TexasRifleman
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Well I ordered an M14 about 5 months ago from Fulton Armory and after some phone calls, changing of stories, etc the rifle finally arrived at my transfer dealer Saturday morning.
I have to say the workmanship of Fulton is everything I was led to believe.
The wood is beautifully oiled and the smell in my office is really nice
The rifle arrived well packaged and ready to go.
I will say that putting on a 1907 sling is something I don't want to do again, what a horrible design! But it looks right so.....
Not sure how exactly to use it so it may go into storage, but it's on for now.
I got the NM trigger job as well as NM sights, and a chrome lined short barrel.
In .308 the long barrel just doesn't perform that much better so I opted for the ease of handling. They say taking it all apart is tougher since the bay lug gets in the way of some of the gas parts, guess I will find out later.
As for shooting, I didn't get to do much of that yet due to weather. I did brave the cold to put 100 rounds through Saturday afternoon at 100yds.
The NM trigger job is REALLY nice, the best feeling 2 stage trigger I have used. I have a few on my ARs but this one really feels much nicer than any of those. The break is so clean.
After zeroing I was shooting 2-3 inch groups with South African battlepack stuff (boy I wish I'd bought more of that) and a tiny bit better with some Lake City match bulk stuff from Ammoman. I am sure the gun will shoot much better than me so I probably don't do it justice.
I really worried about the cast/forged receiver business but after being told of LRBs one year plus wait time I went with the Fulton and I am VERY glad I did.
Also spent a lot of time debating with myself about whether I wanted an "authentic" reproduction or one more fun to shoot. The "bush barrel" rifle is like the "Tanker" Garand; cool to look at but they didn't really exist.
I decided I wanted practical over pure historical accuracy so I went with the shorty.
I picked up some new surplus mags over the last few months and they all worked fine. They are not GI but they work so thats good enough for me. The few GI mags I managed to pick up I left wrapped in their original packaging for now.
The rifle was supposed to ship with a 10 round mag to keep some states happy, but mine did not. I'm not going to complain since I don't want a 10 rounder anyway since I still live in the US.
In a couple of weeks I will be out on my acreage and I fully expect several coyotes to fall to the M14.
That's as close to battle as my "battle rifle" is likely to see until the zombies come back.
I have to say the workmanship of Fulton is everything I was led to believe.
The wood is beautifully oiled and the smell in my office is really nice
The rifle arrived well packaged and ready to go.
I will say that putting on a 1907 sling is something I don't want to do again, what a horrible design! But it looks right so.....
Not sure how exactly to use it so it may go into storage, but it's on for now.
I got the NM trigger job as well as NM sights, and a chrome lined short barrel.
In .308 the long barrel just doesn't perform that much better so I opted for the ease of handling. They say taking it all apart is tougher since the bay lug gets in the way of some of the gas parts, guess I will find out later.
As for shooting, I didn't get to do much of that yet due to weather. I did brave the cold to put 100 rounds through Saturday afternoon at 100yds.
The NM trigger job is REALLY nice, the best feeling 2 stage trigger I have used. I have a few on my ARs but this one really feels much nicer than any of those. The break is so clean.
After zeroing I was shooting 2-3 inch groups with South African battlepack stuff (boy I wish I'd bought more of that) and a tiny bit better with some Lake City match bulk stuff from Ammoman. I am sure the gun will shoot much better than me so I probably don't do it justice.
I really worried about the cast/forged receiver business but after being told of LRBs one year plus wait time I went with the Fulton and I am VERY glad I did.
Also spent a lot of time debating with myself about whether I wanted an "authentic" reproduction or one more fun to shoot. The "bush barrel" rifle is like the "Tanker" Garand; cool to look at but they didn't really exist.
I decided I wanted practical over pure historical accuracy so I went with the shorty.
I picked up some new surplus mags over the last few months and they all worked fine. They are not GI but they work so thats good enough for me. The few GI mags I managed to pick up I left wrapped in their original packaging for now.
The rifle was supposed to ship with a 10 round mag to keep some states happy, but mine did not. I'm not going to complain since I don't want a 10 rounder anyway since I still live in the US.
In a couple of weeks I will be out on my acreage and I fully expect several coyotes to fall to the M14.
That's as close to battle as my "battle rifle" is likely to see until the zombies come back.
