Quote Originally Posted by ireload2 View Post
In the US the Springfield Armory M1-A is used in service rifle competition.
It is not an M-1. It is a much modified commercial clone of the M-14 yet it is permitted in military matches.
Any and all external differences of the M14 and M1Aicon are the same ones such as the AR-15 platform today and due to the laws have been made match legal without these features, the lack of the Go-Fast assembly, and therefor the wood is made to cover the openings that would have been there. However if you really want you can buy a fake Go-Fast assembly if it makes you feel better. And you can buy directly from SAI flash hiders with a bayonet lug as well.

USGI M14 Rifle:



SAI M1A Rifle:



Dimitri