[Lazerus2000]

Not so rare here in Canuckistan ....

Does your rifle have a USGI op rod? If not it has a rare Chinese op rod with the notch for the full auto feature and not the made for the US model with the rear slant cut op rod.

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We Canuckleheads also got several Chginese 14s that were originally FULL AUTO. These have the op rod dismount notch in the center, and the rear leg cut off flush with the receiver, and often, the side mount area ground flush at an angle.

Some of these "sporterised" formerly full auto M14 rifles have been nicely polished and reblued with a shiny/commercial type blue finish instead of the usual rough parkerising. And some came in very nice wood ... ??CHERRY??

When it comes to the Chinese 14s,
YPMMV,
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[Lazerus2000]

Or they glued in a popsicle stick ...

Since your rifle was already in a USGI stock, odds are that the previous owner has already fitted a USGI connector to your rifle. You can easily determine this. The factory connector is shorter than the USGI connector and is flush with the receiver.. The USGI connector sticks out about 1/4" or so from the receiver.

7th

The popsicle stick mod is quite popular up here in the North
However, since I am a discriminateing Gun Smiter,
I cut up a long strip of walnut,
correct for height and thickness,
and have been trimming pieces to length, rounding off the ends, and epoxying them in place.

If you forget this simple step, your connector pin will walk out during firing, causin the nag to stop feeding.
OOPS!!

OR,
they cut up a piece of Mountain Bike front axle to the longer length and replace the previously short connector pin ... which is a much more technically difficult feat than gluing in a popsicle stick.

TTFN
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