r/M1A

*7.62

M1A Tanker :
*Sig Tango 2-12 DMR
*Sadlak airborne scope mount
*Smith Enterprise SOCOM 16 suppressor kit
*Smith Enterprise Warfighter Gas system
*Spartan Bipod
*RLO custom leather sling and cheek riser
*Tubb SpeedLock Systems CS Operating Rod and Hammer Spring for M1A

M1A/M14

Hello Everyone ,In 04 the ATF declared shoestrings as machine guns, they reclassified them is 07 as machine gun parts. Since then the ATF has obviously come out and clarified on FRTs stating they are legal. The string contraption works the exact same way as when the bolt reciprocates it resets the trigger forward allowing for accelerated semi auto fire. What would your interpretation be on the bulletin as it leaves a major Grey area?

Recently got my Springfield M1a back from Tony Ben!

these are the upgrades he did

-Installed heavy barrel

-Epoxy bedded the action to the stock

-Cleared wood inside the forearm for heavy barrel clearance

-Glued in (epoxied) the stock ferrule 

-Opened up the stock ferrule for gas cylinder clearance

-Unitized the gas cylinder via plug welding and bent the hand guard tabs up

-Shimmed for proper gas lock timing

-Cleared the hand guard so that it does not make contact with the wood stock

-Polished all the trigger surfaces that have friction

-Removed second stage creep from the trigger (breaks clean now)

-Trigger pull se to 5 pounds (Will lighten to 4.5 pounds over time as the hammer spring wears)

-Properly installed the Fulton mount and torqued to spec

-Calibrated iron sights at 100 yards

Can’t wait to shoot this thing. has anyone else had these upgrades done? how much did it improve the accuracy of your rifle? The rifle is quite heavy now

To my eye, this looks like a crack in the reciever. Not sure how long its been there, and the rifle has less than 300 rounds through it. What do you think?

Wanted something a little lighter with a pistol grip, so I stuck this Mossberg butt/ grip setup on a beat up GI synthetic from Fred's. I put the stock on a bit of a negative angle, to get the butt up and keep recoil flatter. Without the scope and mount, comes in just under 8 lbs. Put my Burris 3-12 on with a badace mount to test accuracy, seems to be pretty good. Going to try a lighter MPVO in the future. Very comfortable to shoot and spot hits with.

I know the mod 0/1s were suppressed but were the RIs ever suppressed? If so did they use a windtalker or AEM30 or sandmanS? Ive seen conflicting comments on this but i cant find a pic of a suppressed one anywhere. Thanks!

PMC Bronze is consistently available at a good price. What kind of results are you guys getting with it? X-tac is occasionally priced well too.