usgi m14 synthetic stocks where are they?

Apparently the US Govt. has been buying back the synthetic M-14 stocks for their own use due to the reintroduction of more of the M-14 rifles into their current conflict in the middle east. Phil.
 
The best answer to the stock situation is Boyds, the restriction put on any M14 part requires the shipper to be registered with the government in the US, pay fees to be registered, and have an export permit. It's not rocket science, it is US federal law. The fines for the shipper are huge!! Boyd's does not make M14 stocks, they make M1A stocks, there are differences which fortunately for us in Canada are irrelevant. The only issue with the Chu wood stock that the synthetic answers and the Boyd's laminates don't, revolve around weight. The laminate should have roughly equal dimentional stability, and the cost and looks are excellent. So unless you find a reputable source for synthetic GI stocks here at home, please don't risk someone else's livelihood over a $150 piece of plastic.
 
ian_in_vic said:
The best answer to the stock situation is Boyds, the restriction put on any M14 part requires the shipper to be registered with the government in the US, pay fees to be registered, and have an export permit. It's not rocket science, it is US federal law. The fines for the shipper are huge!! Boyd's does not make M14 stocks, they make M1A stocks, there are differences which fortunately for us in Canada are irrelevant. The only issue with the Chu wood stock that the synthetic answers and the Boyd's laminates don't, revolve around weight. The laminate should have roughly equal dimentional stability, and the cost and looks are excellent. So unless you find a reputable source for synthetic GI stocks here at home, please don't risk someone else's livelihood over a $150 piece of plastic.
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I'm in Canada, and so are the synthetic stocks.
 
tbloggins said:
I'm in Canada, and so are the synthetic stocks.
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I don't have a problem with that, there are many people here who follow the rules, and that's great - generally the costs of following the rules are included in the price, hence the cost went up.It's the guys that constantly try to find some poor dumb b*stard on ebay with a surplus shop in the States who doesn't know he's committing a fairly serious offence by shipping a stock that get my goat. The fines for this type of offence in the US can wipe out a fairly large business, and there's no excuse for us on this board causing this kind of disaster for a business, we DO know better, because it's all laid out here on the forum. By all means, buy a legally imported stock and pay the importer the extra $20 or $30 bucks per stock it takes to do it right. What I have an issue with is the kind of morality that would destroy some poor schmucks business (read this as his livelihood, home, family life) in order to save a lousy $20 or $30 bucks. As an incentive to those who don't have any problem with the above, consider that US Homeland Security who would intercept the shipment, knows where the stock was headed and to whom it was shipped - no problem right, as long as you don't cross the border.
 
ian_in_vic said:
The best answer to the stock situation is Boyds, the restriction put on any M14 part requires the shipper to be registered with the government in the US, pay fees to be registered, and have an export permit. It's not rocket science, it is US federal law. The fines for the shipper are huge!! Boyd's does not make M14 stocks, they make M1A stocks, there are differences which fortunately for us in Canada are irrelevant. The only issue with the Chu wood stock that the synthetic answers and the Boyd's laminates don't, revolve around weight. The laminate should have roughly equal dimentional stability, and the cost and looks are excellent. So unless you find a reputable source for synthetic GI stocks here at home, please don't risk someone else's livelihood over a $150 piece of plastic.
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Checked out the site. Those walnut stocks with the "pepper" finish look fantastic!
 
So am I to understand that Numrich will not ship any of their spare M-14 parts to Canada regardless of value?
 
The best answer to the stock situation is Boyds, the restriction put on any M14 part requires the shipper to be registered with the government in the US, pay fees to be registered, and have an export permit. It's not rocket science, it is US federal law. The fines for the shipper are huge!! Boyd's does not make M14 stocks, they make M1A stocks, there are differences which fortunately for us in Canada are irrelevant. The only issue with the Chu wood stock that the synthetic answers and the Boyd's laminates don't, revolve around weight. The laminate should have roughly equal dimensional stability, and the cost and looks are excellent. So unless you find a reputable source for synthetic GI stocks here at home, please don't risk someone else's livelihood over a $150 piece of plastic.

Excellent advice..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was lucky enough to get a USGI synthetic at a gun show for $60.00 (CND), and then I had to put allot of work into the stock to get it where I wanted it!!
I am in total agreement with ian_in_vic and when I get my next M-14S I will be getting a Boyds laminate.
 
"...Numrich will not ship any of their spare M-14 parts to Canada regardless of value..." No. M-14's are on the U.S. government's 'restricted for export' list. This means that their export permit is required. Said export permit requires a Canadian import permit to get. The total value, for Canada, is now $500, but if the firearm is on the 'restricted' list, the export permit is required anyway. Gunparts says it takes 4 to 6 weeks to wade through the paperwork.
 
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