M14 Cheek Riser Suggestions?

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Hey All,

I am in the process of having my M14 done up (as mentioned in a previous post), and I wanted to ask if anyone could give their 2 cents on cheek risers.

My girl will be sitting in a glass-bedded USGI walnut stock, and I am considering mounting a cheek riser, but am unsure of which options to look at. I do not want to mess up the new stock with some cheap design, I don't want something that folks have found to be just s*&t; and I don't want something that just looks cool but doesn't "work". Therefore, I would like to hear from the "seasoned" M14 owners on here (you know who you are!) to gather information on what works, what you think is the best; and even those who might vote for the odd/unusual. To sum it all up, let's hear what those who have tried the different options have to say.

Thanks again for any and all help with my "new baby in progress" :)
 
A leather one might work for you and would look good on your walnut stock,
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Build up your cheek, not the rifle! That way every gun is set!

No, seriously, I've got an idea I like. Look on Fabsports site at the caa-acp riser. I'm going to mount a small bit of rail on my m305 and that way I can cleanly remove it or move in to other rifles. Honestly, I bought a Boyds pepper laminant stock, and I love the look without the riser; so clean. That way I can have my cake and eat it too.
 
I <3 M14 said:
I like the strap on type as opposed to the screw on type.
I rock the smith enterprise cheek pad on my scoped m14.
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But the Can-down 1 does have a certain nostalgic aura about it. If I was allowed 1 day to have the real deal this 1 would definitely have to be on her.
 
I think most people just lace them on the older picture with the screw suggestion was more to show what it looks like as a cheek piece...
 
It would put a permanent alteration into your nice stock, but I have the cheek riser made by TAC-PRO and have found it to be excellent, providing lightweight functionality due to its kydex construction and is fully adjustable for height and slant.
 
I use the Rooster33 riser on my fiberglass stock, but if the stock was walnut, I'd go with a strapped or laced type. Seems more appropriate to wood.

When John finally gets around to finishing his buy of the Fred's M14 stocks stockpile and importing affordable USGI wood stocks, I will definitely be buying one or two and going this route. I might have to buy ANOTHER M14 just to put in the stocks... lol. Though I have one too many already.
 
blackhawk velcro was one easy setup and now i havent had the want for anything else. put a few cut up rags under it, raising it bout 3/4 inch and never had an issue
 
Thanks for all the replies. I think I have made up my mind in that I am going to go with a lace up style riser for my rifle. I just can't allow myself to have the beautiful wood stock damaged by screwing into it in order to mount a "luxury". Now to choose.......
 
I just got this one yesterday in the mail and it is pretty awesome. I'm going to screw it into the stock at some point though. It has 2 holes for screws to go in. It's the leather M1D cheek rest.

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David_K said:
I just got this one yesterday in the mail and it is pretty awesome. I'm going to screw it into the stock at some point though. It has 2 holes for screws to go in. It's the leather M1D cheek rest.

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That's a nice looking set up you have there David. Just out of curiosity, how do you find the eye relief for your scope mounted on the UTG tri rail? I had one mounted on mine, but could not get it to a place which offered me suitable eye relief. I am going to sell my UTG tri rail now as for myself, it only offers look cool factor; I can't actually use a scope on it :(

Thanks for your reply though; where did you say you ordered your riser from?
 
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Not sure where Dave got his but these guys have pretty good reproduction leather,

http://www.pacificcanvasandleather.com/

Slug what kind of scope did you try? Was it a long eye relief scope?

The web site above also sells a regular mount and rings(look under hardware) if you want to set up a non scout type scope above the receiver.

I haven't tried it yet but it seems pretty solid...

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Slug870 said:
That's a nice looking set up you have there David. Just out of curiosity, how do you find the eye relief for your scope mounted on the UTG tri rail? I had one mounted on mine, but could not get it to a place which offered me suitable eye relief. I am going to sell my UTG tri rail now as for myself, it only offers look cool factor; I can't actually use a scope on it :(

Thanks for your reply though; where did you say you ordered your riser from?
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If you are having that big of an issue why not try the NEA scope mount to close the distance;
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Or get an LaRue Extened SPR like I did;
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Can-down said:
Not sure where Dave got his but these guys have pretty good reproduction leather,

http://www.pacificcanvasandleather.com/

Slug what kind of scope did you try? Was it a long eye relief scope?

The web site above also sells a regular mount and rings(look under hardware) if you want to set up a non scout type scope above the receiver.

I haven't tried it yet but it seems pretty solid...

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Thanks for the site, I'll check it out for sure.

It was a Bushnell 3-9x40 that I tried on my UTG Tri Rail with less than satisfactory results for me.
 
Satain said:
If you are having that big of an issue why not try the NEA scope mount to close the distance;
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Or get an LaRue Extened SPR like I did;
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Thanks for the suggestions, but I've since picked up an ARMS 18 mount that my M14 will be wearing now ;)
 
Slug870 said:
Thanks for the site, I'll check it out for sure.

It was a Bushnell 3-9x40 that I tried on my UTG Tri Rail with less than satisfactory results for me.
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If you are using a "scout" mounting position you need a "scout" scope with longer eye relief.

Regular scope won't do it as you found out.

The Arms 18 is a good choice.
 
Slug870 said:
That's a nice looking set up you have there David. Just out of curiosity, how do you find the eye relief for your scope mounted on the UTG tri rail? I had one mounted on mine, but could not get it to a place which offered me suitable eye relief. I am going to sell my UTG tri rail now as for myself, it only offers look cool factor; I can't actually use a scope on it :(

Thanks for your reply though; where did you say you ordered your riser from?
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The scope is a Leupold Scout so the eye relief is no problem at all. Get a long eye relief scope if you want, it's pretty cool and you can still use stripper clips.

I bought my cheekpad from IMA=USA. It's the M1D Garand cheekpad.
 
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