It won me a few medals, and it made me sad to turn it back in.
Springfield introduced its semi-auto-only clone, the M1A, in the mid 1970s.
I tried early ones and wasnt impressed.
I saw some that were sweet and some that werent.
Time marched further on.
Springfield listened attentively to constructive criticism from the shooting field.
Quality control got better, and more consistent.
M1As started winning championships.
I wound up buying several over the years, and all lived up to expectations.
There are a couple in my gun safe right now.
So, after seeing anotherreview of the Springfield M1A Loaded Precision, I ordered one.
It lived up to expectations, too.
Testing notes read: Mirage due to heat.
69 degrees when we started, 82% relative humidity, clear and sunny.
Wind 1-2 MPH left to right across the range.
Mirage medium to heavy.
By 10:30, 72 degrees and humidity down to 72%.
With this Lapua ammo, the M1A Loaded shot twice as tight.
Well within a minute of angle, and delivered with a powerful semiautomatic rifle.
At virtually every distance, our test team was putting bullets into the tie-breaking center ten-X ring.
Accuracy that, delivered on demand, would win national championships.
No malfunctions of any kind were noted by any of the testers.
Why A Semiautomatic Precision Rifle?
That has changed, largely due to the prevalence and advancement of the AR-15 platform.
Modern advancements have impacted the M14/M1A platform, too.
A gang of four homicidal thugs were holding forty hostages.
He was behind a standard bolt-action precision rifle, with the target spot on in his crosshairs.
The angled, thick glass was just enough to deflect the .308 slug.
The entry team exploded in, but by that time four hostages were dead and several more wounded.
Total retail on a rifle set up like this one: $3,093.00.
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