National Match ... explain please ...

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National Match complete rifles or parts ... what exactly does that mean? I understand you can get your hands on national match rear&front sites, barrels, trigger groups ... so explain why/if this is better than a commercial stock M14/M305?

Otokiak
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CANADA
 
There are NM parts and there is NM inspection and assembly. Most of the accurizing tricks used on an M14 were developed by the ARMY for National Matches.
 
I get that there is parts, that there are complete rifles assembled and competitions ... what I wanna know and have explained is the #'s and how they're different/better than a stock M14? You have national match spec rear & front iron sites ... so what's different? You have national match barrels ... so what's different? You have national match reamed flash-hiders ... so what # is it reamed to? Maybe I'm not asking the right question here ... :?

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
Otokiak said:
I get that there is parts, that there are complete rifles assembled and competitions ... what I wanna know and have explained is the #'s and how they're different/better than a stock M14? You have national match spec rear & front iron sites ... so what's different? You have national match barrels ... so what's different? You have national match reamed flash-hiders ... so what # is it reamed to? Maybe I'm not asking the right question here ... :?

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
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-The front sight has a thinner blade.
-The rear is hooded and rotated to give you 1/2 minute of elevation, has a smaller aperture and has finer windage adjustments. All parts are oversized so you will stone them in order to fit them together.
-The barrel is gauged for straightness it is not chrome lined and has a tighter chamber.
-The flash hidder is taper reamed so in case it rains it will not interfere with the bullet exiting.
 
Thank you very much 2katz as I've read alot but didn't get it ... so I have a hooded rear site I got from Barney but it was for a M1 Garand ... so this will also work on my M14? I have a national match flash-hider with bayo lug I acquire and I have a possibility to get a stainless match barrel for a wicked price ... thinking I should dress up a norinco receiver with these parts sometime soon. Cheers and thanks again,

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
Garand parts for the rear sight are the same except that they are imperial marked and not metric. If you need I can photo copy the National Match standards and sent then to you. PM me with your info.
 
NM front sight thickness .062 (GI front sight thickness .079)
NM rear sight has .0595 hooded aperture and 1/2 moa clicks.
NM flash hider is bored out using a spiral flute #7 taper reamer. Inside of NM FH should measure 0.406
This is done because during competition one string is required to be shot in the pouring rain. Water can apparently accumulate on the broad bottom tine and deflect the bullet, NM reaming eliminates this possibility. This is not necessary unless you're competing at Camp Perry the GI FH works just fine.

The barrel is a special MN barrel that is non-chrome lined with a tighter chamber, headspace tolerance is less than on the GI rifle and the whole rifle was built from hand selected parts to the NM accurizing standard (gas system unitizing, bedding, tuning, blah blah).

The Doc can build this for you no problem.
 
National match rifles were generally built by hand selecting parts that were individually guaged to be bang on dimension, non chrome lined barrels ect.... Then fitted to a certain criteria which was termed national Match procedures.... ie: 4.5 # trigger pull for military rifles, sometimes with NO first stage , 5 - 5.5 for civillian match rifles, untizing gas assembly for improved barrel harmonics, peening splineways for tight fitment of parts and to correct rotational slop, ie: gas system, flash hider, oprod guide, reciever bearing surfaces trued..... rear sights modified for smaller aperture and smaller graduations in adjustment, flash hider reamed with #7 tapered reamer, modifications to extractor for clearance at barrel hood, specific spring lengths........ ect ect.
 
"...one string is required to be shot in the pouring rain..." Whoever told you that is confused.
Go here for the free .pdf manual used by the U.S. military for accurizing an M14/M1 Rifle. Note the need for the provided UN & PW. http://www.biggerhammer.net/manuals/
"...GI front sight thickness .079..." .072, but close enough. You can have 5 thou milled off of either side of the standard sight blade.
A real National Match M14 is still a 12(3) prohibited rifle. Highly unlikely that you'll see one of them. A Springfield Armory National Match M1A is not. They run around $3500Cdn.
 
sunray said:
"...one string is required to be shot in the pouring rain..." Whoever told you that is confused.
Go here for the free .pdf manual used by the U.S. military for accurizing an M14/M1 Rifle. Note the need for the provided UN & PW. http://www.biggerhammer.net/manuals/
"...GI front sight thickness .079..." .072, but close enough. You can have 5 thou milled off of either side of the standard sight blade.
A real National Match M14 is still a 12(3) prohibited rifle. Highly unlikely that you'll see one of them. A Springfield Armory National Match M1A is not. They run around $3500Cdn.
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I've had two of those NM rifles across my bench, sadly for dismantle, but the NM markings and modifications were present throughout both rifles. Both had SAK barrels with the NM stamp up between flash hider and gas system. Quite a few of those national match shooting team rifles went to isreal a la clinton
 
sunray said:
"...GI front sight thickness .079..." .072, but close enough. You can have 5 thou milled off of either side of the standard sight blade.
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Now that I actually have my books out, .072 and .062 are both NM front sight widths. There are two front (.062, .072) and two rear sizes (.0595, .0520) for NM rifles.
I'm not sure why I thought of .079 for the GI sight the other day but it is indeed wrong. The GI sight is supposed to be .084
 
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