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49 harley
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http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=486237824
Will someone verify what I see? Upon questioning seller about selector being faux, still claims to be semi-auto. Yet all the machining on right side including middle notch? Am I wrong? I'm very familiar with these, but never personally examined a Class 3?
Will someone verify what I see? Upon questioning seller about selector being faux, still claims to be semi-auto. Yet all the machining on right side including middle notch? Am I wrong? I'm very familiar with these, but never personally examined a Class 3?
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A small number of Class 3 rifles were made by SA Inc at Geneseo, IL; I am not aware that any were made in Devine, TX, where this rifle's barrel & receiver were made.
Folks selling Devine rifles usually ask a high price based on [img][/img]someone's belief that they should be desirable, but I haven't seen any sales that show that to be true. A genuine USGM14E2 stock will bring a substantial price, but I see no markings to make me believe that the stock on the rifle pictured is not a reproduction. It also seems odd that anyone would put an M1 rifle lockbar rear sight on an M1A.
Neal
EDIT: Mr Harley makes a good point about the notch. This is an early Geneseo receiver, & it doesn't have the notch.
EVERY SA Inc M1A receiver was cast; they did not "convert" USGI receivers (which were forged). And, there have been at least a dozen variations, likely because every contractor made their own molds. I would guess that the notch in the middle was eliminated at the request of the fellas with the bulges in the cheap suits.
It also seems odd that anyone would put an M1 rifle lockbar rear sight on an M1A.
I have a standard grade M1A, purchased new in 2000. It came equipped with a WW II vintage M1 lockbar rear sight.
http://sparrowhawkm14.com/hawks-deluxe-ambi-kit.html
There are a couple different versions. The cold pin hole you see on the rear is for a cold rolled steel pin anchoring the fake device to the stock.