NF1E Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 Retirement is wonderful. Building, shooting , loading and reasonably good health. Yabba Dabba Doo! Whatta Hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 That looks like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NF1E Posted May 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 Had a few minutes this morning so I nailed her together. Found a real nice USGI fiberglass stock on the rack so here she is as a newborn. Whatta Hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterrex Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 That's pretty damned awesome. That is definitely 🦍 approved... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 What a great way to spend retirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 Wow a true classic. What a beauty 🤩. 🍻🍻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 My praise on the speed of "nailing it together" might have been a little early. Seems he likes to challenge people on loading ammunition for gas guns, and criticizing people for loads. I might be completely wrong on this, but we're gonna find out. OP, do NOT tell me that you think your M14 builds are "Gas Guns", in the modern term of that definition - even though your Op-Rod M14 is gas operated. Don't compare your loads, to any other AR-based Gas Gun load. You have to load LIGHTER, or you'll bend your Op Rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NF1E Posted May 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Update. This time I am doing a before accuracy enhancements and then another after updating the rifle. Right now it is just a plain M14 in a USGI fiberglass stock with regular trigger and non-unitized gas system, no shims either. No stock work at all. This is what one might expect direct from Bula Defense Systems for a standard build. This barrel is NATO headspaced to 1.636. Ammo is hand loaded 135 gn Sierra varminters. Fired 50 rnds of MEN German surplus rapid fire for function test and to warm things up nicely. Then switched to home brew ammo and fired for a 10 rnd 100 yd group. Max spread is right at 1.25 moa. Well within 10 dot challenge accuracy before any additional work. Whatta Hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NF1E Posted May 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 11 hours ago, 98Z5V said: My praise on the speed of "nailing it together" might have been a little early. Seems he likes to challenge people on loading ammunition for gas guns, and criticizing people for loads. I might be completely wrong on this, but we're gonna find out. OP, do NOT tell me that you think your M14 builds are "Gas Guns", in the modern term of that definition - even though your Op-Rod M14 is gas operated. Don't compare your loads, to any other AR-based Gas Gun load. You have to load LIGHTER, or you'll bend your Op Rod. I don't think you will " ever " find me criticizing anyone about anything Sir. Grew out of that decades ago. I might suggest however that I could or would do something a little differently, but I look at all shooters and builders as a team. Learned teamwork in the 60's in the Marine Corps and carry that on today. The fragility of the M1/M14 is way overblown. As long as one keeps under 180 gn bullets he should be good to go. Been doing this for over half a century and haven't bent or broken an op rod yet, even on the 1000 yd loads with 175 Sierra Match Kings. The M14 is no where near as fragile as the M1 , which is where all the wife's tales came from about breaking things. Even an M1 with an adjustable gas plug can be scary accurate with the right loading. Agreed, the M110 type rifles are generally more accurate for paper punching than my old dinosaurs, but what would be the fun if I couldn't prove these things are pretty capable of minute of man shots even at distances with a reliability factor far ahead of the black buggers. Nice to have choices. Photo is an old one of some of the M14 type rifles I had built for my collection at the time. Have since added over a dozen to the gang. Just love putting different variations of the M14 together and my retirement has now allowed me the time to do it without distractions. With a 300 yd range 50' out my door, I have plenty of opportunity to make adjustment. Whatta Hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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