A tale of three rifle choices for me!

Site Notices

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - A tale of three rifle choices for me!

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:27:38 AM EDT

So I'm taking my money from the bonds that I've saved up the past four years and I'm going to put this $1,300 towards a nice 7.62 mm rifle. I have a 1,000rds of ammo that I bought 6 years ago when I was original going to buy an FAL type rifle. Now I have three rifle chooses one is a nice DSA SA58 a used M1A and last is the RRA LAR-10. Now I have 8 FAL mags for when I was going to buy the FAL and they will also work on the LAR-10 but the M1A has been the rifle I've wanted since I was 13 years old and saw it in a S.O.F article. The only down side to the M1A is that if I buy the rifle that is all I can get no extra mags no more ammo until I save up some more money. The M1A does come with one 20rd mag so I'll have one mags for it. So if you where in my place what would you get?

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:31:47 AM EDT

[#1]

Get the M1A...you can find mags for it fairly cheap now.

The sights are much better and you can shoot high power matches with it...

I think you will enjoy it more than an FAL.

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:32:57 AM EDT

[#2]

for that money i wouldn't buy a new SA m1a. i have just seen way to many have problems NEW out of the box.

i'd lean toward the fal but IMHO DSA is WAY over priced on those guns. they are well made and finished but to me just not worth that kind of money for a fal. My opinion only. I have seen VERY few dsa's have problems out of the box.

i'd be more inclined to look for an older M1a with all gi parts. they are out there and generally under 1k.

jmho

mike

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:33:45 AM EDT

[#3]

M1A.

Tale, not tail.

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:36:47 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
for that money i wouldn't buy a new SA m1a. i have just seen way to many have problems NEW out of the box.

i'd lean toward the fal but IMHO DSA is WAY over priced on those guns. they are well made and finished but to me just not worth that kind of money for a fal. My opinion only. I have seen VERY few dsa's have problems out of the box.

i'd be more inclined to look for an older M1a with all gi parts. they are out there and generally under 1k.

jmho

mike

Pay no attention to those fools, lardass!

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:38:01 AM EDT

[#5]

Tail of Three Cities?

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:39:08 AM EDT

[#6]

I'd get the FAL, but the M1A is a good choice too.

The LAR-10 isn't even out yet, and when you consider the problems that Bushmaster had with theirs (same design) I would want to see a few other people be the test cases before I spent my money on one.

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:41:52 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
M1A.

Tale, not tail.

Wow I really over looked that one. Thanks

Posted: 8/21/2006 9:59:06 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
for that money i wouldn't buy a new SA m1a. i have just seen way to many have problems NEW out of the box.

i'd lean toward the fal but IMHO DSA is WAY over priced on those guns. they are well made and finished but to me just not worth that kind of money for a fal. My opinion only. I have seen VERY few dsa's have problems out of the box.

i'd be more inclined to look for an older M1a with all gi parts. they are out there and generally under 1k.

jmho

mike

Pay no attention to those fools, lardass!
i76.photobucket.com/albums/j6/steve__oh/aug021.jpg

so you got a good one woo hoo. i have seen 4 nib fail at the range or have parts fall off of them the first time they were shot. granted most of the problems i have seen have been with the socoms, but it speaks volumes about SA qulaity control on those guns.

Posted: 8/21/2006 10:01:24 AM EDT

[#9]

I love FALs.

Posted: 8/21/2006 10:04:45 AM EDT

[#10]

CETME!

Posted: 8/21/2006 10:05:41 AM EDT

[#11]

M1A/M14
the only way to go

Posted: 8/21/2006 10:06:07 AM EDT

[#12]

[chant] FAL... FAL... [/chant]

- BG

Posted: 8/21/2006 10:10:01 AM EDT

[#13]

Had both FAL and M1A... If I got to pick one it is the M1A

Posted: 8/21/2006 11:55:42 AM EDT

[#14]

I see a lot of people selling the M1A Socom 16 is there something wrong with them? I'd much rather have a scout then it anyway but I've been find them all over of $1,300 up to $1,400 used with only 100 to 500 round thought them! What gives??

Posted: 8/21/2006 11:59:48 AM EDT

[#15]

M1A definately

Posted: 8/21/2006 12:04:25 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
I see a lot of people selling the M1A Socom 16 is there something wrong with them? I'd much rather have a scout then it anyway but I've been find them all over of $1,300 up to $1,400 used with only 100 to 500 round thought them! What gives??

that should tell you alot. people don't drop 1k+ on a rifle and ump it with 100 rnds through it.

we had a guy with a new one at our shoot last month. pulled out of the box cleaned and lubed it. shot 3-4 feet high at 100 yards with all the adjustment out of the site. after his 3rd mage the tritium front sight fell of the gun.

a few weeks before that i watched a NEW gun break an extractor.

before that a new gun with broken firing pin before the first mag through it was finished.

that many problems are simply unacceptable on a gun that costs that much.

Posted: 8/21/2006 12:33:04 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

that should tell you alot. people don't drop 1k+ on a rifle and ump it with 100 rnds through it.

we had a guy with a new one at our shoot last month. pulled out of the box cleaned and lubed it. shot 3-4 feet high at 100 yards with all the adjustment out of the site. after his 3rd mage the tritium front sight fell of the gun.

a few weeks before that i watched a NEW gun break an extractor.

before that a new gun with broken firing pin before the first mag through it was finished.

that many problems are simply unacceptable on a gun that costs that much.

I've only seen it for the M1A Socom 16 the rest of the M1A that I've found used most where Pawn shop trade ins for cash and they never came back to get the rifle.

