USGI Surplus m14 stocks (question about them)

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http://www.lrbarms.com/stocks.html
Would the fiberglass USGI stocks in that link have the "full-auto" cut-out near the receiver, and if so, how would this effect a civilian, semi-automatic version of the m14 (m1a or m305) if used with one?

I like the sleekness of the fiberglass stocks, but I don't want anything that is going to effect the function of the rifle. I don't currently own an m14, but I plan on getting an m305 at some point hopefully in the near future.
 
givemeliberty said:
http://www.lrbarms.com/stocks.html
Would the fiberglass USGI stocks in that link have the "full-auto" cut-out near the receiver, and if so, how would this effect a civilian, semi-automatic version of the m14 (m1a or m305) if used with one?

I like the sleekness of the fiberglass stocks, but I don't want anything that is going to effect the function of the rifle. I don't currently own an m14, but I plan on getting an m305 at some point hopefully in the near future.
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It won't effect function. I guess some extra dirt could get in but you can easily fill the hole with fiber glass.
 
Go and read my sticky in the FAQ section at the top of this forum on the USGI glass stock. M14 Norc and Poly's drop straight in. Yes, the FA cutout looks goofy but JB Weld is your friend... unless you have a FA dummy kit to screw into place.... :D
 
Okay, so after googling this myself I have discovered that they are not the same thing. So which is better? A norinco M14 or a polytech M14? (which one is closer to a real M14)

And am I correct that the Norincos are called "M14S" and the polytechs called "M305" or are both of these names interchangable with either rifle?
 
As Hungry mentioned JB weld and some sanding and the cut out hole is an easy fix . The USGI stocks are a big improvement over the chinese wood or synthetic stocks . .. and IMHO Polys and Norinco,s are essentially the same.They are made by different branchs of the chinese government .

The newer version of Polys are nice, I have 2 of them.
Read the stickies as alot of them have sight and barrel indexing issues but they are a great rifle for the money and working on them is half the fun for me.
 
"...Norincos are called..." Either. Just a name change for a rifle made in a different factory.
The selector cut out doesn't bother anything. Early M1A's came with it too. A piece of masking tape on either side and filling it with bedding material sort of makes it go away. Only 'sort of' because it's not easy to match the stock colour. There are fake selectors that can be used as well.
However, the fibreglas stock increases the muzzle jump due to the lighter weight. Not a big deal though.
 
The chinese and USGI handguards are almost identical. I cannot tell them apart! :D Once and only once I encountered a chinese handguard clip that had a bit of slack / wobble/ wiggle/rattle while installed. I solved that problem by replacing the handguard clip with some replacement (likely made in Taiwan) handguard clip from Brownells source'd when I bought about 6 of them for spares.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Barney
 
chalkriver said:
The USGI ones have a textured surface is the only thing I can see different..
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that's only SOME of the usgis- the h&r i have has a smooth surface, and probably b/c when they changed over to fiberglas, it was one more step eliminated in the process- from what i understand, not all m14s were made with wood stocks, some were retrofitted in the field in view of vn experience, and some came with fiberglas stocks- probably when the weapon went to third echelon for repair/refit, the stock was replaced- i noticed that all the isreali m14s were fiberglas , or at least the ones i saw were- i should imagine the ones that served in germany and elsewhere were wood stocked, as the swelling would not take place
 
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