Big Deal for M1A fans...

[44thStateSender]

Saw this at Shot Show:

M1A Carbon Fiber Stock

Finally, someone is making a serious factory replacement stock for the Springfield M1A. If anyone knows more about this, please let me know.

 

[EastHumboldt]

I’m a little confused. Isn’t the attraction of the weapon it’s funky old antique-ey obsoleteness? If I had any military weapon (which I don’t) M1, M-16, 03 Enfield , AK 47 etc… I’d want the original beat to shit stock with battle scars.

Splain me pleeze ?

 

[cal30_sniper]

I’m a little confused. Isn’t the attraction of the weapon it’s funky old antique-ey obsoleteness? If I had any military weapon (which I don’t) M1, M-16, 03 Enfield , AK 47 etc… I’d want the original beat to shit stock with battle scars.

Splain me pleeze ?

Well, you wouldn’t have an original M14 without a lot of paperwork, so there’s that.

Not many good stock options for an M1A, especially if you’re not trying to turn it into a worse version of an AR-10.

 

[BRTreedogs]

I’m a little confused. Isn’t the attraction of the weapon it’s funky old antique-ey obsoleteness? If I had any military weapon (which I don’t) M1, M-16, 03 Enfield , AK 47 etc… I’d want the original beat to shit stock with battle scars.

Splain me pleeze ?

Well they still produce them.

And a crap load of people shoot service rifle competitions with them.

An original collectible is definitely not the only use case for the M1a

 

[jayhawk]

I’m a little confused. Isn’t the attraction of the weapon it’s funky old antique-ey obsoleteness? If I had any military weapon (which I don’t) M1, M-16, 03 Enfield , AK 47 etc… I’d want the original beat to shit stock with battle scars.

Splain me pleeze ?

For an original, yes. The old beat up walnut stocks just have character.

But a lot of M1As are just copies or new manufacture, so the old stock kind of loses its edge.

But heck they were using tricked out M21s in Iraq and Afghanistan just a few years ago.

 

[EastHumboldt]

See…. Now I know.