It has acceptable accuracy combined with good firepower and awesome reliability for a semi-auto. Again I love the M1As I've had, but it's never going to be bolt-gun accurate and I don't care what anyone claims otherwise about sub-MOA accuracy with one. By the time you got it well below 1 MOA you have sunk considerable costs into the gun and probably should have just bought something more made for the task. I love my M1A, but let's be realistic that it is a main battle rifle and was designed with other considerations in mind outside of sub-MOA accuracy. Good luck, and I don't think you'll regret going with an m14/m1a.Įven my best match M1A is only 1 MOA. Even with all the national match tuning and modifications, most M1A's seem to only be capable of 1 MOA or better, which means you'll always get outshot by bolt guns or accuracy-oriented AR's there is a certain appeal of the M1A though in that it's tough, reliable, hard hitting, and has great iron sights. If I shoot enough, I'll get a sub-MOA 5 shot group every once in awhile. 308 ball, 2 MOA with match ammo, 1.5 MOA with tuned handloads. I have a stock M1A scout and it is good for about 4 MOA with standard. The modern SAGE EBR/Troy/VLTOR stocks might also be something to look into, but I am yet to see documented evidence of sub MOA performance out of those. You could always go with a custom build based on a LRB reciever, but that is probably going to cost almost twice as much. A gun with all of this will run you around $2000-$2500 new, you will just need to find a model with a muzzle brake or california compensator instead of a flash hider to make it CA legal. Basically, you are going to want a bedded stock, unitized/shimmed gas cylinder, and national match trigger group to get that kind of performance. To get consistent one MOA performance I would look at the Springfield National Match or Super Match. Unless he is being picky over Springfield owning the M1a name. I am pretty sure the Chinese guns are forged. I love how people love to defend their ignorance. Show me one with "AR-15" marked on it other than a Colt (not a fan). I have an M14S, it's not an M1A.Īnd actually, an AR-15 can't be a PSA or anything else. It is sort of generic for the platform like an Ar-15 could be a Colt or a PSA Now to throw a bone to the Fulton/LRB guys, their M1As are more accurate out of the box, and their stock to receiver fit is tighter. Investment casting is used for jet turbofan blades, engine blocks, and other high strength machine parts.
If you search Aregularguy on YouTube he has a Springfield that he has sank over 7000 rounds into it for his video. We all know a few people with sheet metal AK47s from back in the day. If that's the case then all these stamped AK47 rifles would've failed after all these decades.
But I've been around a few Springfield M1As and they never failed. If you want to pay for a forged M1A, go for it. On paper forging is a little stronger, but don't read into the hype of forging from Fulton/LRB fanboys. Springfield Armory M1As are investment cast and LRB and Fulton Armory M1As are forged.