CaptHank
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I was drafted, November 22, 1965. Had the M-14, thru Basic and AIT. Went to Germany, 4th Armored Div., M-14 to the end of my tour. It was one heavy rifle, but then again, I was young and strong during that time.
In the case of the M14 receiver, castings are not as strong as the forgings but I've yet to hear of a Springfield receiver wearing out or breaking prematurely.
If that were the case, then Springfield Armory, Inc would be forging, since they are in the business of production.Forging might be nice to get more strength from a finished part, but it's selected as a method in production because you can make more of them cheaper with the dies stamping hot metal than you could pouring them into molds that are then discarded.
Depends on who did the National Match preparation and who is going to be using it. If the Federal government performed the preparation and the NM rifle is to be used by a Federal Agency (AMU), they would use what they have and that would be full auto. They would most likely have the full auto feature partially or completely disabled and ownership would remain with the Federal Government.I understand that the M14 and M1A receivers are different so that the M1A has only semi-automatic capability. Do the National Match M14s use a receiver similar to the M1A so that they (the National Match version) do not have the capability of full automatic operation.