The fat wood M-14 I had was a Springer. I almost cried when I had to turn it in as the barrel had gone to 7 on the guage. I took home a new 14 with a black McMillon fiberglass stock. It really shot well so I didn't cry too long.
After I left China Lake, I went to a sea going squardon and didn't have time to shoot matches. I had a piece of paper which said I could check out any weapon out of the base armory but the only gear I had left was my coat and stool. Plus the base did not have any match ammo and reloading was a big no. I did manage to fire one match and it turned out to be my personnel best. The Lt. that set me up never gave an invite again because I did better than he did.
Then I retired. I was busy raising a family and working weekends. 10 years later I came into some $ and had a correct post war Springer sent in (still kicking my self, if only I had known) for building into a match 308 with a fat stock. It took 16 months to build it. One of these days I'll post a photo of it.
Now I'm shooting AR's and a wood gun once in awhile. It took me awhile to learn to shoot again but I finally beat my 764 with a AR.
