Hey y’all,
I bought this guy one GB and it should be coming this week. It comes with a Leupold 3-9 on an older G.G.&G. mount. SN shows about ‘85 production and I’m pretty excited to check her out. The ad stated NM barrel so I’m curious to see it.
Did the Vietnam sniper rifles or more recent DMRs use fiberglass stocks like what’s on this?
XM21s in Vietnam reportedly used glass-bedded wooden stocks, but certainly some ad hoc rifles were seen, so possible some M14s with fiberglass were used as ad hoc snipers, but they would not be true XM21s.
However, thousands of the M14s used during the 200Xs in Iraq and Afghanistan were often seen with fiberglass stocks, and with a variety of official and un-official optics, sometimes purchased by the units. Here's a few examples:
Perhaps the most well-known M14 Squad Designated Marksman rifle used in the 200Xs with a USGI stock was the Smith Enterprises 'Crazy Horse' rifle, aka the M21A5. http://www.smithenterprise.com/images02/CH-2.02.jpg
The USMC had a dedicated "M14 DMR" that used a bedded McMillan M2A stock (green), but that was a standardized item with a specific configuration.
Anyhow, I hope you like your new M1A rifle.
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