I have a guy offering me pre ban Polytech, all Poly except the TRW bolt and a NM no lug flashhider. Have a USGI Fiberglas stock for it for $900.. I'm not sure about these rifles I'm thinking spend the extra $300 and get a Springfield.

Posted: 8/21/2006 12:48:33 PM EDT

[#18]

Whatever you get just make sure you get Goose down comforters for them. They don't like to sleep on anything else.

I have both an M1A and DSA58. Love them both! Hard to choose just one but if I had to I would be the DS58. FALs are the greatest rifles of all time (but not by much, splitting hairs)!

Posted: 8/21/2006 12:51:06 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:

that should tell you alot. people don't drop 1k+ on a rifle and ump it with 100 rnds through it.

we had a guy with a new one at our shoot last month. pulled out of the box cleaned and lubed it. shot 3-4 feet high at 100 yards with all the adjustment out of the site. after his 3rd mage the tritium front sight fell of the gun.

a few weeks before that i watched a NEW gun break an extractor.

before that a new gun with broken firing pin before the first mag through it was finished.

that many problems are simply unacceptable on a gun that costs that much.

I've only seen it for the M1A Socom 16 the rest of the M1A that I've found used most where Pawn shop trade ins for cash and they never came back to get the rifle.

I have a guy offering me pre ban Polytech, all Poly except the TRW bolt and a NM no lug flashhider. Have a USGI Fiberglas stock for it for $900.. I'm not sure about these rifles I'm thinking spend the extra $300 and get a Springfield.

polytechs had some of the best recievers out their. there was some question of soft bolts on very early guns and improperly fit bolts on the newer ones causing headspace issues. if it's got a gi bolt that's been resolved. i have a norinco and it's a VERY good shhoting reliable gun. i'd have no problem buying that one except for the price. i'd think 700.00 tops for it with the work done.

Posted: 8/21/2006 12:59:22 PM EDT

[#20]

You guys are WAAAAAY off today.....not one, "get all three" yet?

roy d....an unqualified vote for the M1A

Posted: 8/21/2006 1:02:13 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:

that should tell you alot. people don't drop 1k+ on a rifle and ump it with 100 rnds through it.

we had a guy with a new one at our shoot last month. pulled out of the box cleaned and lubed it. shot 3-4 feet high at 100 yards with all the adjustment out of the site. after his 3rd mage the tritium front sight fell of the gun.

a few weeks before that i watched a NEW gun break an extractor.

before that a new gun with broken firing pin before the first mag through it was finished.

that many problems are simply unacceptable on a gun that costs that much.

I've only seen it for the M1A Socom 16 the rest of the M1A that I've found used most where Pawn shop trade ins for cash and they never came back to get the rifle.

I have a guy offering me pre ban Polytech, all Poly except the TRW bolt and a NM no lug flashhider. Have a USGI Fiberglas stock for it for $900.. I'm not sure about these rifles I'm thinking spend the extra $300 and get a Springfield.

polytechs had some of the best recievers out their. there was some question of soft bolts on very early guns and improperly fit bolts on the newer ones causing headspace issues. if it's got a gi bolt that's been resolved. i have a norinco and it's a VERY good shhoting reliable gun. i'd have no problem buying that one except for the price. i'd think 700.00 tops for it with the work done.

+1 for the comment on the polys. I just got one and it rocks.
Also ask him who did the bolt conversion, alot of them are done wrong/badly. In rare cases a usgi bolt will drop in and work fine, but usually its not the case. Names you want to hear are smith enterprises, warbird, fulton armory. You might worry if you hear the name my local gunsmith bubba down the street. Essentially good work entails some slight machining of the reciever, while bad work entails grinding down a USGI bolt to get it to fit (which is bad if you grind too much as you get through the surface hardness of the bolt to the soft bits = quickly growing headspace, also no other usgi bolts will drop in.)

Posted: 8/21/2006 1:30:15 PM EDT

[#22]

Get a FAL

Posted: 8/21/2006 1:33:20 PM EDT

[#23]

Fal. The rra needs to be proven first.

Posted: 8/21/2006 1:39:27 PM EDT

[#24]

I don't want to act like an ass, but didn't you say elsewhere that you were having serious money issues with the missus? Might not be the best time to buy another toy...but it's your choice.

Posted: 8/21/2006 1:43:08 PM EDT

[#25]

Mmm a threesome.

Posted: 8/21/2006 2:03:33 PM EDT

[#26]

If you're dead set on an M14, don't get it from Springfield Armory. I would suggest Smith Enterprises, Fulton Armory, or LRB Arms (which is local for me

), but they're all well over $1300.

For that reason, I'd say go with either the FAL or the RRA LAR-10. Personally, I'd go woth the LAR-10.

Posted: 8/21/2006 4:21:42 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
I don't want to act like an ass, but didn't you say elsewhere that you were having serious money issues with the missus? Might not be the best time to buy another toy...but it's your choice.

I'm but I'm going to be getting about $2,500 on bonds and saving account. Another $1054.00 a month GI. Bill after I start school and About $10,500 if I join the NG then my wife is bringing in $4,000 a month and I'm bring in about $1,020 a month..

Really it is the $2,500 that is helping me out a lot and I've been making a little money by selling some of my old military gear. Last this rifle is more then likely going to be bought in the next 3 to 6 months. I'm just trying to plan thing out and get stuff I need and sell the stuff I don't need.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - A tale of three rifle choices for me!

General » General Discussion

Warning

Confirm Action

About AR15.COM

Stay Connected

Newsletter

Contact Us