I also have a Sringfield M1A. Bought it for the same reason.
Several video demo’s of dropping it in all kinds of crap, shake, shake, shake and then boom!
I swear I love that thing. My favorite rifle ever. I used to love shooting my Garand but this thing is just plain beautiful.
Takes anything and I mean anything. From Russian crap, Steel Casings, South Africa surplus. This thing just says “That was fun. Give me some more”.
Was concerned about the synthetic stock but the guy I bought it from offered a guarantee, if I wanted the one carved from a 2x4.
Just love it.
I’ll admit, it’s expensive but given my experience with it and it’s performance...
If you can get one, you will feel better about it in 30 days, when the pain from your credit card heals....
LOL
The new Hi-Point 9mm carbine is a hoot! Much improved look and utility over the 'planet of the apes' stock. Now it has lots of rails for attachments. At 25 yards and in you can't beat it for fun and accuracy. I have taken fifteen round mags used in the old stocks and dremeled them to fit the new model. Someone needs to make a twenty round banana mag for this puppy. Still waiting for the promised .45 carbine ...
“I swear I love that thing. My favorite rifle ever. I used to love shooting my Garand but this thing is just plain beautiful
The M-14/M-1A1 are really just updated Garands.....in fact John Garand was instrumental in their design.
Basically they got rid of the en-bloc clip and replaced it with a larger capacity box magazine, updated the old (and venerable) 30-06 with its modern equivelent the .308 Winchester (7.62 x 51mm) and improved the gas system. I have always loved this rifle since I first fired it in the Marines.....great out of the box accuracy. In boot camp we could not shoot the ones with the fiberglass stocks because the gave an unfair advantage over those shooting rifles with wooden stocks.....
Have you seen the ones built from forged recievers instead of the cast recievers used on the SA and Fulton Armory offerings? a bit pricy at ~$2700 +, but the best available today without getting a TRW reciever example.....(Almost impossible to do).
The M-14 rifle is an infrantryman’s weapon, is being re-issued to selected troops, and needs no apology from anyone as it stands on it’s own merits.
I got mine from a gentleman going through a divorce. Mine is TRW parts in the National Match configuration. My serial # is under 32XXX. It came with one of those synthetic stocks but I replaced it with a Tiger Birch one I got from Fred's.
I topped it off with the correct scope mount and an SA marked rangefinding scope.
If I can see it, I can hit it.
I've got several rifles in my safe but if you ask me which is my favorite, it's the M1A hands down.