined.

    Lou


    LRB of Long Island, Inc
    96 Cherry Lane
    Floral Park, NY 11001

    phone: 516-327-9061
    fax: 516-327-0246

    Apr 8, 2010 02:11:12 AM, givette1265@yahoo.com wrote:

    Hi! I noticed in your website that you have a limited quantity of surplus USGI M14 barrels. My question: Are these barrels chrome lined? Thank you in advance. Joe
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  • laylandad
    Thanks for the quick replies. I plan to purchase a USGI barrel and replace the SA barrel on the M1A I just purchased.
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