First post. Long winded.
A friend attending the SHOT show last year talked to someone who said they would be making aluminum M-14E2-type stocks with the Picatinny rails and bipod built in.
For the uninformed, the M-14E2 was the straight stock with the pistol grip variant of the M-14.
The aluminum would be much lighter and trimmer than the rather massive -E2 stocks. Have neither heard nor seen anything about this in my internet wanderings.
I know Fred's has the-E2s, but they are heavy, expensive and wood. http://www.fredsm14stocks.com/catalog/stocks.asp
I find this extremely interesting, having shot 8 or 10 thousand rounds through competition Springfield M1As and my Main Battle Rifle if the SHTF is a rack grade M1A. I am not in a position to buy one of the AR-15s on steroids (AR-10s and the like), so this may be a good compromise.
Seems that this may also help remedy the objections seen in these forums to scoping the M-14/M1A because of the poor head position the standard stock offers, even with the leather "sniper" pad. With a scope, one could also use it as a sniper weapon in a rural combat environment. Wouldn't be too bad in the city, either.
In addition, if you read "Boston's Gun Bible" he contends that the right hand does most of the work with a MBR and should have a pistol grip for ergonomics.
One issue would be the stability of the aluminum vice fiberglass. Would heat/cold cause zeros to shift? Anybody have experience with the commercially available aluminum stocks for other rifles?
Sounds too good to be true but it just might provide much of the versatility of the AR-15 with the hitting power of the 7.62mm at a more reasonable cost than the AR-10, etc. This would be an even more agile weapon in the "Scout" configuration.
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Thoughts? Has anyone else heard or seen anything like this?
Has anyone seen a fiberglass -E2 stock? I haven't.
Appreciate any info.
Best Regards,
7.62mm
A friend attending the SHOT show last year talked to someone who said they would be making aluminum M-14E2-type stocks with the Picatinny rails and bipod built in.
For the uninformed, the M-14E2 was the straight stock with the pistol grip variant of the M-14.
The aluminum would be much lighter and trimmer than the rather massive -E2 stocks. Have neither heard nor seen anything about this in my internet wanderings.
I know Fred's has the-E2s, but they are heavy, expensive and wood. http://www.fredsm14stocks.com/catalog/stocks.asp
I find this extremely interesting, having shot 8 or 10 thousand rounds through competition Springfield M1As and my Main Battle Rifle if the SHTF is a rack grade M1A. I am not in a position to buy one of the AR-15s on steroids (AR-10s and the like), so this may be a good compromise.
Seems that this may also help remedy the objections seen in these forums to scoping the M-14/M1A because of the poor head position the standard stock offers, even with the leather "sniper" pad. With a scope, one could also use it as a sniper weapon in a rural combat environment. Wouldn't be too bad in the city, either.
In addition, if you read "Boston's Gun Bible" he contends that the right hand does most of the work with a MBR and should have a pistol grip for ergonomics.
One issue would be the stability of the aluminum vice fiberglass. Would heat/cold cause zeros to shift? Anybody have experience with the commercially available aluminum stocks for other rifles?
Sounds too good to be true but it just might provide much of the versatility of the AR-15 with the hitting power of the 7.62mm at a more reasonable cost than the AR-10, etc. This would be an even more agile weapon in the "Scout" configuration.
-
Thoughts? Has anyone else heard or seen anything like this?
Has anyone seen a fiberglass -E2 stock? I haven't.
Appreciate any info.
Best Regards,
7.62mm
