Lol. That goes back a few years steve!! Well, i got my money back from them. I just received a "new" stick yesterday. M1A from April of 1985, preban, left the factory as a M1A-A1, folding stock bush model with vented handguard. It was in CA, and the folding stock was removed and replaced sometime in the past 21 years with a NM walnut bedded stock, with DOD and P intact, very nice wood with a gloss finish. USGI SA bolt and trigger housing, old garand hammer, now has Sadlak NM spring guide and gas piston in it. I also just got in a USGI synthetic and brich grade 2 tiger strip nr 100% from Freds today. Gonna try to clean up the birch tomorrow. I got to put 40 rds south african surplus thru it yesterday. im not the best with irons, but i managed to get 2 good called shots at 80 yds that were touching. did a 5 round group, pulled 1 way out, 2 more were ok, but 2 were dead on when the shot fired. Those were the 2 touching :) I need more iron sight practice! I have a sadlak scope mount that is up at Sadlaks shop, so I gotta go pick that up sometime to really give it an accuracy testing! Flash hider has a nice ring to it, too!