M14/M1A scope mount contacting handguard

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featherheadd

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I just stuck a UTG M14 scope mount on my norinco M14 and the front end of the mount is coming in contact with the wood handguard forcing it upwards.

I could just sand down the wood a little bit until it is parallel with the bore, but Im hesitant to do anything permanent if there are better solutions.
 
The utg mount is just trash.

The best solution is to buy a better mount.

I've tried them all, the best mounts are made by sadlak and Smith enterprises, they are both copies of the Brookfield mount with improvements.

The arms mount is ok, but less forgiving if you receiver splines are a little off.

The m14.ca casm mount is popular, but you give up your rear iron sight for a simple hole in the mount. I'm not a fan.

I would also recommend installing a usgi handguard. The wood ones aren't great.
 
I had a utg mount on my m305. Came with it when I bought the rifle. Didn't like it at all. Got the m14 casm mount and couldn't be more happy. Yeah it does mean losing the rear irons but I was okay with it since I was scoping my m305. If you want to keep your rear irons, SE and Sadlak are excellent mounts. But keep in mind, depending on how your rifle is ejecting the spent casings. Mine was ejecting them constantly at the 1-2 o clock position which would cause stove piping when spent casings would hit the mount. If your rifle is ejecting more to the 4-5 o clock position, then a low mount would be fine. You can attempt to rectify it by either cutting 1-2 coils from the ejector spring, or replace the ejector and ejector spring with usgi or replacing the extractor with a usgi. I tried toying with mine but had no luck with it so, I decided to ditch this cheap mount for the m14 casm mount with sits high enough for the spent casings to clear the mount. Of course, sitting high means I had to get a cheek riser.
 
the AL mounts are light duty mounts. They are not meant to last for high round counts - a bargain option.

The Ti mount is more ###pensive than the airborne, and the airborne is close to the same weight. It's a no-brainer IMHO. Get the airborne.
 
Thanks for the vid. I've not had a bassett mount come to me in person yet and that one showed me the back of it.

So basically, if you have a nice receiver with splines that match a usgi drawing, that mount should be fine. It reminds me of the Israeli IDF mounts.

The concern I would have from fitting arms 18 mounts to many Chinese m14's back in the day is about half of chinese M14 receivers have the vertical spline misaligned to the mounting hole.

Sometimes I could make the arms unit work by enlarging or egging the bolt hole, other times I had to use a different mount.

The Brookfield and clones were designed because h&r receivers had a high rate of being out of spec vertical slots. The BMT design relied only on the horizontal slot and is adjustable.

Mounts like the Bassett seem to be aimed at people who want to remove the mount for shooting irons, cleaning, etc.

I'd be careful if hoping it will fit a norinco unless yours is for certain in spec.

My $.02 worth.
 
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