Need help identifying a M1A stock maker

[RBruce]

Any idea who made this stock? It is slightly fatter than a normal M14 stock. --TIA

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[browningautorifle]

Is it an M1A stock or a match stock? I've seen some of those that were bigger...

[RBruce]

I believe is is a match sock. Slightly wider than normal. Very solid and a tight fit.

[Brian Dick]

I looked at a Fajen stock I have here but there are distinct differences. Maybe Boyd's?

[RBruce]

Would any other view help?

[Brian Dick]

No, the cutouts and inletting tell the tale. I don't really know how many stock makers in the USA made match M14 stocks. There's also Dupage Trading. Jim had a few different stock makers making new replacement wood at one time. You might ask him.

[browningautorifle]

So, with no FA switch cutout, It must be an M1A stock?

[Bill Hollinger]

It looks like it is the same stock that is on my M1A that I had made at SAI custom rifle shop. It is the heavy match. Overall they are about 1/4" wider at the cross bolt.

[jmoore]

If that's the S/N inside the barrel channel then it was off a roughly March 2008 M1A. (Date courtesy Lee Emerson's database.)

There's a somewhat fatter than GI stock and a super fat version as well.


A somewhat fatter version


A "Super Match" SAInc stock.

The really fat one is about the same size as the McMillan fiberglass job.

I don't know from what companies Springfield Inc has contracted stocks, but there must be several! Contours and inletting have changed a fair amount over the years.

[RBruce]

My SAI is a 1990, and probably came with a collector stock. I just bought the rifle, and I believe that it has been modified from the original build. I know the barrel was changed as was the OP Rod and some other small parts. I guess the stock was also a replacement. The person I bought it from was not the original owner. The good news is that on the first range trip, I shot consistent 2 MOA groups. Before you say something is wrong, I'll let you know that it is my eyes. I kept seeing two front sights. I need some dedicated shooting glasses that allow focusing on the sights rather than the target.