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Posted: 9/4/2011 3:16:47 PM EDT
| I'm looking into purchasing a second m1a this time in the scout variety. I have yet to handle one or see one in person and it looks like an ideal handy little scout rifle. Can anyone tell me how stabil the scope mount is forward of the receiver? I've seen several pictures with optics mounted and was wondering about the stability of it? Is it just a railed portion of the upper handguard? Thanks in advance. |
| Buddy of mine bought a standard m1a and decided he wanted a scout scope on it. So he ordered the cheapo utg railed upper handguard just to try it out. He then bought a burris scout scope. Our first attempt to install it the rail wouldn't fit. Turns out the chamber area of his barrel is longer than this rail was designed for so we took a dremel with a carbide cutter and milled out the inside of the rail. Once we got it fitted we mounted the scope and tried it out. Turns out the darn thing is pretty solid. Has held zero for over a year even with the gun riding on the front rack of his 4 wheeler. He's a game warden in case your wondering. Anyways the scout setup is sturdy but I would suggest a better rail such as troy or ultimas to avoid the frustration we had. Or buy a socom 16 or socom ll and the rail is already there and is rock solid. I have the socom 16 and I love it with the Leupold scout scope. Be warned the scout setup is not for everyone and the scopes are kinda expensive and if you don't like it they can be hard to get rid of if you don't like it. Also scope options are limited. But it is a neat setup and it least for me enables fast target acquisition. |
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Buddy of mine bought a standard m1a and decided he wanted a scout scope on it. So he ordered the cheapo utg railed upper handguard just to try it out. He then bought a burris scout scope. Our first attempt to install it the rail wouldn't fit. Turns out the chamber area of his barrel is longer than this rail was designed for so we took a dremel with a carbide cutter and milled out the inside of the rail. Once we got it fitted we mounted the scope and tried it out. Turns out the darn thing is pretty solid. Has held zero for over a year even with the gun riding on the front rack of his 4 wheeler. He's a game warden in case your wondering. Anyways the scout setup is sturdy but I would suggest a better rail such as troy or ultimas to avoid the frustration we had. Or buy a socom 16 or socom ll and the rail is already there and is rock solid. I have the socom 16 and I love it with the Leupold scout scope. Be warned the scout setup is not for everyone and the scopes are kinda expensive and if you don't like it they can be hard to get rid of if you don't like it. Also scope options are limited. But it is a neat setup and it least for me enables fast target acquisition. thats exactly what I was looking for thanks. My M1a std did not have a scope on it, I was thinking of putting an Aimpoint or similar on the scout but as wondering about the zero. Thanks again. |
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The Scout mount it comes with is stable. It clamped to the barrel, but it sits up higher. So with an aimpoint even mounted as low as you can, the Irons are not co-witnessing. That bothers some. There is different options that are lower to do such though. Quality is key. Cheap will not get you perfection. The M8 UtliMak rail is probably the one to go with for your needs. But there are others, that are available. I'd research it and decide.
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I have two M8 UltiMak rails installed on M1As and they are rock stable & very low profile.
UltiMAk M8 The second poster pointed out what happens when you go cheap. |
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