Comments on: History of the Springfield M1A Rifle

By: Don

Don — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:14:29 +0000

I believe the 168 grain match would give you the best results if you want extreme accuracy. I haven’t tried them yet. Last month my local gun shop owner (and friend) sold me a National Match M1A new in the box with a few extra twenty round magazines for $1650.00. I feel like I got a great buy. Found me a Springfield Arms 6x14x50 3rd generation scope and put on it. Haven’t reloaded for it yet but that’s coming.
I used this rifle in USMC boot camp and until I was in Nam did we change over to the M-16. Nothing wrong with the 5.56 but the M14 is fun to shoot open sights. Qualified easily with open sites at 500 yards and less. It’s a great rifle.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:27:43 +0000

I just got a M1A standard and I am a handloader. What is a good accurate load for this rifle? I’ve had good results in the past with my other 308 calibers using IMR 4064 powered, so I will probably stick with it. It also works well in my M1 Garand. I’m assuming about a 150 grain bullet will work best in this rifle, as it does in my Garand. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

By: m1arifles

m1arifles — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:35:02 +0000

Shooting with iron sights on the m1a scout is AWESOME and super accurate. I’m sure you’ll have a blast!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:30:54 +0000

Great discussion. I just picked up a Springfield M1A (Loaded version) from my local FFL. I have always wanted one. I can’t wait to get out to the range c it. A local gun shop had a very nice National Match version but the 2250.00 price tag was more than I had to spend. I have a pretty good Leupold scope to put on it eventually but I am very interested to see if I can hit anything c the iron sights. By the way, I agree c Threepoint14, I looked at many gun sites, there were a few offering good deals on this rifle. However, they NEVER had it in stock. I paid right around 1500.00. This is the first gun I have purchased over the internet. The transaction was very smooth.
Best to all,
Michael

By: Threepoint14

Threepoint14 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:16:13 +0000

As a Marine grunt (’88-’92), I loved my M-16 A2. I thought it was pretty cool to hit black from the 500 line with a 5.56mm round. I never had a gun of my own until last year when I got into AR-15′s. Then a couple of months ago I started wanting a long range AR rifle, and was checking out Rock River and DPMS 308′s. One day I was surfing the web and came across a picture of the M1A. I knew I had to have one.

I started researching dealers and discovered there were none in stock anywhere. But that all changed when I found them on Gun Broker. I won an auction and should have take delivery next week! Which brings me to this quote from the original article:

“…the Springfield M1A two-stage military trigger and costs around $1000, that is if it is purchased at an online auction site such as Gunbroker.”

For anyone looking to get their own M1A, you can indeed find just about any version of this great weapon by Springfield Armory at Gun Broker. However, if you get one for less than $1500, consider yourself EXTREMELY lucky.

By: jody

jody — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:08:50 +0000

Try MidwayUSA for a Bayonet lug /suppressor

By: Aries Wren

Aries Wren — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:33:01 +0000

My great-granda had one of these, but I don’t know where it got to after he died 7 years ago. It was probably confiscated since a lot of firearms are illegal in Scotland, which was were he lived, or he was buried with it.

He was a good man, and he loved his guns. Though, I kinda doubt that he shot 8 nazi’s with a revolver and no spare ammo, he’s a real bugger when it comes to lying.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:03:20 +0000

There is nothing wrong with wanting the bayonet lug. I was just looking at it from a CQB tactical perspective. I thought it was wanted for close quarters but if you want it like your old GI issue rifle, then that’s fine IMO. A lot of people may not agree with me but I think it’s just fine. I know I would love to have my M4 carbine and set it up like I had it in Iraq but, “Assault Rifles” are not “California Friendly”.

Good luck and I hope you do find one.

By: Wondering

Wondering — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:40:05 +0000

It’s not that I NEED a bayonet lug, it’s that I WANT one. I went through Army basic training with an M-14 in 1969. I would like to have the rifle as militarly correct as possible (what’s wrong with that?), just for the heck of it. Also I like the idea of having one, just to tick off the gun haters who say “no, you shouldn’t have even that”. Screw ‘em.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:20:55 +0000

They originally did come with a bayonet lug but no longer manufacture them with the lug for civilian purchase. Why would you need a bayonet lug? Do you plan on putting the knife on the M1A? If so, why? You can shoot a lot more accurate without the bayonet.