[inGobwetrust]

Do any of you have any info on an M1A Made by Federal Ordinance? It has a folding stock which may or may not be original. The action looks pretty nice but that's all I know about it. Are these US made? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Handy]

Apparently, these receivers were the worst kind of junk.

The M14s of choice are built on Enterprise, Springfield or Armscorp receivers. Polytech are okay, but supposedly require a new bolt and fitting. Federal Ordnance are best ignored, or the gun bought for the parts and assembled with one of the above items.

[Ledbetter]

You can ask some other very knowledgable persons about them at the M1/M14 Forum at

www.jouster.com

[critter]

I have a Federal Ordnance M1A. I have read all the stuff on them. Made in Calif (receivers) and fitted with military parts. FI is long out of business. Problems were mostly out of spec receivers as I understand it.

Mine looks good, functions perfectly and is quite accurate. (I am NOT a formal target shooter however.) I shoot it a lot and have no problems with it whatsoever. That is not to say that the next one may be a total piece of trash. Mine is a VERY low serial number-don't know if that makes any difference or not.

[six 4 sure]

You might want to try a search at www.battlerifles.com lots of information there.

Six

[Jim K]

I have one that has the FO cast receiver and the rest Chinese parts. I lapped in a new GI bolt and replaced the (awful) stock with a GI stock, but otherwise did nothing to it. It shoots as well or sometimes better (depending on ammo) than my Springfield Armory, Inc. M1A NM.

I have seen reports of cracked receivers but they did not result in any disasters. Like other makes, quality control seemed to vary and FO never had a great reputation, but my rifle has been fired quite a bit with no problems.

Jim

[inGobwetrust]

Thanks for the info, guys. I can pick this one up for about $650 so I'm trying to decide what to do. If I get it I'll swap the folding stock for a walnut or fiberglass one. Do any of you know where I can get a scout mount for it like the Springfield Armory M1A Scout has?

[telewinz]

They had the worst reputation but often times they were the only M14 readily available. Condemned GI parts, poor tolerances, and it's the only firearm that ever blew-up on me. Fed Ord replaced it free and I traded it away the same day. I would choose a Norinco before I would ever use a Federal Ordnance again but then I am a little bias.:barf: