I Built my first M14 (LRB M25, actually) Tonight!! **Rane Report Added!!**

TonyBen

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I was sweating bullets the whole time! I never installed a bolt stop, so that was a new one for me and I kept waiting for the bolt stop ears to break, but they made it through just fine. I'm pretty sure I got it leveled to within under a tenth of a degree. I was using a Starrett 98-4 machinist's bubble level and I got it in pretty close.

All parts are GI or better.
LRB M25 receiver
Wolfe Modified Medium Weight 5R/20 stainless barrel with 1:11" twist, 22".
TRW bolt
Winchester operating rod
USGI gas system/ Sadlak vented gas piston
H&R trigger group
GI flash suppressor











I caught it all on video! Now I just need to finish ream my chamber and install the operating rod guide on to the barrel and it will be ready for the range!

Tony.:dancingbanana:
 
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there's nothing like the satisfaction of building yer own
that first squeeze of the trigger on a live round and it all comes together into a warm fuzzy m14 feeling :)
I never get tired of that side of my fascination/addiction to the platform

looks like a real nice build Tony , congrats
 
Dyspnea said:
Awesome looking build!

Who makes the barrel vise?
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Home made with scrap metal. The base is a slab of nickel plated steel weighing approximately 60 pounds. The top and bottom plates are aluminum blocks off of system frames that are obsolete and have since been redesigned. The steel end plates were scrap parts from upgrades from my previous job. There's a matching pair under the table top to distribute stress. The half-moon blocks were from a single piece of scrap. A machinist friend of mine drilled and tapped 3/4" threads into the base and made the barrel blocks for me. He also took 0.003" off my barrel shoulder so it would hand time at 17Ëš. He charged me $30 for the whole thing. I gave him $40.

Tony.
 
Not only is your rifle build impressive…..so is your vise! Enjoy your rifle.
I'm looking forward to your vid…..
 
Whoa...

I'm not sure whats more impressive...

The LRB build, or that barrel vise!

You should rent it out (the vise, not the m25!)
 
My "rifle envy" meter is in the red.......again. Must....resist....spending.... money.


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Rifle Envy Meter
 
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