If you enjoy the M14..

[Buzzbox]

God I love Flamed Birch! Pity more people don't offer that wood for custom stocks.

Very nice grips on your 1911 friend, but I know not of "flamed birch." I've not taken that stock to any gay bars.

The stock is a USGI issue birch stock, not a commercial or presentation grade stock. Finished in Tung oil. They call it "Tiger Striping." It appears the wood in your grips is actually finer.

 

[ryoushi]

Flamed Birch, Tiger Striped Birch it's all the same stuff. Those GI issue stocks are national treasures in my book.

 

[jrfoxx]

Buzz, that's an amazing looking stock.

Amazing is an understatement.Thats just incredibly beautiful.It would drive me nuts though, because I'd be terrified to damage, or even get dirty, such a beautiful stock, but at the same time, owning a gun and not shooting it would kill me, so.....

 

[OMGWTFBBQ]

I hate you guys, now I'm going to have to start saving...

 

[Buzzbox]

Amazing is an understatement.Thats just incredibly beautiful.It would drive me nuts though, because I'd be terrified to damage, or even get dirty, such a beautiful stock, but at the same time, owning a gun and not shooting it would kill me, so.....

I think I have a pic of the stock when I received it. Scratches, dings and such in a wood stock actually aren't much trouble, many come out with a wipe of your chosen oil. That you can't see the damage to this stock just means I've refinished a few before.

As long as you aren't in the habit of curbstomping your rifles, you don't need to baby the stock. Especially one that was issued.

 

[madcratebuilder]

That is very nice Tiger stripe Buzzbox, very nice. Mine is a SA with the normal NM crap.

 

[Buzzbox]

That's a fine looking rifle, is it bedded?

 

[H2O MAN]

Terrific Threesome
What's the story on the Stubbie ?





These two are mine

 

[natescout]

love the scout , what kind of flash hider, vortex?

 

[Buzzbox]

Terrific Threesome
What's the story on the Stubbie ?

love the scout , what kind of flash hider, vortex?

It's an Armscorp TFL marked receiver, Criterion TFL 18" chrome lined barrel, and the flashhider is a standard one that has been cut and beveled.

 

[H2O MAN]

Buzzbox: ...the flashhider is a standard one that has been cut and beveled.

Interesting

Do you have close up pictures of this mod?
How well does it work?

Thanks ~

 

[IndianaBoy]

You know... seeing these pictures makes me hate Bill Clinton.

I don't care about the BJ on the oval office.

Selling secrets to the Chinese was probably his greatest sin.


But I despise the man for all the M14 rifles that he had cut into scrap.

 

[TexasRifleman]

But I despise the man for all the M14 rifles that he had cut into scrap.

Almost half a million of them, just makes me sick.

Here's my Fulton....

 

[trbon8r]

Texas Rifleman,

Nice looking gun you've got there. I notice you have the bayonet lug on the flash suppressor. I was under the impression that on the bush length rifles you couldn't remove the plug and gas piston unless you had a neutered flash suppressor?

 

[Wes Janson]

IIRC, you can remove the plug (not as easily though maybe), but you can't attach a bayonet.

 

[chrlefxtrt]

And I thought Ron Jeremy made me feel inadequate. Thanks a lot. You guys suck. Just kidding, apparently I suck, or I would have an M1-A1. Man I can't wait until bonus time in July.

 

[chrlefxtrt]

Very nice examples of American firearms btw. My jealousy is a compliment

 

[Buzzbox]

apparently I suck, or I would have an M1-A1. Man I can't wait until bonus time in July.

The M1-A1 is a Main Battle Tank, not a rifle.

 

[SpeedAKL]

Unbelievably beautiful guns....I want

 

[MidMichBlue]

Carried a 14 w/ switch & bipod in "66-"68. First gun I bought when I came home was a LH Rem788 in .308. Torched an ugly stock and it turned into the prettiest wood I've owned to this day. Always wondered what that 14 would have looked like after flaming. Now I know. Sweet!!

 

[Run&Shoot]

Thanks Buzz, that last pic was worth a month of reading THR threads just to see that. I have service Garands that I enjoy, but man oh man your M25 and M14s made me drool. You have done the M14 a just tribute. Keep it up. I hope you have kids and grandkids you'll be able to leave them to and know they will get generations of use and care. Well done and thanks for sharing!

BTW, let us know if Johnny Darwin shows up some night to rob a guy with three M14s and a full auto 9mm.

 

[TexasRifleman]

I notice you have the bayonet lug on the flash suppressor. I was under the impression that on the bush length rifles you couldn't remove the plug and gas piston unless you had a neutered flash suppressor?

I don't have any trouble getting the plug out but Wes Janson is right, there's no using a bayonet.

Fulton uses GI parts and since there was never such a thing as a "real" bush M14 anyway this is just how it ends up.

If I need to bayonet something I'll just run

 

[Wes Janson]

It's worth pointing out that Springfield does mark some rifle packages as "M1A1". Dunno if that's they're designation for 18" models, or what the deal is.

 

[Buzzbox]

It's worth pointing out that Springfield does mark some rifle packages as "M1A1". Dunno if that's they're designation for 18" models, or what the deal is.

Those are "M1A-A1 Bush models made before 1994. Still not M1A1.

 

[jeepmor]

Nice examples of fine issued wood. How do they flame it to bring out the grain so much? Do they heat it with a torch or is it just the name of that style of birch and it comes that way?

Usually the figured wood comes from the stump area of the trees harvested. On that note, an old colleague from way back said he had gun company representative stop by annually and ask him if they could buy his walnut tree should it ever be removed or fatally damaged. The stump diameter of this tree was well over 6 feet. Lots of beautiful stocks would come of it.