US M14 Parts Kits

NickTdot said:
Quick question. The original post states that the kit comes with a chopped receiver. But the pictures don't show that. I would certainly like the demilled receiver as a bookshelf item..

Is the chopped receiver in the parts kit?
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No rear receiver as per DFAIT who were advised by the RCMP that the part of the receiver with the selector lock was the prohibited part and could not be imported. I did bring that to customers attention in a later post.
 
Mikeschurman said:
Does anyone know how would the accuracy of one of these kits assembled compare to a new m1a national match?
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There are too many variables to list..... and my Crystal ball seems to be on the fritz!

But I would expect that if you took a Loaded or NM SAI, and shot it against a properly assembled HB parts kit, that the HB kit would shoot circles around the NM.

I haven't seen many SAI rifles that were "match ready" out of the box.

Now if you took a properly assembled SAI NM or Loaded, then i expect the rifles accuracy would be comparable.

John
 
t-star said:
does it at any time say if the surplus m14s were re-assembled into m14s and shipped out in that first sea-can we got from Israel back in the 90's- i'm having a hard time believing that all those rifles were sniper rifles
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Do you recall what stocks those came with?
 
Mr Wolverine said:
All the rifles I saw from those shipments in the 90's had standard GI fiberglass stocks. I never heard of any heavy barrels amongst them.
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That would be consistent with what I've read: those were almost certainly parts kits assembled from their spare parts supply (comprised of rejected rifles), not former sniper rifles. The only way to be certain you're getting former sniper rifles is if their stocks were at a minimum painted with a recoil pad installed, if not the cheek riser, obviously assuming the stocks weren't switched out at some point.

The vast majority of their sniper rifles had the standard barrel profile. It would be interesting to learn what the military application of the heavier barrel was for. Given the date of manufacture of the barrels is years after the original rifles themselves had been delivered by the United States, I would suspect they were ordered by contract from Saco-Lowell / General Dynamics by IMI for some specific purpose. These barrels have since been reproduced by LRB Arms, and they've proven quite accurate.

You would think your standard kits would be more likely to have parts from a single manufacturer depending on their condition before they left the U.S., as the heavy barreled builds would have been put together in Israel by IMI armourers.

On a more personal note, I'm hoping my special request for my parts kits is something your team can manage for me. I'm very happy to get high quality parts kits - I missed out on the heavy barreled kits by seconds as they were removed from my cart before I could enter my payment information - just hoping they're as special as I suspect they might be when I get them in my hands. :)
 
don't sweat the heavy barrel thingee too much- read a few books, find out about the m15/m14 conversion, and find out as I did that the heavy barrel MADE NO DIFFERENCE in accuracy- as far as the first m14s that came from Israel go- well I've got a niw trw m14 that never saw a barrel wrench and all the part numbers match, as well as a springy where all the part numbers match , and and h&r same story- if these were disassembled, and re-made from parts bins, why would they bother making sure all the parts came from the same rifle?- sorry, but military parts bins don't work that way
 
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The vast majority of their sniper rifles had the standard barrel profile. It would be interesting to learn what the military application of the heavier barrel was for.
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The M14 based M25 sniper rifle developed in the late 1980's used a Krieger heavy barrel. Similar profile to these IDF heavy barrels. Probably the IDF wanted to have their version of the US M25?
 
Got my shipping notice today, super excited! Thanks for the speedy shipping guys I can imagine how swamped you are and being short staffed to boot!
 
Got my notice too. Fast shipping for sure. Thanks again Wolverine.

I can't believe the standard barrel kits are still available. It is like a sign that I should buy a couple of those too, before my d!ck falls off
 
Ya, notice came in as well. Hoping for the best on these parts. Got a heavy barrel on its way. Not sure what I'm going to do about a receiver, really pushing towards a LRB. I'm lucky to have an assortment of GI M14 parts as well to match my finished rifle.
 
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