My latest personal old-school M14 build nearing completion...

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Been working on this one for a while, mostly because I've been collecting the right parts in the right condition from all over and they take forever to arrive in the mail sometimes - lol. A few parts are ex-isreali that I selected for good condition - some of the trigger group, the barrel, op rod and the FS are the only bits, I think. The rest was sourced in North America over the years.

Thanks to Nick at Vulcan who did all my parkerizing work for me :)

The details:

Receiver: LRB
Trigger group: All H&R
Barrel: USGI H&R, TE=0, MW=1.5
Bolt: Winchester, lapped in. Headspace sits right between SAAMI go and NOGO.
Rear sight: Winchester (I will be replacing the aperture with a hooded NM part once re-parked)
FS: Winchester, NM reamed with a NM front sight blade
Op Rod: Winchester
Gas system: H&R early pattern temporarily installed while I wait for my early Winchester cylinder to come back from getting an AMU Glue/screw unitizing mod done. I don't have the right jigs to do glue/screw here, so I send them out.
Stock & handguard: Winchester walnut stock and early Winchester brown-lacquered handguard

I'm still waiting for my front sling assembly to get re-parked after TIG welding it to NM specs, after which I will re-install it with fresh USGI rivets.

So here's some pics...

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I was able to finally get it assembed after I got over to a buddy's place today to borrow his knurling tool ot properly knurl the op rod guide journal. I really need to buy one of these, but I haven't found one as nice has this yet.

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Will post another pic when it's totally completed in a few more weeks.

I have a few other builds on the go as well for friends & family, may post pics of those later too. Dunno.
 
Apple tree said:
Nice looking rifle! Do these wooden stocks shift POI with heat and moisture?
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Any wood stock is potentially susceptible to that issue, but the M14 design is pretty tolerant of wood stocks. The action laterally bears on a steel stock insert and the action is clamped onto the top of the stock through the trigger mechanism. It's like the M14 equivalent of pillar bedding, you could say.

My wood M14 stocks are more consistent than I am, and that's all that really matters.
 
Freaking gorgeous.. I'll be sending my cast reciever m305a to you and it better come back looking as nice or better :) :)
 
1-trident-1 said:
she's purdy, and begging for a bedding.
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I haven't decided to bed or not yet. It has great draw pressure at the nose already, which is unusual for a GI stock, and a nice tight lockup. Once I get the "finished" parts back, like the unitized gas system, NM sight, etc., I'll shoot it and then decide if it needs bedding.
 
I have a bunch of things out for parkerizing this week, one of them is the NM-modified swivel for this rifle. It's the original Winchester swivel that came off my stock, but it's been TIG welded to NM specs and once re-parkerized, it will get riveted back onto the forestock as per normal :)

A lot of people overlook this mod, but its important if you tend to sling your rifle when shooting as part of your technique. I do. So I'm doing the mod ;)

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In the original national matches, some shooters would sling their rifles hard enough that after a few courses of fire, the front sling swivel would bend open and the sling fall off in a match. This mod prevented that from ever happening, and allows for a lifetime of trouble-free service when using a sling to shoot.

Springfield Armory Inc. also makes these up and uses them only on the NM models. I don't think they sell them separately, but it's an easy enough mod if you are comfortable with re-rivetting swivels onto stocks.
 
Great welding job. I found a few welded units or the front sling plates at a dealer in Florida. I bought them all and sold them at my clinics. Your build is a beautiful rig to behold and of course, fondle while watching The Gunny R Lee Ermey tributes and reruns....

Cheers, Barney

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I've used Nick for all my parkerizing since around 2011. Never been disappointed, I haven't found anyone better.

I have some laser engraving work with him right now, which is new to me. Will see how it goes, but I'm sure it will be fine. He does solid work.

I do a lot myself, but not engraving or parkerizing. I don't have the gear or space for it.

I also farm out my Tig work, there's a really good firearm welder subcontracted to gunco in Ottawa that I use.

I do my own mig, gas and arc on site at the machine shop.
 
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