Hi everybody,
I'm just getting back to shooting after a long hiatus (long story). I've had a SA M1A for a couple years now, and love it. Before I went on hobby vacation, I had been doing some emailing around to vendors looking for some sort of way to mount sensible and fun goodies on one.
So, it's a new year and I come back, and lo and behold, I start seeing nifty things about some sort of sop-mod competition and a sage stock and 18 inch barrels and gas lock sights. So, I've got a lot of questions. I'm not an M1A noobie, but neither am I enlightened. And I'm certainly way behind the latest news.
So, if I can pester everybody with a ton of questions... please bear with me.
(1) The collabsible two-legged stock in the back... It looks a little unsturdy and awkward. Especially with the large gap between the cheek rest and the reciever heel. How does that fit in actual use? Can I shift my cheek if need be? Does it get the eye to a good height to use a dot sight and the irons?
(2) Does a dot-sight get too hot up top there? Does it work well with a Trijicon tri-power?
(3) The AR-style tube stock... does that get the eye to a good height? I have one of those on an AR, and am quite fond of it.
(4) Is it possible to move the handgrip forward a bit? I'd like to mount a ching sling (3-point) on it, and that will need a mounting point right in front of the magazine well.
(5) I hear reference to some sort of modification to the gas system. Does it still expel gas out the bottom of the rifle? I was kind of hoping to mount a light underneath in that spot, but not if it'll get blasted with every shot. (I'd like to avoid mounting on the side, since it makes things very wide to transport around in a standard case)
(6) There's now some sort of quick-attach sound suppressor mount that goes along with a vortex flash suppressor, right? Is anybody making a civie-compatible suppressors that go with them? The only one I've seen on the web is listed LEO only. (This will be a project for later, but good to know, of course)
Thanks for your wisdom!