LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

Anything Fullbore rifle related, Hunting, Target, Match.

Moderator: dromia

Message
Author
User avatar
snayperskaya
Past Supporter
Posts: 7234
Joined: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:43 pm
Home club or Range: West Bank of the Volga.....
Location: West of The Urals
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#11 Post by snayperskaya »

More accurate than M14 in the right hands Tovarisch ussrflag

http://looserounds.com/2015/01/30/the-m ... 14-legend/
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin

Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.

More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
dirtbag
Site Supporter 2022
Posts: 890
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:13 pm
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#12 Post by dirtbag »

Thanks all for the replies, a tough one this.
dirtbag
Site Supporter 2022
Posts: 890
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:13 pm
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#13 Post by dirtbag »

snayperskaya wrote:More accurate than M14 in the right hands Tovarisch ussrflag

http://looserounds.com/2015/01/30/the-m ... 14-legend/
Don't suppose you have a spare SVD hanging around do you ?
User avatar
snayperskaya
Past Supporter
Posts: 7234
Joined: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:43 pm
Home club or Range: West Bank of the Volga.....
Location: West of The Urals
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#14 Post by snayperskaya »

dirtbag wrote:
snayperskaya wrote:More accurate than M14 in the right hands Tovarisch ussrflag

http://looserounds.com/2015/01/30/the-m ... 14-legend/
Don't suppose you have a spare SVD hanging around do you ?
I don't sorry, only got the one Russian Lady......

Image
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin

Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.

More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
dirtbag
Site Supporter 2022
Posts: 890
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:13 pm
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#15 Post by dirtbag »

Hi I thought id close this thread with a happy ending.

Like in most shooting "which rifle" dilemna's, the best solution .

Is to buy both...

SVD with the wood and PSO (Military)
M14 with macmillan knock off stock, Leupold mark 4 M1 16x , dated 1990.
Attachments
WP_20190110_006.jpg
WP_20190110_005.jpg
WP_20190110_004.jpg
User avatar
bnz41
Site Supporter Since 2016
Posts: 1989
Joined: Sat Nov 06, 2010 4:20 pm
Home club or Range: NRA Bisley
Location: Essex
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#16 Post by bnz41 »

goodjob nice pairing.

ussrflag usflag.gif
User avatar
snayperskaya
Past Supporter
Posts: 7234
Joined: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:43 pm
Home club or Range: West Bank of the Volga.....
Location: West of The Urals
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#17 Post by snayperskaya »

Very nice Tovarisch ussrflag

The wood on the SVD looks nice, and a silver PSO-1 which are quite scarce.Has it got the 1000m stadiametric rangefinding reticule or the 400m one?, reason I ask is that some silver PSO's have the 400m "Simonov" Rangefinder and are calibrated for the 9x39 round used in the VSS Vintorez and AS Val.Has it got the IR detecting function?.
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin

Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.

More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
User avatar
rufrdr
Posts: 545
Joined: Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:38 am
Location: Willow Spring North Carolina
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#18 Post by rufrdr »

DaveB wrote:What you don't see reported upon is how much time the unit armorers spend maintaining the M14s for use as designated marksman's rifles. M14s and their copies/clones etc have a reputation for requiring work to achieve and maintain accuracy. The method of attaching the action to the stock means that shimming and the like is often required. If you are prepared to do a lot of shooting and adjusting to get there, they can be accurate, but I have to agree that for that kind of money there are a lot better choices out there for true long-range shooting.
The trick with the M14 to maintain accuracy once it is achieved is not to remove the action from the stock. Unless the weapon gets soaked in water there is no need to pull it out anyway. For amount of shooting the average civilian shooter does, the rifle can be cleaned sitting in the stock. Once a year pull it out, strip it down, and clean it nicely. Then shoot it so it settles back into the stock. That's what I have always done with the various M1As I've owned over the years.

Just about any M1A/M14 will shoot the US NRA target 10 ring at one hundred yards easily. Accurized rifles will do even better.

The U.S. military cleans their rifles each time they are drawn from the arms room and this constant disassembly and reassembly is hard on the accuracy of the M1/M14. The M16/M4 series isn't bothered at all by this practice.

I started my service as an officer cadet with the M14 in 1975. I have always loved them.
Image

"Everybody dies...the thing is, to die well"

Jack Harper
User avatar
rufrdr
Posts: 545
Joined: Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:38 am
Location: Willow Spring North Carolina
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#19 Post by rufrdr »

dirtbag wrote:Hi I thought id close this thread with a happy ending.

Like in most shooting "which rifle" dilemna's, the best solution .

Is to buy both...

SVD with the wood and PSO (Military)
M14 with macmillan knock off stock, Leupold mark 4 M1 16x , dated 1990.
Very nice!!
Image

"Everybody dies...the thing is, to die well"

Jack Harper
User avatar
DaveB
Posts: 1592
Joined: Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:11 am
Home club or Range: Wellington Service Rifle Assocaition; NZ Deerstalkers Association; Wairarapa Pistol & Shooting Sports Club
Location: Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Contact:

Re: LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

#20 Post by DaveB »

Honestly, I think you would be better served by an AR10-type rifle than anything based on the M14. The above comments are correct. M14s can be made to shoot quite well, but they do require occasional adjustment. Most countries (in the Western world anyway) that use the designated marksman's rifle concept, have opted for an AR10 design. I have some experience with the LMT 308MWS, and that would be my choice.
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest