AIA Lee Enfield

Dan, I have one just mounted the scope from Marstar. I used the iron sights at fifty yards, my first shot was 10 o'clock outer bull.

I love my AIA rifle, only hitch so far one magazine has a slight feed problem on fifth round, have not yet identified cause but suspect it was my loading that caused it..

It shoots better than I can, and i'm getting 3 inch groups with IVI 7.62 military from 1974 at 100 yards.
 
Roughneck12 said:
I have an opprutunity to get my hands on one of these rifles.

What kind of accuracy are you guys getting out of them and what is the expected barrel life of these rifles?

Thanks in advance. I'm sure I'll have more questions.

Dan
http://www.storm.ca/~aiarms/M10-B2.shtm
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The barrels on the original rifles were chrome lined...you're not going to wear one of them out. Just make sure they are still chrome lined...
 
bearhunter said:
sub moa with milsurp ammunition, isn't uncommon.
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You're right it is not uncommon but I believe it is the exception not the rule. There are some exceptional ammo lots out there however, in general, sub Minute of Angle reliability should not be expected from military surplus ammunition unless you know exactly what it is you're buying.

There is a lot of CRAP milsurp ammo out there.
 
1969, IVI, South African and Austrian to name a few. My M10B2 really isn't fussy. A buddy with a MkIV reports similar results with his.
Mine was one of the first rifles in Canada. There are some that malign these rifles. Most that do, have never seen, let alone shot one.
Richard, I know from other posts that you have shot them and maybe even owned them. I also know from previous posts that you don't particularly like them. Mind you, you go through a lot of rifles. Probably just out of curiosity?
I used to do the same thing but when I found a decent shooter, I kept them. The AIA that I have may not be typical of all AIA rifles. The three others I have seen, are also amazing shooters as well.
A friend approached me about bringing in some of the 7.62x39 carbines. He contacted AIA to find out the real North American story behind their rifles and of course price. The minimum order is 10 rifles. At over $1000/rifle, wholesale, they are extremely pricey. AIA is a small producer and only produces around 500 of each model per year. They have no problem, selling everything they produce in Australia.

We declined of course to buy a minimum shipment. Most of the fellows on this site are extremely penny conscious. They probably wouldn't sell. I can understand why, you can buy 5-6 SKS milsurps for the same price and when it's shot out, throw it away.

I wouldn't have any qualms about recommending these rifles to anyone. From my limited experience with them, they are worth every penny.
 
I shoot Winchester 150gr cheep ammo through mine it is always under 1.5 moa. I realy like mine it is a great rifle
 
I borrowed this from the Milsurps site. If you don't like it Badger, please let me know and I will delete it.


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I own No 14 of 25 of the original AIA M10 *T's. Mine was a Prototype/trials unit and has a couple of extra bits, including original L42A1 aluminuim bedding, fully floated full length fore end, monte carlo stock and is fully blued bar the trigger gaurd. The Barrel is also 25mm like the B2 Match rifles. There was originally 26 of the *T reciever sets made but one was rejected on the grounds the stock bolt assembly was 3mm out of square. Kyle Hadley, who is very helpfull, imformed me when i got mine,($1600AU unfired) I was entitled to a bedding upgrade and possibly having a low line stock with a cheek piece made for my rig if i desired. Im also waiting for a reply regarding a Repro Sniper/Transit case for my rifle as its the least it deserves. Kyle also said, the only bloke allowed to work on the 9kg *T's is the managing director, who affectionatly calls them "his golf buggy babies". He is generally overseas and is quite a busy man. A hell of alot of development went into the production of this line of rifles,and mine is an exceptional performer to say the least.
Sabre Defence Industries in the US, were supposed to import them to the but did not happen. I think thats been covered.
Incidentally, I found No.16 in a shop an hour from where I live. That was a surprise, seeing how all the others 1 to 25 are either in AIAs Reference Collection or privatley bought. I believe JollyGreenSlug has one of these also. They are a very well made, accurate plus, desirable firearm. I believe a very good representation of what the next generation of service rifles could have been. And they also cut a fine figure no matter how you look at them.
The 7.62x39 units are a great weapon also.
I better shut up and re-post some photos of mine again! Cheers!
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bearhunter said:
We declined of course to buy a minimum shipment. Most of the fellows on this site are extremely penny conscious. ...

I wouldn't have any qualms about recommending these rifles to anyone. From my limited experience with them, they are worth every penny.
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I wonder what the minimum order for the magazines are? Because we sure could use a box-car full.
 
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