LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

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Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

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M41B wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:50 am A friend of mine has one of the heavy barrel versions with a fixed 10 power Bausch and Lomb scope. It shoots less than 1 moa, I have shot it and loved it. I’d love to own one.
Very good, your friend has proper nailed it by the sounds of it !!
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M14 had a bit of a transplant....
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dirtbag wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:51 pm M14 had a bit of a transplant....
The EBR stylee looks good, nicely done. but for me the old stock is where its at (love that classic look)
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Indeed , very unlike me to go new. I normally go the retro route
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That m14 in the ebr chassis looks awesome. I went straight onto Brownells to see if they are still available and they are not. shame, I'd love to get one. Been considering one or possibly a garand.
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Thanks , had to look hard for one of these I got 2nd hand from Europe. Stuck in customs for weeks though... but finally got it. Had to get a new op rod guide bloc as the original one had a crack in it.. $40 from Sage U.S.
Groups certainly improved from 100 yards even with me shooting, look forward to longer ranges. The one thing I would say about about this chassis is the weight, and glad I got the sage vertical grip, as initially I got that for like what the hell, but actually I recommend it now. With the chassis and mount there are quite a lot of Allen screws , some different sizes, not that you would need to strip off the whole chassis on the range, but just there are a lot....
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I had an original m14 /m21 before the ban , with good ammo it would shoot under an inch at 100yds , the oridinal plastic stock was crap and i bought a Bishop's stock from the US intending to fit it but then the ban loomed . I still have the stock , unused and would like an m14 or the Norinco version if one turned up at the right price.
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Have you tried Oakrise arms, I think he does M14s, and these come with the (fake) fire selector swtich ?

I have a medium-heavy barrel and found my best results were that of copying the M118LR round with 175gr (SMK) HPBT and I get around the same as the stated 2580fps.

https://www.m1garand.co.uk/what-s-new/
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dirtbag wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:23 pm Have you tried Oakrise arms, I think he does M14s, and these come with the (fake) fire selector swtich ?

I have a medium-heavy barrel and found my best results were that of copying the M118LR round with 175gr (SMK) HPBT and I get around the same as the stated 2580fps.

https://www.m1garand.co.uk/what-s-new/
Are these straight-pull?

Got to admit that I do really like the look of the IDF M14 MLR (Winchester).
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lovemunkey187 wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:58 pm
dirtbag wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:23 pm Have you tried Oakrise arms, I think he does M14s, and these come with the (fake) fire selector swtich ?

I have a medium-heavy barrel and found my best results were that of copying the M118LR round with 175gr (SMK) HPBT and I get around the same as the stated 2580fps.

https://www.m1garand.co.uk/what-s-new/
Are these straight-pull?

Got to admit that I do really like the look of the IDF M14 MLR (Winchester).
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