It arrived today , new marstar m305 Cal 7.62mm

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So it arrived today as rifle usually do from marstar. In a nice case, sealed in plastic, covered in preserving oil.
No big deal

All cleaned up the first thing I notice is the bayonet lug flash hider has the spot welds.
**see further comment below-Front sight is over to right but tilted left.
Barrel appears indexed correctly but flash hider sight base is tipped or so it appears.

Now, I'll skip a full rundown and just say this, it everything I expected from Marstar and a little bit more.
This receiver , at least on my rifle, is a thing of beauty. It's smooth inside and out!! Almost like it was media blasted before parkerizing.
Another thing to note, no manufacture markings.
On left side under elevation knob area, mine says
M305
Cal 7.62 mm. 2013###x
there are no numbers under the stock line on left side as in past years.
I'm really impressed with the quality appearance and finish.

The trigger.... Outstanding!! No walking trigger or hammer pin, no hammer hook wall drag on sear, lots of hammer hook engagement front and rear so further tuning to match is permisseable :D

Oprod fit... Passes tilt test and has decent tab/receiver fit

So far... Damn worth every penny... But I do have to shoot her for full evaluation.

Stay tuned, pics and results comin up shortly ;)

Some more findings
Lug bearing is good
Safety bridge passes
Headspace....bolt fully closes with drag on the 1.635" Clymer gauge ... Now that is bang on 7.62NATO GO :D
Gas system- finish on exterior is excellent and unit appears dimensionally sound.
Gas lock , it is tool tight at 6 o'clock straight from the factory
Gas port alignment... The 1/16" drill rod passes clean all the way into barrel.... Perfect
Oprod Guide - is "indexed" correctly to gas system and still tight after 20 round test fire
Rear sights. Mine came apart easy but were cranked on pretty tight at the factory. Only negative attribute is a small burr or machining ridge on the top face of geared portion of aperture. This will need to be stoned smooth. Seen this a lot in past few years.
Greased and reinstalled, the rear sight is acceptabley functional.
*** front sight... On first examination of rifle I perceived the flash hider base to be tipped and thus sight came drifted all the way to right.
Now that I've removed front sight, I can verify that indexing is good, flash hider base is good... Front sight is no good.
Checking the front sight, the base and sight post are not at 90degree in relation to each other. The front sight is no good.

Now, after 20 round test fire yesterday, I can say I am very pleased and this might just be the nicest, from the factory, M14s/M305 I've ever purchased.

And I'm absolutely not blowing any smoke up anyone's azz in making that claim.
I'm struglling with photobucket and my stupid internet but will get some pics up asap.
I sure hope everyone elses rifles are as well put together as this one. This one was built while the china high school shop class was on break :D
 
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45ACPKING said:
So it arrived today as rifle usually do from marstar. In a nice case, sealed in plastic, covered in preserving oil.
No big deal

All cleaned up the first thing I notice is the bayonet lug flash hider has the spot welds.
Front sight is over to right but tilted left.
Barrel appears indexed correctly but flash hider sight base is tipped.
I can save the sight, but this flash hider will be tossed.

Now, I'll skip a full rundown and just say this, it everything I expected from Marstar and a little bit more.
This receiver , at least on my rifle, is a thing of beauty. It's smooth inside and out!! Almost like it was media blasted before parkerizing.
Another thing to note, no manufacture markings.
On left side under elevation knob area, mine says
M305
Cal 7.62 mm. 2013###x
there are no numbers under the stock line on left side as in past years.
I'm really impressed with the quality appearance and finish.

The trigger.... Outstanding!! No walking trigger or hammer pin, no hammer hook wall drag on sear, lots of hammer hook engagement front and rear so further tuning to match is permisseable :D

Oprod fit... Average for a chinese rifle... It'll do ;)

Tomorrow I'll grease her up and take her for a spin, check rear sights ect. And check brass , headspace and lug bearing once I've blasted a box or 2 for out of box function.

So far... Damn worth every penny... But I do have to shoot her for full evaluation.

Stay tuned, pics and results comin up shortly ;)
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Should have mine today! Looking forward to your evaluation.
 
Here are some pics! My sight is off center also but the gun looks pretty damn good! Sorry for the bad pics and ignore the date stamp!





 
It's weird that the flash suppressor/sight dovetail is canted just like the one on my factory shorty. I thought John said these rifles were supposed to be higher quality than those recently available at other dealers.:confused:
 
i want a new one too, now.

45ACPKING, how you maintain such enthusiasm for a new M305, after owning and handling so many already is simply amazing and an inspiration.
 
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45ACPKING said:
So it arrived today as rifle usually do from marstar. In a nice case, sealed in plastic, covered in preserving oil.
No big deal

All cleaned up the first thing I notice is the bayonet lug flash hider has the spot welds.
Front sight is over to right but tilted left.
Barrel appears indexed correctly but flash hider sight base is tipped.
I can save the sight, but this flash hider will be tossed.
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Why throw it away?
What happened to Marstars iron clad warranty
:rolleyes:
 
Non restricted
Absolutely upgradeable.

To answer some other comments
The m14 is a life long passion and when John suggested these would be improved over other recent imports, I had to see for myself.
Now, bearing in mind that I am talking about one rifle out of the batch that just landed.... I notice subtle "improvements". They are noted in my opening post.
If the majority of this batch has a receiver like the one I got.... I'd say these are definately an improvement. I think a lot of guys that own 2009 series will see little difference between those and these.

As far as the flash hider goes.... China just doesn't seem to be able to produce a perfect M14 flash hider, save for the odd one here and there LOL
Rear sights have always been hit n miss as well.
It's a 400 n change rifle.... I've learned to accept it and move on ;)
Anyhow, big storm blowin thru today so have not got out to shoot her yet.
Will add further to my opening post after some trigger time.
 
45ACPKING said:
Non restricted
Absolutely upgradeable.

To answer some other comments
The m14 is a life long passion and when John suggested these would be improved over other recent imports, I had to see for myself.
Now, bearing in mind that I am talking about one rifle out of the batch that just landed.... I notice subtle "improvements". They are noted in my opening post.
If the majority of this batch has a receiver like the one I got.... I'd say these are definately an improvement. I think a lot of guys that own 2009 series will see little difference between those and these.

As far as the flash hider goes.... China just doesn't seem to be able to produce a perfect M14 flash hider, save for the odd one here and there LOL
Rear sights have always been hit n miss as well.
It's a 400 n change rifle.... I've learned to accept it and move on ;)
Anyhow, big storm blowin thru today so have not got out to shoot her yet.
Will add further to my opening post after some trigger time.
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further to this inquiry.. thanks guys, can these be accessorized to hb national match configuration[socm barrel contour to 24'']
 
majorchuck said:
further to this inquiry.. thanks guys, can these be accessorized to hb national match configuration[socm barrel contour to 24'']
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any barrel made for the M1A/M14 is good to go.
Most parts too with some exceptions

So I just took my rear sights apart, cleaned em out, geased and reinstalled. They seem to work okay for now
Stripped the bolt, cleaned her out and checked headspace (see post 1)
Gonna aim for shootin her this afternoon
 
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