A few modern mods for the M14-type rifle.

These may not appeal to the M14/M1A purist but they do work for me.:)

The rifle is a Norinco M14 with barrel shortened to 18.5" in a USGI fiberglass stock. I couldn't make an ARMS 18 mount work. The receiver must be out of spec. I use the rifle for 3 gun so the mag release and bolt release really come in handy.

NEA bolt release:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5Medium1-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...27Medium-1.jpg

NEA extended mag release:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...37Medium-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...39Medium-1.jpg

Troy Battlerail:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...77Medium-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...5Medium1-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...6Medium1-1.jpg

Here's one from the last GCA Journal that shoots .5" groups

What's the empty weight?

Do the horizontal mag release serrations cause any dramas?

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Originally Posted by jmoore

What's the empty weight?

Do the horizontal mag release serrations cause any dramas?

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I think it's about 35 lbs.

The serrations make it nicer to use, especially with gloves on.

35 pounds! Must be a HEAVY barreled 18" tube. Or is it the depleted uranium slugs stored in the buttstock?

LOL, I store all my gold and platinum in the butt trap!

Seriously, I've never weighed it. As it sits, I'd guess somewhere between 9.5 and 11 pounds.

Not too bad then. The Amegaranges/CMP scope mount for the M1weighs a bunch- enough to completely upset the handling of the rifle. That Troy unit looks even more chunky.

With the 18.5" barrel I feel it handles pretty well. Heavy, but still handy.

Does the Amega rail extend far enough back to mount a regular scope?

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Originally Posted by Stevo

Does the Amega rail extend far enough back to mount a regular scope?

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Nope, the M1 and M14 versions just replace the length of the handguard. Seem to work well from what little I've used one, but the M1 version is off the rifle now. Don't quite remember WHERE it is!

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Originally Posted by jmoore

Nope, the M1 and M14 versions just replace the length of the handguard. Seem to work well from what little I've used one, but the M1 version is off the rifle now. Don't quite remember WHERE it is!

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Sounds like that would make a nice Garand rig for 3 gun with an Aimpoint on the rail.

Yah, I had contemplated it. Have competed for a while, though. Can't stand the massive ammo comsumption required to stay competitive any more! Cheap surplus just isn't around so much.

Not only the expense, but the pain! Three years getting past the tendonitis "fire".

But, before 2004, Ft. Benning ran tactical matches that limited every one to ten rounds. The auto clip eject, a bit more muzzle forward weight, and a SEI muzzle brake kept the Garand competitive! Not many folk running "big" ARs then, so my biggest "foe" was a fellow running an M1a. We never knew which of us was going to prevail. At least we kept the M4 operators' attention- noisy, brutish fellows that we were! Even ran matches at night. Slapped a short rail on the side of a stock for mounting a light. Worked, too!