M1A mount

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Just put this on tonight, what do you all think?

Sadlak steel mount -

The directions looked like chinese arithmetic, but I finally figured them out.

 

[Slow Hand]

Very nice! I lucked into a great deal on a Smith Ent/ mount, otherwise I'd have bought the aluminum Sadlak mount. There are so many bad M14 mounts out there, it's nice to see someone put a quality one on a quality rifle! Have fun with it!

Doug K

 

[Flintlock]

Did you have to do anything to the receiver (drilling, etc) to get that mount on there? I can't really tell how it is mounted. Looks great though!

 

[Slow Hand]

You have to remove the stripper clip guide, which requires drifting out a roll pin and replace it with part of the mount. The bolt on the side of the reciever goes inot a hole that it already there. The bolt head is a 3/8" hex head, the same size as the gas plug.
Some of the Springfield recievers were not up to militay spec in some of the scope mounting dimensions. Sadlak sells a kit for around $5 to measure your reciever and if it's not to spec, you send them the measurements you got using the kit and they will build you a mount specifically for your rifle.

Pretty slick!

Doug K

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Nothing extra, the hole is already drilled in the side of the reciever. The clip guide is removed and there is a tab that you install, and that is screwed in and secured with locktite. It is held firmly with those, and also supported my a screw on the forward end of the reciever for extra support.

It is built like a brick sh**house. I talked to the owner of the shop, Mike Sadlak, for about 45 minutes, a very good guy to work with, stands behind his products.

Heck he even e-mailed me after awhile to make sure I was happy with it.