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Welcome sir. I live in NY as well and have the exact same model and selected the M1A for the same reasons.

I'm new to the weapon platform as well and I can say do some reading here, there is a plethora of knowledge here on the M1A/M14

Enjoy her.

-John
 
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Welcome to the rabbit hole. RNGR1
Pour a glass of your favorite antiseptic and watch these two videos...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q2QBNIK0UA"]The M14 Rifle - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhrQciStUNs"]FRONTLINE VIETNAM: The Marine's M14 - YouTube[/ame]

The bible is FM 23-8. Chapter 5 shows the important grease points.

https://archive.org/stream/FM23-81968#page/n29/mode/2up

FM 23-71 will help you at the range. Chapter 3 covers the sights.

https://archive.org/stream/FM23-71#page/n47/mode/2up

When your brain can't handle any more, we dumb things down a bit on this thread...

https://m14forum.com/reference/501642-ps-magazine.html
 
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