Rifle Scopes M1A owners, a little help please.

[-=boone=-]

I have a friend who will be putting a new NF 5.5-22X50 on his M1A.

What is the best mount. (He is able to get the Springfield mount for $90, is this a decent mount? I know nothing about the M1A other than I want to own one.)

Rings? Leupold? NF? Sizes. (I would imagine the lowest possible sitting on top of one of the M1A mounts)

Any other information I need?

Thanks,
brian

 

[bwgdog]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

Go over to the M14 Firing Line-good forum-lots of good info.barry

 

[dmg308]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

The only mount for the M1a I found to be reliable and straight is the Sadlak which is an updated version of the Brookfield design.Tha SA mount s aren't worth the shit they are made of.

 

[Dark Horse]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

Nightforce ultra-light rings and Smith Enterprise or Sadlak mount. You will probably need a medium height ring to clear the rear sights.

 

[SpotcheckBilly]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

A great big +1 on the Sadlak mount. I've tried the SA mount (before I learned the lesson - it's crap), then tried the ARMS #18, then the Smith Ent. All had their problems, much of them due to the non-standard machining of the SA receiver. Then I found Sadlak. His mount is superb, and his custom fitting service is really a necessity for all but the most experienced gun tinkerers. It gives buying this mount a new dimension.

But before you do anything, read Lee Emerson's highly informative paper on scope mounting an M14/M1A. here's a link -

http://www.imageseek.com/m1a

Then use whatever high quality rings that you have available - Seekins, Badger Ord, NF, for example

 

[Travis S]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

There are much better options than the sa factory mount. Sadlak for one. Not cheap but are well worth it.

 

[SWFA]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

McCann Industries makes a nice mount as well.

http://www.gokart.net/shop-utopia/mccann/mount/mits/mits.html

 

[-=boone=-]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

Thanks for the information gentlemen. I had a member pm some information almost as soon as the thread was started. The mount has been chosen. Sadlak was the mount chosen.

Now were onto rings. So it was mentioned that the NF ultra light Medium ring to clear the rear sight.

For the people running this rigs, what ring are you running? Thanks.

 

[Michael]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

I run a Sadlak mount and IOR low rings. With the rear sight set at 200 yards the scope has plenty of clearance.
On the M1A you really want that scope as low as possible.

 

[LibertyOptics]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: boone</div><div class="ubbcode-body">. Sadlak was the mount chosen.

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Good choice.

Scott

 

[cruzie27]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

I used a ARMS#18 with plan jane Leupold rifleman rings to mount my Bushnell 3200 elite. For a low cost set up it worked out alot better than I thought.

Now that NF is going to have to clear your rear sight, so use the best rings you can find that keep the scope as low as possible. I know it is kind of a kop-out answer, but as long as you go with quality for your mount & rings all you have to worry about is clearing your rear sight, and handguard.

Check out m14tfl.com if you have not already.

 

[Dark Horse]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

Michael mentioned low rings with his IOR, I had to use medium most likely due to the eyepiece on my USO being a little thicker. Depending on the scope you are running, you may get away with a set of low rings. Not sure how big the eyepiece is on that Nightforce. Give them a call, at the very worst you may have to buy both and return which ever one you don't need.

 

[Travis S]

Re: M1A owners, a little help please.

Excellent choice. I would add cheek pad or riser like the rooster.