On inspection, I couldn't help but marvel at the cleanliness and fit of the glass-bedding job. It's hard to beat the Custom Shop's prices: glass bedding, $175 NM-tuned trigger, $35 NM/SM barrel installation, depending on barrel, $230 to $575. Providing them with both the McMillan stock and rail system was especially important because the stock had to be relieved to accept Troy's BattleRail. Once McMillan delivered the goods, I handed over the rifle and all my procured accessories to Springfield Armory in Geneseo, Illinois. naval vessels.įor this build, I went with the full-inlet selection to minimize shop labor and waited a few weeks for the stock to arrive. It is notable that traditionally configured M14s still stand in rifle racks aboard many U.S. The M14EBR-RI built by TACOM at Rock Island Arsenal is still being issued to the Army's Squad Designated Marksman. As the Corps expanded the Designated Marksman (DM) program in Iraq and Afghanistan, the M14 DMR was exchanged for the M39 Enhanced Marksmanship Rifle, notably featuring the SAGE International EBR stock chassis seen on the U.S. Armorers assigned to Quantico's Precision Weapons Section gave these rifles stainless Kreiger barrels and bedded them in McMillan Tactical M2A fiberglass stocks (shown above).
GUN REVIEW OF THE NEW SPRINGFIELD M1A SOCOM CQB RIFLE INSTALL
I also asked the Custom Shop to install its National Match barrel, give the trigger an NM tuning, then put it all together.Īfter 1990, Marine Corps M14s were available to snipers needing the fast-action repeatability in the Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR).
Given time, I could have done this all myself, but few gunsmiths can glass-bed an M1A better than the Springfield Armory Custom Shop. In the spirit of the Marine Corps' DMR, I would turn to McMillan for a new adjustable M3A stock that would have to be fitted and glass bedded. Once mounted, the BattleRail stays with the barreled action.īut this isn't the case with Avery's build. If you decide to perform regular preventative maintenance to your rifle, it can be field-stripped without having to compromise the optic's zero. In my experience, simply adding a BattleRail to an M1A will usually produce improved accuracy because the user benefits from a more solid optics-mounting platform and one that's inline with the barrel. This rail also works with both traditional wood and fiberglass stocks. The Troy BattleRail for the M14/M1A is the ultimate optic-mounting solution for the person who doesn't want an aluminum chassis for a stock. In taking Avery's rifle to the next level, I would give it an FDE-colored Troy BattleRail and a new tan-colored McMillan adjustable M3A stock. Average sizes measured roughly 1¼ inches for each 150- and 168-grain load. 308-based AR, you get all the battle-proven reputation of the M14 and an aftermarket ready to personalize your M1A at affordable increments.įor consistency, Hornady ammo was selected to print five five-shot groups at 100 yards. For a little less money than your average. A standard model goes for $1,600 at retail, and the SOCOM 16 starts at $1,900. 308 AR-type rifle, you have to agree that it's a great buy. Whatever the reason, if you've got a collection of MSRs, it's incomplete without at least one M1A. Maybe you bought one to get ahead of possible gun restrictions, or maybe you just wanted the proven performance of America's timeless autoloading. If you did buy an M1A, sales figures indicate that you probably picked up either a no-frills standard model with 22-inch barrel and composite stock, SOCOM 16 or a more radical SOCOM II with 16-inch barrel and a VLTOR quad-rail fore-end. So now what? If you are one of the thousands who bought an M1A from Springfield Armory in the last few years, you might be considering this very question. Law-abiding citizens have even more options when it comes to giving their semi-auto M1A a makeover, and as a factory-certified armorer I just love working on and building up these rifles. It served him well then and, until recently, was his agency's standard-issue long gun. This former Marine Corps scout/sniper had once trained on the military's select-fire version, the M14. This local police officer had just stopped by my shop and dropped off his new-in-the-box Springfield Armory M1A with no budget restrictions. "Have your way with it," said Officer Avery.
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