M1A - Before SB281 what were they classfied as?

byf43 · Dec 16, 2013

gabe72 said:
I think prior to 94 may not have been,my first one wasn't regulated,very early 90s would have to find the paperwork

^^^This.

Pinecone · Dec 16, 2013

Have to check when ours was purchased.

I know it was included in the 1994 Fed ban. Not sure when MD added it to the list.

I found references to the original legislation for long guns that required the same Form 77 process has handguns and included 8 listed by name, and their copies. This was in 1989.

The list was revised in 1994:

In 1994, the Legislature revised the list of specific firearms set forth in the definition of “assault weapon.” Chapter 456, Laws of Maryland 1994. As part of that revision, the legislation removed from the list certain assault pistols that were otherwise being banned under other provisions of that legislation; the bill also added to the list other assault weapons “that have come into existence since the creation of the list.”

So it looks like it may have been added in 1994, in response to the Federal list.

In 1996, the term "regulated firearm" was introduced, with the same list.

The definition of “assault weapon,” newly codified in Article 27, §441(d), contained
the same list of specific weapons as the prior version..

johnnyb2 · Dec 16, 2013

Well, with ALL the murderous rampages that have been committed with this rifle, I understand why it would be banned. Must be.......................hundreds of them. So many, they do not even report them in the news!!! :-)

Pinecone · Dec 16, 2013

You mean like virtually ALL of the rifles on the list?

dist1646 · Dec 16, 2013

'94 was the year they were regulated. Somewhere around the 092000 sn range.

byf43 · Dec 17, 2013

dist1646 said:
'94 was the year they were regulated. Somewhere around the 092000 sn range.

That was what I thought. Sept. '94, wasn't it..... when Klinton I began.

:shrug:

xref · Aug 7, 2014

Can someone still buy an M14 via NFA even though the M1A is banned?

teratos · Aug 7, 2014

ken792 · Aug 7, 2014

So get an M1A/M14 stripped receiver? You can build an M14 pistol if you really wanted one.

Pinecone · Aug 8, 2014

ken792 said:
So get an M1A/M14 stripped receiver? You can build an M14 pistol if you really wanted one.

That would be interesting.

LONG gas system.

erwos · Aug 8, 2014

Chopping down an M1A into an SBR seems like it's going to entail a LOT of custom work. Even the SOCOM 16 doesn't lend itself to that. Troy had the "CAR-14" demo'd at SHOT 2011, but nothing ever came of it.

Better bet is to grab a Shuff's Garand conversion:
http://shuffsparkerizing.com/services/mag-fed-garand/

Vile Shadow · Aug 8, 2014

Pinecone said:
That would be interesting.

LONG gas system.

What might be interesting is watching somebody else shoot it.

Redcobra · Aug 8, 2014

dontpanic said:
They are not C & R. First one is from 1972, (give or take a year)

Regulated before. Banned now

Just checked,1974

Interesting. So the civilian version of the M14 wasn't available before 1974?
When did the M14 become standard issue for the Military (to replace the M1). When I trained in the 60s, we were issued the M14.

sailskidrive · Aug 8, 2014

Redcobra said:
Interesting. So the civilian version of the M14 wasn't available before 1974?
When did the M14 become standard issue for the Military (to replace the M1). When I trained in the 60s, we were issued the M14.

It was standard issue for about 6 years before being replaced by the M16. I think they started issuing it in '58 or '59.

Drmsparks · Aug 8, 2014

xref said:
Can someone still buy an M14 via NFA even though the M1A is banned?

You would be better off getting the FA one from duff's than and SBR. I think they are only asking 40K

TheDevilHimself · Aug 8, 2014

Redcobra said:
Interesting. So the civilian version of the M14 wasn't available before 1974?
When did the M14 become standard issue for the Military (to replace the M1). When I trained in the 60s, we were issued the M14.

There were semi M14 rifles made prior to 74, but they used standard M14 receivers. Sometimes, the receivers were welded around the selector switch, some just had semi only internal parts. This practice was declared verboten after the GCA OF 1968, as any rifle built using a machine gun receiver was deemed to be readily restorable.

Threeband · Aug 8, 2014

The M14 was officially adopted in 1957, but the Garand remained primary issue for years afterward.

In October of 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 82nd Airborne was still armed with Garands when they boarded the planes to jump into Cuba.

Fortunately, "the other guy blinked" and the invasion was called off.

Vile Shadow · Aug 8, 2014

My father was in the 3rd Infantry from '57 to '59. He never handled any M-14's. His rifle was a Garand.

Pinecone · Aug 8, 2014

Sources I have seen say the M-14 was officially adopted in 1959. Supposedly replaced the Garands by 1961 (see above post).

And was in service until 1970.

Tooling was sold to Taiwan in 1969.

whitelightning777 · Aug 9, 2014

If you want a 308, get an AR-10 and be happy. Pricing for it and accuracy is on par with the M1a1.

It's just like how AK rifles are banned but VZ-58 or VZ-2008s are not. The inmates have taken over the asylum.

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