’Nother New Toy

Norinco M14. Has a USGI fiberglass stock and a Springfield Armory Flash hider, and I believe the rest is Norinco. I got it for $585, which around here is as cheap as these things come. It came with 6 magazines, 5 being cheapos and 1 being USGI. I have 4 more USGI coming in the mail. I am hopefully going to shoot it today and will be able to give you guys a rough range report. I haven't been this excited over a rifle in a looooong time. I have wanted an m14 clone for years, but could never get my hands on one AND have my wallet cooperate at the same time. I traded my Remington 742 for it. I am thinking about selling my Oly AR15 and getting a USGI bolt fitted to my 14, maybe a national match oprod and gas piston, and hopefully at some point a Criterion or maybe even a Krieger barrel. We'll see how she shoots first before I do too much.

I am planning on getting a scope mount for it, but they aren't cheap. I am planning on getting one of those 5 round mags, though more for convenience than anything else. In NH it is legal to carry a beta-c mag while hunting as long as it only has 5 rounds in it. I was going to shoot it today, but decided to go rabbit hunting instead. Can't beat fresh snow. The beagle was working some real thick stuff and was chasing bunnies around in there, but couldn't bust them out of the cover, so no shots.