M14 Forum

Earthquake · February 17th, 2012, 11:13 AM

Does any body have a M1A/M14 in a caliber other then 7.62N/308 Win? I seem to remember Springfield armory showing 243 Win and 7mm-08 in there catalog years ago. I allways thought it would be fun to build one in 358 win, that would be one hard hitting semi auto, or maybe the new 338 Ruger round.

Casey
OK, here come the hate comments.

tostado22 · February 17th, 2012, 12:31 PM

There are a few threads on one being developed in 30-06 and I think 7mm-08. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on the calibers, I haven't been able to keep up lately.

Bamban · February 17th, 2012, 12:54 PM

Contact Dave Sullivan of Westwind Rifles in Erie, Colorado. Currently if you order am M1A barrel from Krieger other than 308, Krieger will job out the order to Dave. He has the capability to turn 14 contour barrels out of blanks.

tmcfalls · February 17th, 2012, 01:09 PM

One of the "Guns and Ammo" guys had the M1A they torture tested a few years back rebuilt in .338 Federal, there is a write up about it on the web somewhere.

M1A's r BEST · February 17th, 2012, 04:26 PM

Yes, at one time SA, Inc. advertized M1A's in .243 Winchester and .358 Winchester.

Awhile back I ran across a pamphlet that came with my M1A when I bought it 30 some years ago. I need to "run across" it again and scan it into the computer.

MJ1 · February 17th, 2012, 09:35 PM

Met a guy in the mid 90's who told me he had one .243 and if I was interested he would see what he had in it. Now this was a pizza place 60 miles away but I had seen him there every time I had been in the area taking a class so I said OK see you in two weeks. I went back and the whole shpping center pizza place and all were gone. I had read they shot well and were favored by the hunting crowd so I was pissed. I know he restored MOPAR cars but I searched Pizza joints foe a few years and then stopped going to the area when I retired. I have read good things about the .243 and know people that are as crazy about it as I am about the 6.5 family

Maxfr · February 18th, 2012, 02:48 AM

hi all,

Here in France a lot of M1A are in 7-08 cause it is classified as "civilian caliber" whereas 308 is "military" caliber. Laws are differents for these 2 calibers, and it's easier to get "civilian" instead of "military". Very stupid but true....

BLACKTAIL 8541 · February 18th, 2012, 05:26 AM

I have thought of haveing one done in 7-08 or 260 remington for a while. Maybe I should look more into it this year as most of my current gun projects are completed or very near completion.

BLACKTAIL 8541 · February 18th, 2012, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earthquake

Does any body have a M1A/M14 in a caliber other then 7.62N/308 Win? I seem to remember Springfield armory showing 243 Win and 7mm-08 in there catalog years ago. I allways thought it would be fun to build one in 358 win, that would be one hard hitting semi auto, or maybe the new 338 Ruger round.

Casey
OK, here come the hate comments.

The 338 ruger round would make for a very interesting round. What is the case head size? Guess I should look it up.

nSquid · February 18th, 2012, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxfr

hi all,

Here in France a lot of M1A are in 7-08 cause it is classified as "civilian caliber" whereas 308 is "military" caliber. Laws are differents for these 2 calibers, and it's easier to get "civilian" instead of "military". Very stupid but true....

Mexico has the same problem, ergo the popularity of 38 Super in the 1911 down there.

Earthquake · February 18th, 2012, 09:46 AM

When I posted 338 Ruger I meant 338 Federal, brain fart. I'm not sure what the case head on the Ruger round is.

Casey

plsmyk · February 18th, 2012, 04:32 PM

I have a 7mm-08 SAI custom shop ordered SuperMatch. I purchased it pre-owned to swap it over to .308, but it's in minty shape, and since the non-.308 calibers aren't seen very often, I just haven't been able to bring myself to change it!

I haven't fired it since I've had it (4 years or so now), so guess it's about time I took care of it. :-)

m14brian · February 20th, 2012, 11:31 PM

I'm no spring chicken, so looking forward I thought this over and when I get older a .243 or 7mm-08 or some necked down cartridge with less recoil may be what the doctor ordered. I think anything with an OAL of 2.800 or slightly less would work. For me, I have broken disks and facet joint injury in my neck and serious chronic pain but I don't want to give up shooting or M1As.
m14brian

TEA · February 21st, 2012, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nSquid

Mexico has the same problem, ergo the popularity of 38 Super in the 1911 down there.

(thread derail) I thought civilian ownership of guns was all but forbidden down in Mexico. NPR did a story a few weeks ago about a growing gun rights movement in Mexico in response to the drug violence down there. Despite a few misleading anti-gun type comments by the commentator, the overall tone of the story was supportive of those wanting the right to own guns.

As for 30-06, I think you'd have a problem with the case length. What is the overall length of the .338?

m14brian · February 21st, 2012, 10:12 PM

The OAL of the .338 Federal is 2.80, so that would work nicely. That could be a hot round.
m14brian
http://archives.gunsandammo.com/content/338-federal