Why so many M14s on the EE?
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Spectrum7V1R
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- Regina Sask
People decide it's too expensive to shoot, too much work to upgrade or just want to switch to something else.
Northman999
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- Southern Yukon
Not everybody likes them once they try them, and you can't get crates of surplus ammo for them either.
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
They get lots of praise here.
I think lots of people buy them based on that.
Then they get them home, and realize the Norcs are terribly finished, and don't shoot MOA out of the box, not to mention they weigh a ton, and are expensive to shoot.
Then they think OK I will upgrade, and realize that it takes quite a bit of work and money to turn these into nice guns.
So they sell em.
I think lots of people buy them based on that.
Then they get them home, and realize the Norcs are terribly finished, and don't shoot MOA out of the box, not to mention they weigh a ton, and are expensive to shoot.
Then they think OK I will upgrade, and realize that it takes quite a bit of work and money to turn these into nice guns.
So they sell em.
300Spartans
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- Canada of course
It's like buying an older house. Once you sink some money into upgrades/renos, it quickly becomes a gem with real character. Otherwise, it's just an old house, lol.
moose2hunt
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- prince george
Thats what i did ...bought a shorty with the ammo deal ...Kept the mags, ammo and sold the rifle with a five rounder mag 
Pretty much it...I've had one for 6 months or so and haven't taken it to the range yet. Maybe in the next couple of weeks, maybe I'll just sell it....
Yup, it's junk. Don't buy one... Buy TWO of them, some of them need a spare parts gun because the Chinese are not into making or selling spare parts even after 10 years of having sold thousands to us kanukistanis.
Actually don't buy one... leave more for us to buy and build into other platforms like:
1) Precision rifle: M21 or M25 wannabee rifle with optics and fancy PR stock
2) Iron sighted Target (TR) Rifle: Heavy barrel, NM stock, NM sights, match amo
3) SOCOM TAC style shorty wannabee that Canada Ammo has a whack of
4) Bear Defense shorty
5) Moose/bear/deer/coyote/cougar shorty
It's almost (dirt biking, ATV riding, paintball, insert your passion here) the most fun you can have with your clothes on! I mean working on these rifles... Great therapy!
Cheers,
Barney
This. People read this forum and want to believe that you can buy an expensive gun for cheap.
When they get their M14 they realize they've bought a cheap gun and can't deal with the work required to polish it into the rifle it can be.
Or as in my case, you buy one, the wife ****s the bed and you have to sell it again. Should have bought two...
If guys are buying them for the ammo deal what types of guns are they shooting the ammo in? The way I see it so far is you buy one for $500 and can spend double that top make it decent. I've played that game twice already with a norc 780 and a Kel-Tec SU-16. Not doing it again. What other $1500 black .308 ptions are there?
they're no more expensive than any other 308- if you want to play with the so-called big boys, you've got to be prepared to pay the price- for a REAL education, move up to a 338 ; any 338 but the fed;
as to parts being hard to find, i can understand why; we've had "parts people"- people that ACTUALLY MAKE parts here and the community hasn't supported them- they go stateside to save a buck or 2- rooster 33 used to make a great deal, but he's not around anymore- some of his items were actually improvements to the system
Because the are comparatively cheap guns they have a large market and a lot of people buy them. I think a lot of people change there minds after buying any firearm and then sell them. The guns are not junk as some suggest but are very good value for the money, however the "Pigs cost a lot to feed" and it does cost money to make a "A silk purse our of a sows ear" meta metaphorically speaking. I am always a bit surprised when people complain about the finish since I don't think its as bad as people say, however it could be my eye sight is not so good. The only thing I don't like are the sharp edges on the plastic stocks, but then again I don't plastic stocks!
They represent great value...but unless you're willing to invest a bit of time in learning how to work on them and a bit more time working on them, you're going to have to pay someone to work on yours for you. That increases the price that you end up paying for the rifle, and also takes away from the benefit that you get from the rifle (you don't get the satisfaction of tinkering with it yourself).
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