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Norinco M14 M-305B - Thoughts...?
- Thread starter nashleigh
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Cant help you there....I am on a DND computer at the moment and a virus warning showed up and told me to contact the IT people ...dont know if I got a virus or not...probably just the stupid rickroll thing .
I just hope this dosn,t get my access to this site blocked from this computer.
I just hope this dosn,t get my access to this site blocked from this computer.
I'm going to toss and turn all night over this.
I feed mine a steady diet of 150 gr pills. I reload and in my rifle, their trajectory is a bit flatter than the factory rounds. The 150 is pretty hard hitting.
For 180 pills, I use my 30-06. it's kinda like a 308 150 gr pill on steroids!
Anyone have the Norinco M14? If so, what's your thoughts on it in terms of accuracy, reliability, handling etc, etc....?
If I get enough positive comments, I am buying one
The Main Battle Rifles forum doesn't haveenough of these threads to help you make that decision?
I feed mine a steady diet of 150 gr pills. I reload and in my rifle, their trajectory is a bit flatter than the factory rounds. The 150 is pretty hard hitting.
For 180 pills, I use my 30-06. it's kinda like a 308 150 gr pill on steroids!
if you bump up to 165's, you'll see a whole new measure of accuracy as well as hitting power- sure, give up a few fps, but the 1/12 twist likes the 165-168 best of all- for 180s , i use my savage 99, just about everything else- the m14 is a great "stationary" rifle( i've got 4 of the things) but too darned heavy to tromp about with all day- now if you have a place that you can set up, put the bipod down, and sit for hours on end on your hernia pad, that's where she shines- i've seen pictures of a scoped m14 and a mag 58 side by side, along with a spotting scope in an isreali bunker-
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Just a reminder, the Sadlak NM GROOVED piston is designed for usging 180gr and up. BUT it is designed and tested for USGI spec gas cylinders. It was not tested in chinese cylinders nor was it designed for chinese cylinder. Internal diameters of USGI cylinders as well as the internal volume of USGI pistons vary significantly from the chinese parts.
So if yer gonna bother using a sadlak piston, you are defeating the purpose by using it in a chinese cylinder.
But it's your rifle, your cash.
The design limit for max bullet weight for the USGI spec m14 platform is 174 gr.
We "assume" this is also true of the chinese and all other commercial variants/versions.
So if yer gonna bother using a sadlak piston, you are defeating the purpose by using it in a chinese cylinder.
But it's your rifle, your cash.
The design limit for max bullet weight for the USGI spec m14 platform is 174 gr.
We "assume" this is also true of the chinese and all other commercial variants/versions.
Turret Monster
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- New Brunswick
Yeah, Dirt's harmless. He's my favorite troll. He'll wander into a thread, say his business, and be done. This is actually the first time he's caused a disturbance, even if it was indirectly.
Oldsmobiler
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- Coquitlam, BC
Yup just shut the gas off and its basically a manually operated semi...done it lots of times. HOWEVER it might be a bit tough to extract since you don't have the leverage like a bolt gun handle.
180 grains is the top end of the 308 anyway- any higher, and you have to seat the bullet so deep it's actually SITTING in the powder column, compressing it- unless you have a long magazine, then you can seat those long bullets out where they should be
Good point as it might be hard to manulaly operate the charging handel.
I was thinking about making some nice quite rounds for hunting. Alot of powder would be missing but I do understand that valid point of the lack of seating depth availble.
LOL! Nice pic of ODB!
I just bought one off the EE and I shot it last night..I love it..looks like i got another caliber to start reloading
Welcome to the addiction. Now when you can, how about a range report?
Cheers,
Barney
