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Glad I'm not the only one

@@Spudmuffinz a M14?

@@HazmatUnit new m1a

@@Spudmuffinz yeah

Holy shit i thought i was the only one wtf

I just did it with the safety off. Luckily nothing happened but if you were to accidentally squeeze the trigger assembly and the hammer fell, it might do some damage to you.

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I had same problem, there is a video on KZfaq on how to remove a stuck op rod on m1a. Check it out. He uses a gunsmith hammer and a screwdriver. It works perfectly and does no damage, just make sure you have it lined up correctly before doing it.

@@Eric_the_miserable_midget saw that one I was just a little concerned about damage, but I mean if it works for you and others I'll give it a run. When I pick up a gunsmith hammer lol

It is best to do a proper field strip to remove the handguard.

Because if u hit it with the cleaning rod after the bore brush looses resistance when entering the chamber u damage the bolt face or the cleaning rod with a steel cleaning rod and the bolt will release

I just ordered mine and I'm worried about the scope mount getting in the way of disassembly. Please let me know if that becomes a problem

@@philgilz1821 the scope mount won't get in the way. I've seen people taking theirs apart and it having the scope mount still attached. What my problem is on mine is that everything seems tight on the stock and nothing want's to come out so I can take the stock off so I can get started putting a scope mount on it. To be able the put the mount on it you have to take the stock off and flip it upside down and knock out the pin that's in the stripper clip mount because the stripper clip mount has to come off. But some people's M1A don't come with the stripper clip mounts and don't have to deal with that but mine came with a stripper clip mount that's alright install to the gun

You mean the handguards? Very early M14 stocks were wood, but the wood split under the heat of full auto fire, so the US switched to fiberglass, some closed and some vented. Iron-sight users sometimes complain about heat mirage affecting their sighting with the open top design (and dirt and grime can get in there too), so the most popular solution was the closed fiberglass top handguard. Springfield uses, yes, a plastic top, which I also found off-putting. I went with a black slotted/vented top on mine that I picked up as military surplus.

Just a follow-up Brownells. Any info on that stock?

It looks like the standard black composite stock that was on pre-2010 Scout Squad models. You can tell by the 4 divots on the butt rest.

the military version goes brrrrt and the civilian one goes pew pew pew

@@payfone Thanks for that!! Hilarious!

Just the small detail of full auto. Which I'm sure is pretty much uncontrollable. 5.56 is even a beast full auto.

Ur joking……right

Yeah, great video otherwise, but it is funny to go to the trouble of doing a two-camera shoot but only have the actor look into one camera.