WTS: M1A "Loaded," with Extras.... PRICE REDUCED...AGAIN!!

[The Annoyed Man]

OK....CHANGE OF PLANS....

I really need to get this rifle sold, and I guess the entire package is more than most can spend right now, so I'm going to break the package up. Here's the deal....

For Sale:

• M1A "Loaded" model rifle
  • Barrel: air-gauged medium weight National Match parkerized chrome moly steel, 22" inches in length with a 1:11 right hand twist.
  • Front Sight: National Match .062” Military Post
  • Rear Sight: GI Match Grade Non-hooded Rear Sight: Aperture .0520, Adjustable, One-half Minute for Windage and One Minute for Elevation
  • 2 Stage Military Trigger, Match Tuned, 4.5-5 lbs
• The original fire control group has been upgraded with a TRW forged hammer at the Springfield factory.
• Karsten's cheek rest
• Sadlak M14 scope mount with rail
• 3 20-round magazines, 1 used and 2 still new in the package.
  
  Price: $1,500.00 Firm

You will be getting this setup, minus the scope and rings, plus a couple of additional new magazines:



C'mon guys! If I can't get it sold, I'll withdraw the offer in the next week or so.

[roughneck266]

You're killin me man. I just bought a National match a week and a half ago of I would own this one right now. Heck of a deal..

[olafpfj]

I miss making touring money...she would look beautiful sitting next to my Garand. Do the whole generation thing. Just way out of my budget...

Fantastic rifle at a fantastic price.

[gregthehand]

I'm trying to think what I can sell....

[The Annoyed Man]

I have a nibble on my TexasGunTrader which I'm answering right now. He wants to buy, but he won't be able to drive up from Houston for a couple of weeks before he can. If you're serious about buying it, get ahold of me soon.

[gregthehand]

Want a motorcycle? Lol

[rentz]

that is beautiful. but my tax refund hasn't been deposited yet

[The Annoyed Man]

I'm hog hunting with it right now, on a friend's property right next door to the TacPro shooting range.

[7075-T7]

How easy is it to catch the brass for reloading, and does it dent the brass like some other semi-autos?

[The Annoyed Man]

How easy is it to catch the brass for reloading, and does it dent the brass like some other semi-autos?

Well, I don' know about "other semi-autos," because my ARs don't dent their brass at all.......but yes, this M1A does dent the brass, about a 1/4" or so behind the shoulder on most but not all cases. However, the dents are not huge, and a resizing die takes them right out. I've seen brass from a Sig 556 and it is always badly dented. The M1A's brass is not that bad.

As far as catching the brass.... I've never seen a brass catcher designed to fit an M1A. I suspect that the reciprocating motion of the operating rod would make that impossible. Think of a Garand rifle.....the design of the action on the M1A is nearly identical except for being a short action instead of a long action like the Garand's. This rifle tends to throw most of its brass forward and to the right of the muzzle, and it lands in a roughly 3 ft X 4 ft patch of grass. (There's no telling what will happen if it lands on concrete.) A few pieces will occasionally eject straight out to the right. I suppose that you could put up some kind of a net in a frame to try and catch the ejected brass, but that seems like a lot of trouble to me. I am usually able to recover all of my fired brass.

[The Annoyed Man]

We hunted from before sunup to sunset, and never saw a single pig. We saw LOTS of fresh pig sign, but no piggies. In one case, I saw pig tracks on top of my own tracks which I had laid down just an hour before. Sneaky devils.

However, we saw a lot of these guys. I submit this photo to remind you prospective buyers that this rifle is not "just" a battle rifle:

[The Annoyed Man]

TRADE PENDING....

[rootie3]

damn nice rifle!!!! wish i had the dough.... larry

[The Annoyed Man]

Well, she's gone. Traded to a real nice guy in exchange for a custom AR-10 SASS setup: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=52914.

I have another rifle for sale here: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=52925