Parts Party: M1A Parts Photo - Off to Krieger...

[Sven]

I don't see how I could resist some test firing on Friday AM!

Bring your sling - don't have one of them yet.

 

[Steve Smith]

Wait, wait, wait, YOU DON'T HAVE A SLING??!!!!


AARRRGGHHH!!!!


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http://www.sharkysdive.net/LesTamm1907.htm

 

[HankL]

Dad gummit, I know I gave my last extra USGI 1907 away years ago.
You can try. Creedmore if you can't wait on a Tamm.

 

[Steve Smith]

Les can usually crank one out in about two weeks.

 

[Sven]

Was looking at getting one of these:
http://turnersling.com/miva/merchan...de=TS&Product_Code=NMSRAWS&Category_Code=NSRS

Turner says he will have Desert Tan as soon as January.

Meanwhile, thinking bout a good ol' fashioned Navy Sling:

http://members.cox.net/charleyssurplus/

M14 NAVY ISSUE SLING
M14_ NAVY ISSUE OD GREEN NYLON SLING W/SPRING HOOK AND COMPRESSION LOCK. CURRENT ISSUE. NEW $8.95 EA.

What's so cool about the Tam slings?

 

[Steve Smith]

What's cool? Well, its the best made leather sling you can buy, and Les will want to talk to you over the phone before you buy it. It has the heaviest leather, and the heaviest hardware (within the rules) you can find. If you ever have a problem Les will make it right. The biothanes like the Turner are slow to rig for sure, but are stout once set. I prefer to have a little tradition on my rifle, so I have a brown leather sling, rather than rubber or a black sling. That's just me.

As far as the "Navy" sling is concerned, that looks like an M1 style web sling, but it is nylon. You DON'T want a nylon sling. The $4 cloth web sling is head and shoulders above the nylon because the nylon slips!

 

[larryw]

Sven, I'll bring both my Turner 1907 (leather ) and cotton GI web sling for you to play with. Turner rigs sure are nice.

 

[Telperion]

Any more pics? When are you going to get it painted?

 

[HankL]

Tomorrow Is The Day!!!

 

[Sven]

She's calling... Steve Smith had me fire her and listen... indeed "rings like a bell" when the hammer falls - a high pitched ring. The rumor is that this is one of the hallmarks of a properly bedded M1A... who knows.

...now, the sad truth is, this will be the 5th or 6th time I've ever fired a rifle, so maybe I'll have larryw do the groups for record tomorrow.



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Finally my Tan paint job will be understood by those who didn't get it before - see how it blends in with my home environment? Fits right in at home - won't offend the sheeple with its Eddie Bauerish tones. Belongs right on that chair.

Seriously, planning on having Karsten paint it after I shoot out this barrel - 5000 round 'oil change'. Hook told me "didn't have any of that paint you used so I couldn't touch up the spots where I filed"... no big deal. If you look at the end of the stock in the hi-res lower image, you will see where Hook sawed off the end of the McMillan stock (or filed off the end, at least) for his fitting. I'm sure the insides are also quite modified, but I'm not going to look unless I have to. Hook told me not to open the gun unless it gets wet.

Excited.

 

[45R]

Sweeeet looking rifle!!

 

[larryw]

And she shoots better than she looks. Not that Sven let me shoot it though; he mumbled something along the lines of "from my cold dead hands".

He did agree to sell it...for $5K.

 

[Sven]

I'm starting to suspect that people don't like to shoot other guys firearms because when they do, there is a good chance they will want to buy another piece.

My first five shot group at 100 yards was just over 1"... mostly vertical dispersion, probably because I find it easy to center the sight on the tiny dot but the elevation is harder to judge for my newbie eyes. This was using the Lake City M118LR ammo, 2002 production.

Throwing out a 'flyer' put the group size at 0.9". My smith said that half my group size is probably human error. I'll post a picture of the targets and you'll see what I mean about the vertical spread.

I couldn't sleep last night due to excitement, but it was all worth it! Now I'm chugging Red Bull to stay awake...

-sven

Larry: the Rule of Twos shall not not be broken!

 

[LynnMassGuy]

Oh man that is cooool. I wish I could sneak an M1A past my wife.

 

[Sven]

 

[Telperion]

Those are some GREAT groups. Hope to see you and your rifle at some highpower matches soon.

Did you use a china marker or paint on the bolt? I've never seen the roll mark highlighted like that.

 

[Sven]

> Did you use a china marker or paint on the bolt?
> I've never seen the roll mark highlighted like that.

China marker is what I used... marked the bolt, op rod, receiver markings... still need to perform this on my windage numbers.

 

[Thunderstick]

Hey sven! Too bad you missed the penny!

 

[Sven]

Naw, I need to save my pennies for the next project - and feeding this one.

 

[Steve Smith]

No offense, but I think he's right...you're not even close to outshooting that rifle yet. She'll give you all the accuract you want for a long long time. Now, time to shoot a match!

 

[Sven]

Steve Smith called and explained how to march elevation for different distances onto the rings, as well as how to find mechanical zero. Took a couple more pics:


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Tonight I began dry practice with larryw's loaned sling - even set up the scope. I'm hooked.


-s


the proud 'father' - LOL

 

[Steve Smith]

Someone photoshop that with Lee Harvey Oswald's face!

 

[Dave P]

No Scopes!

All that work that Hook did on your sights, and you shoot 1 " groups, and you're gonna scope it??? I hope I read that wrong.


50 lashes with a Tasco for you!

 

[Steve Smith]

Dave, have no fear, no scopes. After the conversation Sven and I had, I think he knows he'll be disowned by the entire Highpower community if he slaps a scope on that thing.

 

[Sven]

That's my pose for "Suburban Militiamen of Fortune", coming to a magazine stand near you soon! No scope will be put on there - I'll eventually build another M1A for that purpose. Like... in a couple years after I've 'digested' this project.