![]() ![]() Although the 1994 law expired in September 2004, making bayonet lugs on newly manufactured firearms legal again (in most states), Springfield Armory has not restored that feature. Once the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 was passed, prohibiting the manufacture of firearms with bayonet lugs (among other features), the M1A no longer shipped with a bayonet lug. Springfield Armory has also omitted the "7.62-MM" caliber designator on the M1A receiver since 1991. Until around the late 1990s, the M1A produced by Springfield Armory retained the cutout in the rear right of the stock for the selector switch found on the M14. The military M14 receivers were manufactured using the drop forge process, which is more complicated and more expensive. Selector switch cutout in M1A stock manufactured in 1997Įarly M1A receivers were made from surplus M14 receiver blanks, current M1A receivers are made from precision investment cast AISI 8620 alloy steel. There are, however, a few important differences: The Springfield Armory M1A is, for the most part, identical to the M14. (The M60 machine gun better served this specific task.) It proved to be an impossible task to replace all four as the cartridge was too powerful for the submachine gun role and the weapon was too light to serve as a light machine gun replacement for the BAR. It was thought that in this manner the M14 could simplify the logistical requirements of the troops by limiting the types of ammunition and parts needed to be supplied. The M14 was developed to take the place of four different weapons systems-the M1 rifle, the M1 Carbine, the M3 "Grease Gun" and the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Early M1A rifles were built with surplus G.I. The term "M1A" is a proprietary title for Springfield Armory's M14-pattern rifle. The Springfield Armory M1A is a civilian version of the M14 rifle designed and manufactured by Springfield Armory, Inc. National Match front blade, match-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adj. Oh, it has a NM stamped front sight, forgot that one.Standard, Loaded, National Match, Super Match, M21, M25, SOCOM 16, Scout Squad, SOCOM IIĥ-, 10- or 20-round double column, detachable box magazine The rear sight is standard 1x1 click and loose as a goose, non unitized gas system, not bedded, and the trigger pull has a mile long creep. Upon inspection the only NM in the rifle is the barrel was stamped NM and it is a standard weight skinny barrel. The reason I am asking these questions, a friend was so proud he picked up a "NM" M1a. ![]() To be clear, what kind of rear sight does it have? Is it the NM 2A with hood or is it the standard sight with ball and detent? How about the front sight, standard or the 0.062 post? Is the handguard glued/epoxied to the front band? Is the gas system unitized? Is the stock bedded? What kind of stock is it? Is the receiver lugged, most likely not? What are the visible USGI parts, bolt, trigger group? Not to be smart xxs I can stamp NM on any barrel with the best of them. I never paid attention to the SAI nomenclature. The question is, in your own words, what makes it a National Match? I shoot a lot of competitions with my match conditioned M1As, a couple double lugged and single lugged all in McM stocks and heavy barrels. Assuming that the rifle has all USGI parts (except of course the receiver) under the current parts availability and pricing, the asking price is about average.
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