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Posted: 7/10/2006 3:37:50 PM EDT
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A local gun shop is selling a National Match with a Springfield Scope for 2000.00. He said that it has had about 50 rounds down the pipe and comes with 8 30 Rd mags. My question is: How can I tell if it's an actual National Match? Will the serial number tell me anything. I will try and take some pictures. Any help will be great! Thanks, Chris |
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Call Springfield with the serial number. They can tell you how it left the factory. Also if they have the original box there may be some information on that as well. Edited to add; 30 round M14 magazines are nonperformers. Springfield Inc. scopes don't enjoy a reputation for quality or durability. If I decided I wanted the rifle I'd negotiate for it w/o the scope. |
+1 The "extras" in that package really give you no additional value as most, if not all, are of limited utility. |
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What's up with the scope, anyway? You must be referring to an M1A, no, with the scope and 30 round magazines, no? Buy the rifle, not the package. Besides, I wouldn't want the SA scope or the 30 round magazines. Neither adds any real value. What scope mount does it have? Is it GI or some cheap aftermarket mount that won't hold zero? |
Yes it's an M1A. It's got the Springfield mount and the SA 4-14X56 Scope. |
| More info on the rifle, I called SA with the serial number and they informed me that the serial number was just a reciever that was sold in Aug of 2003. The front sight is stamped NM 082. Is there any way to tell where the barrel came from? The mags are 30 rd mags. The owner is a retired sniper that used to work at the Dept. of Energy and stated that his agency bought 9 custom rifles from Springfield and this is one of them. It's a nice rifle and I really wanna get it, I am just trying to do a little homework! |
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Sounds like someone is BS ing you. If springfield sent it out as a reciever then that's probably all they did to it. They would have a record of making custom rifles. Also if DOE paid for the rifle, they certainly did not give it away. The question is, who put it together, and how does it shoot. There is a saying "Buy the rifle, not the story". That being said, Springfield mounts = junk 90% of the time, they don't hold zero well Springfield mounts = unreliable, also loose zero 30 round magazines = cheaper than dirt garbage, not worth the trouble except as targets. (Now if these are 20 round magazines you may be fine, (USGI, most T57 Taiwanese mags) Good luck and no I wouldn't pay $2000 for that. Check to see if the stock is bedded, should have a ring of epoxy type substance under the rear of the reciever and beneath the trigger guard. (may also be a dark gray bedding material) If it is just plain old wood, it isn't a NM. My rifle came as a standard loaded, (had a NM barrel but everything else was standard GI). So the NM on the barrel does not mean it's a NM rifle. Good luck SoS |
Buy the rifle not the package. Make sure the rifle is what it is represented to be. If the rifle is worth $1500 and the magazines total up to $200, then make an offer at $1700. It's a fair price. To me, the scope and mount are worthless. Ask the seller to separate them and sell them separately. Nothing talks like money. Plunk $1700 on the counter and say he can keep the scope & mount. |
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