The general consensus is that the older ones made from USGI parts on a receiver made for those parts are good to go. I joined M14FL on this past Sunday and did a lot of research and found a lot about Federal Ordnance. The GI parts on your rifle alone are worth far more than you paid for your rifle in the beginning! :eek: If you end up with a lot of money to spend and decide to go with an LRB then get the M25 version with the built in rail mount - that will take care of all concerns.Ĭoncerning cost, it may be that you paid less for your Fed Ord than an LRB receiver runs today, but that was then and this is now. Like I said, check out M14FL forums and see where your FedOrd receiver sits in terms of build quality - you may very well have one of the good ones and in such case certainly no need to replace. LRB would be a good choice for a replacent receiver but they're too expensive. Thier aluminum one costs closer to the ARMS, though.īy all means let us know how your ARMS mount works out. The steel one costs more than the ARMS #18 but for $45 more they'll custom fit it to the receiver. My last thought on a scope mount has been a Sadlack. I'll probably just stick with the Federal Ordnance receiver. I ordered mine from Brownells who have a good return policy if this mount doesn't work out. Seems it is kind of a craps shoot as to whether they will work with a receiver or not, but it seems that the earlier SAI receivers are better than the older. I like the design better than the Brookfield based mounts due to the low profile but am concerned with fit as well as ejection issues. I finally decided to try an ARMS 18 on my rifle, it should be delivered tomorrow so I'll happily report my results. If you haven't already checked out the M14FL forums you should as that is the place to go for all things M14.
Of course you are going to find a good smith to build the gun for you as M14s aren't as easy to build as ARs :( Seems like the 7.62 and the LRB receivers are the best rated. What year is your Fed Ordinance? From what I understand, the quality of their rifles were from excellent to poor depending on year of manufacture with the early guns being the best. Sounds like these days, having the GI parts is the bigger issue than a good receiver so you already have over half the battle won. I'm finding out that there aren't many sources of M14 receivers at all, though.:( receiver with a better one and then put a scope on it. Right now I'm seriously considering replacing that Fed.
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