Pre-Ban vs. Post-Ban M14/M1A

[floydthecat]

I know that Ruger has taken the art of investment casting to a new level. Ruger handguns are considered by many to be one of the best and most rugged guns on the market. My brain is obviously fixed on forged steel receivers as a result of my years of experience with M1 Carbines and having personal experience with cast components in/on guns that fail. I'll likely never use this M1A enough to hurt the receiver anyway. I just have this itch that I must scratch. I may wind-up with an SA and my intentions were to determine if the early guns were better guns. That can be the case with most any manufacturer. S&W simply is not what it use to be. I favor my 90's Brazil family of SA 1911's over the current production guns. I'll usually be looking at a 25-year old gun B4 I purchase a new one.

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[rcathey]

I just have this itch that I must scratch.

Ah yes. The inexorable urges of the firearm enthusiast. I once bought one of the Chinese copies of the Winchester model 1887 shotgun. Sold it a couple months later because it “wasn’t real.” I feel your pain!