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Posted: 9/24/2009 1:05:19 PM EDT
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Does anyone here actually own one of these? I would love to see some photos and hear about how it shoots.
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I tried to own one once but a bunch of silly stuff like feeding kids and paying bill's got in the way. I'm sure that your kids will someday appreciate your sacrifices. Quoted:
they look nice, but fo that kind of money, you can build a sick custom 14 to your exact specs. with GI parts. SEI can build you a full blown Crazy Horse M21A5 with USGI and SEI parts for what the SAI Whitefeather will cost you. |
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Isn't the M25 (as well as the M-21 and "Supermatch's") a "dual-lug" reciever? (I know the SM are, I have one and it's a sweet shooter)
I had a NM M1A and it was a very good shooter, but the SM out performs that. It was worth the extra $$ for me, but that that was a few years back when they were a bit more resonable price wise. Bascially the only diff between the SM and m21 is the m21 has a adjustable cheek rest. The M25 diff from M21 is ? (I'm thiniking just the "special edition" version, extra marking/engraving collectable satus) vs. any extra fancy parts... |
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The M25 White Feather has a few differances unique to it. The scope mount, but it replaces the rear iron sight. It uses a McMillan stock, White feather logo, Rader adj trigger group. and a muzzel break with no front sight. Other wise it is based off a supermatch.
If you were to build something simular you probably could build it cheaper and better with better parts. A better option with better results might be using an LRB forged M25 receiver. It mounts the scope lower, solid, and allows the use of iron sights. No bolt on mount needed. Instead of using the McMillan stock you would have to have bedded properly which makes or breaks even the best rifle build you might look at the JAE stock. That is rock solid aluminum skeliton in a molded percision tactical stock. Parts from SEI, sadlak plus a few sourced USGI parts toped of with a quality optic, it with out shoot the SAI version and most of us to. About the only thing I would really recommend taking from the SAI M25 is the rader trigger and the heavy Krieger barrel. I chose both with my M21 build and they really perform beyond what I could have hoped for. I can hold 5 shots pretty easily inside a quarter 100yds with irons. Can't wait for the optics to arrive. Anyway Hathcock normally used used a Pre 64 model 70 in 30-06 fitted with a heavy contour barrel. As a Lcpl he won the Wimbleton Cup with a 300 win mag version. I'm not sure he ever used M14's worked over to M21s on sniper missions. It is nice SAI honors him with their rifle, but you pay for it and not so much the rifle itself. |
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