Original, unused M14-E2 stocks available!!!
- Thread starter machman
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Nope...just checked...still listed. Go to the Treeline M14 website, click on "collector grade stocks"...
Of course, as discussed earlier, getting the foregrip & buttplate might be problematic. Hopefully now that there is a supply of these
stocks available, someone will tool-up and make some reproductions. I'm surprised Treeline still has them for sale.
Mauser GDog
CGN frequent flyer
I got mine a couple weeks ago, it's pretty orange/red in colour, but a beautiful piece of wood overall.
Likely going to cave and order a dummy selector kit....the gap where it belongs bugs me!
Looking forward to finding time to work on this project, nice little pile of parts assembled for it.
Likely going to cave and order a dummy selector kit....the gap where it belongs bugs me!
Looking forward to finding time to work on this project, nice little pile of parts assembled for it.
Mauser GDog
CGN frequent flyer
That's pretty much the same kit I got from a friendly CGN'er. Still leaves the actual hinged butt plate issue unresolved. I'm starting to think my only real option is to have a friend build me something from scratch...but I'm worried about the bubba factor.
Dammit 3D printer technology, hurry up!
At least with that rubber kit installed, the E2 from Treeline is shootable if not ###y. Mine came with all the other hardware, except of course the foregrip. Still glad I bought it though.
Dammit 3D printer technology, hurry up!
At least with that rubber kit installed, the E2 from Treeline is shootable if not ###y. Mine came with all the other hardware, except of course the foregrip. Still glad I bought it though.
I have a photograph of these stocks NIB with the Federal Stock Number and contract number clearly marked. The 1969 contract for M14A1 stocks was awarded to H. Sacks & Sons, Inc. (Brookline, MA), a wood furniture manufacturer. FWIW
Treeline sells a Beeswax furniture polish for use after oiling, here's what they say about it:
"No buildup beeswax furniture polish gives a great low lustre sheen and additional water protection.
Use it on your wood stocks and furniture. We use it on everything we refinish!"
This product can't be shipped to Canada, It looks like an aerosol can, but there must be something similar available.
"No buildup beeswax furniture polish gives a great low lustre sheen and additional water protection.
Use it on your wood stocks and furniture. We use it on everything we refinish!"
This product can't be shipped to Canada, It looks like an aerosol can, but there must be something similar available.
Mauser GDog
CGN frequent flyer
Hi del, any chance you'd share a picture of your stock?
I'll find some time in the new year to get started on mine, then I'll post some pictures of my own.
Merry Christmas!
Point taken, thank you. The section on M14E2/M14A1 stocks has been revised to:
"The M14E2/M14A1 rifle was fitted with a walnut or birch straight-line stock. At least one laminate wood M14E2 stock was issued for service. Quantities procured include 8,350 M14E2 stocks manufactured in late 1963 and 1964 and another 2000 or more in 1969. Springfield Armory, Rock Island Arsenal and Anniston Army Depot made walnut M14E2 stocks. Springfield Armory walnut M14E2 stocks have the DOD cartouche but Canadian Arsenals birch M14E2 stocks do not. Winchester produced at least one cherry M14E2 stock. The majority of M14E2 stocks were made from birch wood at Canadian Arsenals Limited in Long Branch, Ontario, Canada in 1964 to support the M14E2 conversion project at Springfield Armory.
H. Sacks & Sons, Inc. supplied 2,000 or more birch M14A1 stocks in 1969 to the U. S. Army under contract. These stocks were manufactured without the fore grip and butt plate assemblies. The H. Sacks & Sons, Inc. M14A1 stocks were released to the public around 1978 or 1979. They were sold with commercial reproduction fore grip and butt plate assemblies. The reproduction M14E2 butt plate bracket assemblies were made by casting.
In 1971, surplus parts dealer Pete Michaels (Batavia, IL) bought more than 3,000 M14A1 stocks without hardware and more than 200 M14A1 stocks with hardware. Springfield Armory, Inc. sold M14E2 birch and walnut stocks before 1994. Jack Dailey, owner of Fred's (Ramseur, NC), was the winning bidder in 2000 on a U. S. government auction of 2,701 M14E2 stocks.
The USGI M14E2 stock has a selector cutout, rubber and steel recoil pad, smooth surface flip up butt plate, a pistol grip and rubber coated aluminum fore grip. The fore grip locks into place when in use. It retracts and swings upward towards the operator by pulling on a latch on the rear side of the grip. The position of the fore grip is adjustable. A medium weight or heavyweight M14 barrel will fit in an M14E2 stock with no problems. In 1966, a barrel channel backing plate was added to better secure the fore grip."
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