I shoot the Springfield M1A and I love it.
I passed on the SOCOM because I was hearing all kinds of problems with accuracy beyond 100 yrds.
I think it is due to a 16” barrel.
I went with 18 and it’s fabulous....
Best part is if I run out of ammo it is easily converted to a bat for clubbing zombies .....
No questions on this for me -—get a Noveske N6-—
I’d also throw in a geissele trigger and opt for a 14.5 inch barrel with a 1.5 inch flash suppressor (welded on).
Barrel sounds short, but Novezke makes such a good barrel that you be MOA at sick freaking distances still
A friend has the M1A SOCOM and it shoots pretty well out past 200 yards. Not as good as the regular model and I do believe it is because of the shorter barrel. The other thing is that the thing is LOUD and the muzzle blast is a sight to behold!
I have regular M1A with the synthetic stock. It has probably the best factory trigger that I have ever shot. The only thing I don’t care for is the standard scope mount puts the line of sight so high that you can’t get a good cheek weld with the standard stock configuration.