2022年11月21日 · So the nomenclature changed after about 2.5 yrs of testing, and today folks on this forum seem to refer to both "E2" vs "M14A1" interchangeably, although the reference to an "E2 stock" seems slightly more common than referring to an"M14A1 stock." Just a …

2018年9月19日 · To begin, I was under the impression that the West Point museum M14A1 sniper rifle, as seen in Peter Senich’s book, with a birch E2 stock, AWC scope mount, and M84 scope, was likely just a ‘one-off’ or ‘ad hoc’ M14 sniper rifle used in Vietnam by an officer in the 1st Calvary (reportedly circa 1970-1971).

2024年11月4日 · The problem with these early M14A1 stocks is that the soldiers would often pull down on the front grip with sufficient force that the handle would pull out of the stock, cracking the forend in the process. That is likely what happened to this stock, as it has an expert wood splice repair on the bottom 6 inches of so of the stock, as seen here.

2014年6月6日 · I thought it would be kind of cool to put together a photo album of M14E2 parts to share with the rest of the forum. This will be done in stages as I gather pictures for this thread, please feel free to add to it. It was brought to my attention by …

2021年6月29日 · Commercial M14's and M1A's tend to be considerably more accurate than the USGI M14's of the 1960's. Over the last 60 years a lot has been learned and there have been many advances in the manufacturing processes.

2023年6月8日 · A local range officer who knows I am into M14s gave me a old M14A1 muzzle stabilizer as a gift. He worked at Springfield Armory his first three years out of college, from June 1964 to June 1967. (He earned a degree in mechanical engineering). When employees were cleaning off their workbenches...

2023年9月21日 · Random pics of my M14A1 replica. It's based on a 1981 SAI Supermatch, so it has an early, unmarked heavy barrel. Stock is a early SA walnut version, probably made in 1964. Has a DAS stamp and much service patina. Stock had an active service life with a wood splice repair. I think these early...

2013年2月20日 · The sling for the M14A1 was longer than a regular sling and did have to spring clip as opposed to one on the regular sling. One clip hooked to the swivel on the bipod and the other attached to the bottom of the folding "pistol grip".

2009年6月28日 · In 1971, surplus parts dealer Pete Michaels (Batavia, IL) bought more than 3,000 M14A1 stocks without hardware and more than 200 M14A1 stocks with hardware. Springfield Armory, Inc. sold M14E2 birch and walnut stocks before 1994.

2018年3月16日 · The M14A1 rifles that were fielded in Vietnam would have had the original stabilizer, bipod and stock as designed in 1962. These were prone to loss or damage. The improved versions of these 3 parts didn't come into production and distribution until 1967, when the M14 was about to be replaced in combat units by the M16.