LDT M14 / M1A for long range shooting

[snayperskaya]

More accurate than M14 in the right hands Tovarisch

http://looserounds.com/2015/01/30/the-m ... 14-legend/

[dirtbag]

Thanks all for the replies, a tough one this.

[dirtbag]

More accurate than M14 in the right hands Tovarisch

http://looserounds.com/2015/01/30/the-m ... 14-legend/

Don't suppose you have a spare SVD hanging around do you ?

[snayperskaya]

More accurate than M14 in the right hands Tovarisch

http://looserounds.com/2015/01/30/the-m ... 14-legend/

Don't suppose you have a spare SVD hanging around do you ?

I don't sorry, only got the one Russian Lady......

[dirtbag]

Hi I thought id close this thread with a happy ending.

Like in most shooting "which rifle" dilemna's, the best solution .

Is to buy both...

SVD with the wood and PSO (Military)
M14 with macmillan knock off stock, Leupold mark 4 M1 16x , dated 1990.

[bnz41]

nice pairing.

[snayperskaya]

Very nice Tovarisch

The wood on the SVD looks nice, and a silver PSO-1 which are quite scarce.Has it got the 1000m stadiametric rangefinding reticule or the 400m one?, reason I ask is that some silver PSO's have the 400m "Simonov" Rangefinder and are calibrated for the 9x39 round used in the VSS Vintorez and AS Val.Has it got the IR detecting function?.

[rufrdr]

What you don't see reported upon is how much time the unit armorers spend maintaining the M14s for use as designated marksman's rifles. M14s and their copies/clones etc have a reputation for requiring work to achieve and maintain accuracy. The method of attaching the action to the stock means that shimming and the like is often required. If you are prepared to do a lot of shooting and adjusting to get there, they can be accurate, but I have to agree that for that kind of money there are a lot better choices out there for true long-range shooting.

The trick with the M14 to maintain accuracy once it is achieved is not to remove the action from the stock. Unless the weapon gets soaked in water there is no need to pull it out anyway. For amount of shooting the average civilian shooter does, the rifle can be cleaned sitting in the stock. Once a year pull it out, strip it down, and clean it nicely. Then shoot it so it settles back into the stock. That's what I have always done with the various M1As I've owned over the years.

Just about any M1A/M14 will shoot the US NRA target 10 ring at one hundred yards easily. Accurized rifles will do even better.

The U.S. military cleans their rifles each time they are drawn from the arms room and this constant disassembly and reassembly is hard on the accuracy of the M1/M14. The M16/M4 series isn't bothered at all by this practice.

I started my service as an officer cadet with the M14 in 1975. I have always loved them.

[rufrdr]

Hi I thought id close this thread with a happy ending.

Like in most shooting "which rifle" dilemna's, the best solution .

Is to buy both...

SVD with the wood and PSO (Military)
M14 with macmillan knock off stock, Leupold mark 4 M1 16x , dated 1990.

Very nice!!

[DaveB]

Honestly, I think you would be better served by an AR10-type rifle than anything based on the M14. The above comments are correct. M14s can be made to shoot quite well, but they do require occasional adjustment. Most countries (in the Western world anyway) that use the designated marksman's rifle concept, have opted for an AR10 design. I have some experience with the LMT 308MWS, and that would be my choice.