M14E2 replica on Forgotten Weapons

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Anyone interested in the M14E2 will want to check out Forgotten Weapons today.
Ian looks at an E2 replica and provides an overview & background into how the E2
program came about. Here is a YouTube link:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTVjFxVYJE
 
Comment from another forum on the same video.

That guy in the video had no idea what he was talking about, and that rifle was not correct. He stated that the E2 used a heavy barrel, it did not. The nylon sling would not have been found on this rifle and the stabilizer was a reproduction.

It has the birch stock(the DOD stamp is suspect) which would have been made in Canada, but SA. did make walnut E2 stocks which are much more rare and hard to come by. He mentioned Winchester but Winchester neither made E2 stocks or complete E2 M14s.

The slotted hand guard was replaced with the solid hand guard by 1966.
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H2O MAN said:
Comment from another forum on the same video.
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The author of your quote from some other forum seems full of fail. Whoever wrote that didn't really listen to what was being said in the video.

Re heavy barrel, at 1:08 he said the M15 had a heavy barrel and later states it was never put into production. 1:33 studies showed the standard barrel was adequate with ventilation. He states the M14E2 was built with standard weight barrel.

Reproduction of sling and stabilizer: What's the point? The whole rifle is a put together as a non NFA semi-auto reproduction. M1A receiver, non vented 'California' style muzzle under the stabilizer.

Stock: He doesn't say Winchester made the stock. He said they were made in Toronto because Winchester had shutdown production (5:18)

The video should be taken as an explanation of this variant of a historical firearm and it's development history. Trying to pick it apart as failing to be a true museum quality piece misses the mark...
 
maybe , but those pieces he mentions were available from people like freds and gunparts (then numrich) until quite recently- the REAL THING, not replicas new in wrap with nsn numbers on the baggies- I found this out when that sea can from Israel hit our shores- what i'm saying is the owner/assembler could have done a MUCH better job with a little research-
 
As Ian noted, it is not the"real thing", it is a look-alike, and it isn't being passed-off as authentic.
As far as reproduction parts go, you can still get an E2 compensator & sling, but the other parts
are still difficult to acquire. Ask me how I know ;-) Thanks for the embed, BTW!
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Many CGN'ers got em from treelinem14.
I got in early and grabbed two ;) haven't used em yet but around here we kinda have the don't buy one buy two mantra about most things m14 related LOL
 
Hornychief said:
Machman where did you get that stock??
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As 45ACPKing & Brutus mentioned, it came from TreelineM14. Still available!
They also sell a rubber buttpad that fits the E2 stock & a front rail that covers
the spot where the (unobtainable) forward grip would normally go.
Don't you want to know where I got the E2 comp & sling? ;-)
 
In post #2 H20man quotes a guy who is wrong on several points, but one no one mentioned
yet is that these aren't Canadian made stocks unfortunately. They were made in the '60's by
Sacks & Sons Inc (Brookline MA.) according to Different. No visible stampings.
A plug for H20man, his EBR trigger shoe works well on the E2.
 
machman said:
They were made in the '60's by
Sacks & Sons Inc (Brookline MA.) according to Different.
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Verified by contract number that was marked on the box the M14A1 stocks were shipped in. H. Sacks & Sons, Inc. was awarded a contract for $159,000 by the U. S. Army to manufacture the M14A1 stocks in 1969. The unit price was $23.60.
 
Brutus said:
The treeline E2 stocks are well worth it IMO.

handling improved significantly......
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I'll be spending some time on the range with my Treeline E2 this morning

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