M1A1 repo stocks

[c east]

M1A1 repo stocks

Saw an ad yesterday and cannot find the site today....Want to buy today......Also had 15 round mags in wrapper for $29.....Help please....Charlie

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[imarangemaster]

I think it is Numrich Arms. They have the stock and GI 15s in the wrapper.

[c east]

Not the same site...Can't navigate there too messed up....Thanks

[Tired Retired]

I'm shopping for a repro stock too. Northridge has some listed also.

[c east]

Ureka that is the site.....Thanks charlie

[c east]

an anyone comment on the Northridge stocks as I am handy with wood....Any binding or fitting Problems?....Thanks Charlie

Northridge International Inc. / M1A1 PARATROOPER CARBINE FOLDING STOCK.

[imarangemaster]

Ugh! I meant Northridge. I was just on the Numrich site and had it on my brain....

[ramit]

I have one from Northridge.
I put a CMP Inland racker in it, went with a repro rear flipper and repro typ1 bb from CTD.

Great looking stock and wood, feels very solid.
I'd buy it again.
It wasn't trouble free, but nothing too bad.... my plans took care of most of the real problems anyway.
(as well as the problems with my racker, bent front sight, rear sight falling out of the dovetail inspite of all the attempts someone made at "staking" it "well".)

Problems I had.
-Recoil plate was socked down too tight.
-Lock up when the wire frame was unfolded was marginal.
-With the typ3 BB, the spring didn't line up with the hole in the BB. about 1/8 low, and pulled the barrel to the right.
-Front BB spring, the edge wasn't defined well at all. It was rounded on both front and rear of the "blob" of metal at the end of the spring, and a small blob at that, wasn't worth trying to file and edge into.

I had to take out the main screw that runs through the rear of the stock, down through the pistol grip and into the bottom assy. Very long and narrow slit, needed to make a tool from some thick sheetmetal .

Once I had that screw out and could get the top cover plate off, I could loosen the recoil plate screw, get the inland seated, tighten the recoil plate screw as one would, put the main screw back in and tighten.
With some hankering down on that main screw with my home made tool, the lockup of the wire frame when folded out, was much better.

The pix are before I got the front sight off, and changed the BB. The front sight was well rusted on.

I also changed out the front BB spring that came with the m1a1 stock to a USGI NOS, so the larger and better defined edge engaged the typ1 BB better.

With the typ1 BB, there's no slot to line up with the spring, just the front edge of the BB, so the spring being low, no longer mattered.
If I didn't change the front BB, I would have had to open the slot up on the BB to line up with the low BB spring, so the barrel wouldn't be pulled to the right due to rotating/forcing the slot in the BB to line up and accept the BB spring.

Either way, the BB spring that came with the stock had to go, POS.

[frankderrico]

ramit, it's looking good. Sounds like you did a good job. Seems like there is the right looking leather out there, if you want to go that far. Anyway it's nice.....Frank

[ramit]

Tnx Frank...

I'll have to update with a pix with the typ1 bb.

Did not know about better repro leather...
darker, weathered? rivet patina?
source?
pricey?

this has been a low buck project, hence the repro parts, figured since it was a repro stock... no reason to go nuts on original early part$.
Also changed out the mag release (swap with another shooter CMP usgi carbine I had) to an earlier version, and installed nos pushbutton safety.

It was just an added luck of the draw to get a low numbered inland with original barrel and I believe original front sight.
Front sight and one wing was bent, did my best to straighten it as cleanly as I could.
But I have later nos usgi replacement front sight if its too far out of wack.
I haven't had a change to fire it yet and do a final drifting of the rear sight.
After I dressed up the dovetail for the rear sight, the repro flipper went in nice and tight and smooth, not an easy slip in by any means, and went in square. Once finally sighted in, I'll dose it with loctite.