#Springfield super national match m1a full

I routinely shoot in the 390вЂ™s to 410вЂ™s in 500 agg matches, so in this instance it is case of the equipment not being up to the task. If I were to take this rifle as is to an NRA high power match IвЂ™d get smoked by the competition. Now, both of these groups are acceptable for a battle rifle, but thatвЂ™s not what weвЂ™re after here. It tightens up the group, and notice the point of impact shift. At the distances shot in high power competition this would look like a shotgun pattern. Not too bad over all, acceptable battle rifle accuracy, but this is a 36 yards. I had to explain to them that, there is nothing wrong with the rifle, thatвЂ™s what it was designed to do.) I can only get 3вЂќ to 4вЂќ groups out of it at 100 yards. After the usual questions about ammo and functioning, itвЂ™s the same story. (Personal Experience: A few years ago when I did retail gun sales I had an M1A come back with the customer complaining that there was something wrong with his rifle, because it wouldnвЂ™t hold zero. Per FM 23-8 Rifle Marksmanship dated April 1974 the rifle is zeroed when it will hit consistently with in a 1вЂќ to 2вЂќ circle at 25 yards. I started with 147gr M80 BALL ammo, this is NATO standard and what was originally fielded with the M14. So I headed out to the range and fired a few zeroing groups at 36 yards just to get it on paper. To know the direction we have to go with this rifle, we have to know where weвЂ™re coming from. Springfield produces upgraded versions of this rifle that, for the most part are match ready out of the box, the Loaded, National Match, and Super Match, and they come with hefty price tags.

#Springfield super national match m1a full

The M1A is the civilian (Not Full Auto Capable) version of the M14. What IвЂ™m starting with is a standard grade Springfield Armory M1A, itвЂ™s as close to an as issued M14 as most folks can afford to get. ThatвЂ™s what IвЂ™m going to do with this M1A, accurize it and make it match ready. As those conflicts come to a close the M14 will in all likelihood be shelved for good as the services adopt variations of the AR10 and FN SCAR 17H in 7.62mm to fill the squad designated marksman and sniper rifle role.ДЄll that being said like any rifle it can be made to shoot more consistently and for many years the M14 and M1A dominated at the National Matches. The M14 was again pressed back into service as a squad designated marksman rifle in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ultimately it was replaced in front line service by the M16, it was then put to use in very limited numbers as the M21 sniper rifle (A highly modified National Match M14) which was retired when the M40 sniper system was introduced. The M14 rifle didnвЂ™t perform well when compared to the FN FAL and H&K G3 that most of the rest of NATO selected, or the AK47 it was up against in the jungles of Vietnam. A September 1964 report by the US Army Test & Evaluation Command called the M14 inferior to the M1 Garand that it replaced. The ammunition was heavy and the accuracy of the rifle in semi auto was exaggerated as well. It was too heavy and powerful for the submachinegun role, it was too long for the carbine role, and was to lite for the squad automatic rifle role. None of which was true, and John Garand even pointed this out to the Army. The Army infantry board that drove the testing and adoption claimed that it would be virtually interchangeable with the M1, and fill the roles of the M1 Garand, M1918 BAR, M3A1 grease gun, M1 and M2 carbine. Improvements in gunpowder allowed this new rifle to be chambered in a shorter. The M14 was developed by Springfield Armory (the US Government Arsenal, not the commercial firearms manufacturer of today) and adopted after the Korean War as a replacement for the M1 Garand. The M14 was the shortest serving main battle rifle in US history, only 5 years, right up there with the M1892 30-40 Krag, and its adoption was almost as controversial as the M16 that replaced it. It has a gun shop reputation for amazing off the rack accuracy that is over hyped. There is a lot of myth and legend that surrounds this rifle. вЂњBut wait? IsnвЂ™t the M1A already a match rifle? ThatвЂ™s what the guy with the 1911, at the gun shop told me.вЂќ Written By: Brandon Pritchard, Master Gunsmith at Freedom Forge Armory