Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
My last M14icon was a TRW serial 434343. My first was an early SA 98159. My last effort was a Norinco 305 that I put lots of work into bringing it up to look alike but alas, all are gone now due to our foolishness. I miss them all.
TRW always had the reputation of being the best of all the M14's and companies selling them always asked for a premium for the TRWs. Jim, I don't know if you remember Tom Bongalis (RIP) who initially sold firearms from a business located in his home in North Vancouver and later, after the movie industry took off from Castle Armoury located near Mountain Highway and Marine Drive in North Van. Back in the day, when Canadaicon was still a free country he sold a ton of M14s. After he passed away his daughter Gail took over the business and they thrived for quite some time renting full auto blank firing weapons to the movie industry. He was one of the few dealers with permission from the Federal Government to build and supply such weapons. I googled Castle Armoury just to see how they were doing since Gail was an old friend from my school days but found nothing.