002″ alloy tape which can be used as a bracket shim if necessary.
All the screws and brackets were present as was a small vial of blue Locktite thread locker and a piece of. The SHG is actually designed to be but one part of a modular system that M14.ca makes for the M14-type of rifle but, while specifically designed to work with the Blackfeather RS, it will work with the Boyds, USGI, SAI or Chinese stocks though there may be some fitting required.Īccording to the folks at M14.ca the real trick to a proper installation of the SHG onto a Boyds or USGI stock is to maintain a sufficient clearance between the handguard and forearm.Ĭertainly the SHG comes with all the materials necessary to attend to the installation job. Whoever wrote these instructions did a really good job – they are clear and written in an easily understandable version of the English language. They can be purchased separately and, incidentally, are included when one buys the Blackfeather RS stock.Īs with other M14.ca products I’ve handled, the SHG comes with a Product Data Sheet and instructions for mounting the handguard to both of the Blackfeather RS stocks and traditional stocks. The SHG includes provision for the mounting of additional 4″ long rails at the 10 and 2 O’Clock positions but those rails are not included in the $219.95 price tag. In a rifle capable of (at best) 1 MOA and often more like 2 MOA a little wiggle-room in the zero would be hard to spot. This is a bold claim but one that is safer to make when dealing with rifles that don’t have bench-rest levels of accuracy. The folks at M14.ca say that this SHG is designed to maintain a precise alignment with the bore so that when you have properly attached and zeroed your long eye relief scope or RDS you can remove the upper from the stock and replace it or, for that matter, put it into another stock without losing your zero. The anodizing was evenly applied and anyone handling this item will easily see it is a quality piece of gear – clearly no one involved in the production of this equipment is working out of their kitchen with a rasp and a hammer.īeing made out of a metal and possessing a rail running just over 12″ long, one would expect this SHG to be heavier than its 6 1/2 ounces (not including clamps and screws) which, apparently, is only twice the weight of the GI fibreglass one it is designed to replace. I carefully examined the SHG and found the finish to be flawless. While best suited to the short barreled tanker or scout rifles, this SHG will also fit on a regular length M1A/M14.Īs regular readers of my reviews will know, I am always looking to how a company packs up and ships its products to customers I see it as an issue of corporate pride in how a business views the items it makes and sells and in this case ( as with the CASM ) I am happy to say that the product was carefully packaged, with lots of protective material, and it was shipped very fast with ‘signature required’. It is hard coat anodized and has a mil-spec 1913 ‘Picatinny’ rail on the top for the attachment of either a scout scope or red-dot optical device. Made out of 6061 Aluminum Alloy this is designed to replace the standard handguard found on all varieties of the M1A and M14-type rifles and offer a stable and low-profile place to mount your optics. This time I’ve had an opportunity to look at another M14.ca product – the M14/M1A Scout Hand Guard (SHG). I wrote a detailed review of this particular mount and a link to it can be found here: Other than the M25 receiver offered by LRB of Long Island, I think the CASM mount is one of the best there is. At that time I purchased the M14/M1A CASM scope mount from M14.ca and was very impressed.
My first experience of M14.ca took place a while back when I was tired of struggling to mount optics on a M14 using the traditional mounting solutions. I’m pleased to say that a company out of British Columbia – M14.ca – is one of the latter and it’s one of their products that I’m able to comment upon today.
LRB M14 UPPER FOR SALE PROFESSIONAL
Like any peripheral industry, the one that has grown up to service the ever-growing number of M14 owners in Canada has been populated with a cast of characters ranging from those who seemingly bore the twin curses of being both impecunious and star-crossed and whose grandiose plans always seemed to fall short to, at the other end of the spectrum, the fully professional companies whose expertise is matched by the peerless quality of products they make and sell. The steady supply into Canada of semi-automatic, civilian legal, M14-type rifles from the People’s Republic of China – rifles that are built on a forged (not cast) receiver and which retail for about Can$5-600 – has generated a very active ‘ cottage industry‘ of individuals and companies whose specialty is some aspect of M14 customizing, repair, maintenance or accessory provision.
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