I have always loved the M14 but never could afford one

[three0three]

but tax refund time is coming, so I just may be on the prowl. If I come across one how much is too much to spend on one?


every once in a while they appear in the local shops but are seldom priced less than $1500 is that a good price or is that typical pricing?

I would like to get one brand spanking new, what would that cost?

thanks,
three0three

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[Buntlineguy]

I had to pay 1350 for a new in box Springfield. It was worth it to me.

[jmoore]

That depends on what features you want, and how far you will go in one fell swoop to get them. $1299.99 to $15,000.00, roughly. The go fast switch will cost you!

[three0three]

That depends on what features you want, and how far you will go in one fell swoop to get them. $1299.99 to $15,000.00, roughly. The go fast switch will cost you!

I'm just interested in the base models (cheapest lol) what manufacturers are there that produce them? I know of springfield and thats it

[three0three]

I had to pay 1350 for a new in box Springfield. It was worth it to me.

sounds good to me

[jdmcomp]

I shot the 14 in the service. A rifle with the finish worn completely off at any point you touch with your fingers. Bolts frequently fell out of the rifles during field training exercises and yet the guns shot extremely well. (So much time spent combing the grass for those bolts) I found no problem hitting the 400 meter targets from the sandbags. I thought I knew something about guns when I was drafted but the M14 excelled when it should not have. (We thought we needed bedded actions and free floated barrels of massive weight.)

It was a few years later before I could afford one, the M1A that is, and then only on a stretch. I paid $526 for the SA M1A with new walnut stock. Still got it. And no, it is not for sale. Mostly GI parts on a new receiver and stock. One like that would go for $1500 (or more) in the box due to the large GI parts count. Later models with after market parts bring less. Chinese copies even less then that and I would not buy one at all.

The 14 is a very product improved M1, and really does not get the credit it deserves. The 16 was sold as lighter but after the military got through with it the weight is about the same as the 14 in the rifle version. The 16 will give you more ammo to miss with. I think we need more riflemen and fewer (P)hosers.

I do have an AR10 also and I think it better in many ways but the 14 is just so lovely. I would not like to have to choose.

Good luck on your hunt, and from my POV, buy the best you can possibly find.

[three0three]

I shot the 14 in the service. A rifle with the finish worn completely off at any point you touch with your fingers. Bolts frequently fell out of the rifles during field training exercises and yet the guns shot extremely well. (So much time spent combing the grass for those bolts) I found no problem hitting the 400 meter targets from the sandbags. I thought I knew something about guns when I was drafted but the M14 excelled when it should not have. (We thought we needed bedded actions and free floated barrels of massive weight.)

It was a few years later before I could afford one, the M1A that is, and then only on a stretch. I paid $526 for the SA M1A with new walnut stock. Still got it. And no, it is not for sale. Mostly GI parts on a new receiver and stock. One like that would go for $1500 (or more) in the box due to the large GI parts count. Later models with after market parts bring less. Chinese copies even less then that and I would not buy one at all.

The 14 is a very product improved M1, and really does not get the credit it deserves. The 16 was sold as lighter but after the military got through with it the weight is about the same as the 14 in the rifle version. The 16 will give you more ammo to miss with. I think we need more riflemen and fewer (P)hosers.

I do have an AR10 also and I think it better in many ways but the 14 is just so lovely. I would not like to have to choose.

Good luck on your hunt, and from my POV, buy the best you can possibly find.

I got to run 10 rounds through a member of my clubs 14 and i thought i was going to have a freaking orgasm ever since then i new the 14 was going to be my favorite of any firearm ever produced even better than those that i have never touched well, maybe the goryunov is the ultimate but I'll never get the opportunity to own one of those so i just wrote that one off long ago lol.

I could not imagine having to give up the 14 for the 16 and honestly.... i wouldn't have. I guess i would have been classified as KIA from friendly fire. I've owned a few AR15s which as we all know is basically a 16 with out the happy trigger and has been improved since the first fielded 16s and the AR15 still has picky issues. I would not have handed over my 14 for any 16 lol

this is what I think off that contract.....

[Bodyman]

There is a hcek of a guy named John Holbrook who is one of those guys, ya know. You can find him around the internet as the maker of a single loading device for the garand that replaces your oprod catch without any modification called the 'Hollbrok device'.

Anyway, John likes to tell a story about a picture of him that actually made it into some book or other on the M16. As I recall the story, he was "attached" to the 'brown water navy' for a time when the M16 began being issued and he was made to take one. He is shown across 2 pages in sillouette from the reflection of a setting sun on the water with his newly issued M16. According to John, shortly after the camera snapped the photo, that darned plastic rifle got a little wet and slippery and fell in the drink, never to be seen again , whereupon John reacquired his M14 and after that, he never let it go.

[jmoore]

Brand new Springfield Armory, Inc. rifles will have few military parts any more. I'd rather spend a bit more for an older one, or build one up with GI bits. If you aren't going to shoot the "dog snot" out one, then the new baseline model is fine. I've got one that I have put about 0.003" wear on the locking lugs of the military bolt- Its getting a bit tired, but I'll run it till it quits. Main problem now is that its easy to spend more on ammo than the rifle pretty darn quickly!

One of the best things about the M14 platform (aside from the sights themselves- works of art they are!) is that it makes shooting ARs ever so much easier, espcially standing. Form, trigger control, followthrough, and pulling the weapon in tight are much more important on the M14 platform than either the AR15 OR AR10. Why? Its just something I've observed, but not analyized.

[arado]

I was issued M1, M14 and M16. I should have been issued FAL. The US Army saw fit not to adopt it. 95 other armies did. After all that as a civilian I have owned and experienced examples of most of em. This includes g41/43 and NDM Dragunov, French RSC, Mas 44, 49/56, Ljungman, SVT38 and 40, Johnson 1941, Built my own FAL, M1A. I have found little wrong with my Norinco/Polytech. M14s. The Chinese make excellent firearms. At this time I prefer my Zastava M76 over any. REGARDS GARY