M1a cheekpiece - AR15.COM

Posted: 1/5/2002 3:02:15 PM EDT

Does anyone make a cheekpiece (don't know if proper term, but the little add-on so you can get the proper weld to the stock) for the M1a that doesn't look goofy or is not the standard old tie on type.

Posted: 1/5/2002 4:30:02 PM EDT

[#1]

Here yah go... www.springfield-armory.com/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=294&category_id=23fe0b6196d4b19d904844c8a3cc6a65

Posted: 1/5/2002 4:35:22 PM EDT

[#2]

oh yeah, that doesn't look goofy at all...

Posted: 1/5/2002 4:41:01 PM EDT

[#3]

That cheekpiece is so you can take a knap without leaving the bench

Posted: 1/5/2002 5:01:30 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
oh yeah, that doesn't look goofy at all...

You got a better alternative slick?

Posted: 1/5/2002 8:47:08 PM EDT

[#5]

Yes, get an adjustable stock slippy.

Posted: 1/5/2002 8:49:16 PM EDT

[#6]

Well, when I had a scope on my M1A I decided that functionality was more important than looks (much more important) so I just used foam rubber and 100mph tape to build up a cheekpiece. It sure wasn't pretty but it put my eye right where it needed to be.

Posted: 1/5/2002 10:51:45 PM EDT

[#7]

I recall seeing a device with a couple different size foam inserts that you would put underneath a neoprene type 'sleeve' that went around your stock (assorted colors). I'm not sure where I have seen it, maybe it was in a Cabela's catalog????

Posted: 1/5/2002 11:56:29 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
I recall seeing a device with a couple different size foam inserts that you would put underneath a neoprene type 'sleeve' that went around your stock (assorted colors). I'm not sure where I have seen it, maybe it was in a Cabela's catalog????

I believe it's the same one that I provided a link for at the top. Be carefull though, jtw2 thinks they don't look kewl enough so he'd rather you spend a couple hundred bucks more on a adjustable stock.

Posted: 1/6/2002 5:27:21 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

I believe it's the same one that I provided a link for at the top. Be carefull though, jtw2 thinks they don't look kewl enough so he'd rather you spend a couple hundred bucks more on a adjustable stock.

Sorry, they are not the same. Catch word was "Neoprene". it is strechable. but to get the best performance I too would recomend a nice adjustable stock.

Posted: 1/6/2002 6:17:16 AM EDT

[#10]

You could try and order the M21 or M25 stock from SA and then install on your M1A. Don't know for sure if they would fit or if you can order just the stocks but, its probably worth a phone call...

Posted: 1/6/2002 6:26:01 AM EDT

[#11]

Smith Enterprise makes one.
www.smithenterprise.com/products_index.htm

or:
www.fulton-armory.com/

Posted: 1/6/2002 12:13:33 PM EDT

[#12]

Yer kind of a crybaby aren't ya xsquid?

He specifically said he didn't want it to look goofy. That one looks goofy. Get over it or die angry.

Posted: 1/6/2002 2:10:48 PM EDT

[#13]

Even the excellent McMillan stocks with adjustable cheekpiece, used by the USMC DM, look goofy. It really comes down to this: the M14/M1A is a lousy platform to scope. Always has been, and always will be. The trade-off is that the iron sights are among the best to be had on any military rifle.

If you're going to scope an M14/M1A, you'll have to come to terms with the fact that doing so is a "kludge."

-Troy

Posted: 1/7/2002 9:17:55 AM EDT

[#14]

Link for Nonames' post:

www.mcmfamily.com/mfsinc_n/tac.html

Cost $320 retail, add $50 to have your hardware installed.

Posted: 1/7/2002 9:51:47 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Yer kind of a crybaby aren't ya xsquid?

He specifically said he didn't want it to look goofy. That one looks goofy. Get over it or die angry.

Angry? not even. Instead of being helpful, as I was trying to be, you instead post disparaging remarks without offering an alternative. I'd rather have something that works and look a bit un-cool to some people and have an extra $300 in my pocket, but that's just me. 71DL - same concept (inserting pads of different heights) except this wasn't neoprene -

Posted: 1/7/2002 12:32:48 PM EDT

[#16]

Ok, maybe you're right. I actually wasn't trying to be disparaging as much as to add a humorous post.

Sorry to get off on the wrong foot with you.

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