Sks 299.00. M14 type rifles in 308 and 762x39 under 700 bucks.

[Crippledtrigger]

Sold by cabelas in CANADA!

New reasons to dislike slick willy and his norinco import ban. Phucking Canucks have access to some cool shit. That's new prices. Who knows used prices, regardless of their PAL card approval process, these are interesting weapons.

Polytech prices in the us are stupid high. Capitalism yeah!

Phuck you bill.

 

[Pale Rider]

Yea the pedo really sucks ass. The Norinco ban was a major screw job. I remember that Norinco 7.62 in the silver boxes. Great ammo, all copper jacket; about $80 a thousand. Still have some BW-36 powder, shoots about the same as 3031 and was $8 for 2 pounds.

 

[338lapua]

The M-14's are ok but you should have the receiver and the bolt heat treated as they can be a little soft.

 

[Mauser98]

The M-14's are ok but you should have the receiver and the bolt heat treated as they can be a little soft.

There are rumors now that they have gotten even worse. Like using a MIM bolt.

 

[338lapua]

The M-14's are ok but you should have the receiver and the bolt heat treated as they can be a little soft.

There are rumors now that they have gotten even worse. Like using a MIM bolt.

The springfields and several other are investment cast and they hold up well.

If it is engineered properly and heat treated after manufacturing you would be amazed at how well some of these parts work. Not that I trust anything chink made but those old 14's were pretty good.

At least now there are options for bolts other than USGI that are built right but good luck getting one in unless you are friends with a dealer in Canada and back road it across the border. Their bolts have always been a problem but the receivers were good, still heat treated them though.

Crazy thing now is a lot of companies are printing metal parts and it is only going to get bigger. That is my next business venture.

 

[Mauser98]

The M-14's are ok but you should have the receiver and the bolt heat treated as they can be a little soft.

There are rumors now that they have gotten even worse. Like using a MIM bolt.

The springfields and several other are investment cast and they hold up well.

If it is engineered properly and heat treated after manufacturing you would be amazed at how well some of these parts work. Not that I trust anything chink made but those old 14's were pretty good.

At least now there are options for bolts other than USGI that are built right but good luck getting one in unless you are friends with a dealer in Canada and back road it across the border. Their bolts have always been a problem but the receivers were good, still heat treated them though.

Crazy thing now is a lot of companies are printing metal parts and it is only going to get bigger. That is my next business venture.

Some of Springfield Armory Inc's bolts were cast, some were forged.

If anyone had any illusions about whether forged is better than cast, I think that riddle was solved when Springfield Armory Inc stopped using cast bolts and went to forged bolts. That's why they have the "F" marking on them.

 

[Traveler2]

The M-14's are ok but you should have the receiver and the bolt heat treated as they can be a little soft.

The bolts were/are the issue, improper HT allowed lug deformation and led to unsafe headspace. A Simple GI bolt conversion solved the issue. The receivers are forged and some of the most dimensionally accurate to GI spec and are very good quality. I have never read of a receiver problem related to either HT/metallurgy on a Norinco/Polytech.