This rifle has caused me to sell my AR's.

'If you want to take my gun, you'll have to wait 'till I run out of ammo.' It is dead on a 6' bullseye 100 yards off hand! (Factory ammo.) I use mine with a trijicon sight (non - magnified) barrel rail mount. Having just took this weapon through a 4 day carbine course,its round count is at least 7000 rds with not one hiccup.proper maintenance and ammo does help achieve this flawless operation too.Īll i can say is get it!you wont regret it! SubMOA shots right outta the box!it was an instant attention grabber at the range as it is a throaty b*stard!(meaning load)it is however very easy to control and comparable recoil to any 7.62X51 weapon.my only complaint anout this weapon is the front sight post is a little fat for my taste but is still better than most ironsights.when i mounted my aimpoint t1 on it,it was a marriage made in heaven. i paid a little more than i wanted to but knew i had to have this weapon in case a ban did happen,and because i carried his big brother when i was in the military. What an excellent weapon! i bought my socom 16 back in feb during the great gun ban scare of 2013. Military doesn't go to this as it's main combat weapon is surprising. Combine that with it's range and with the compact size of the socom and it's unbeatable! Why the U.S. The m1a socom 16 is far better! This beats the m-16 in almost every way! The knock down power of the 7.62 round is well known. I loved the m-14 (we used it as our sniper rifle) but it was to big for close in urban combat. I have fired the m-16, m-60, saw, and m-14. 5 It's the best rifle I have ever used!.Very good for mid range and long range and very accurate and reliable!!! I love it! 5 A great rifle, lots of fun and protection!.Tons of knockdown power as many other owners have quoted. Has one heck of a kick, but supprizingly easy to keep on your target. There is hardly any recoil because of the muzzle break. It was proven glass to, a Leupold I pulled off another rifle.Fantastic rifle. 2' group 100 yds with iron sights, 4' with the scope. I fought it for two weeks and finally decided to pull it and just shoot the rifle with iron sights. I just went through the pains of tryIng to mount a scope to my standard M1A. I just have an Aimpoint M2 on the scout rail of my SOCOM. If the cuts were in the center of the mount, it would be a different story. Yes, but the spacing does allow the LaRue mount to work. Or you can swap stocks for a SAGE or Troy pistol grip/collapsible stock!Īctually the socom 16's rail IS weaver/picatinny spec You can't go wrong with a Smith Enterprise or ARMS: There is a scope mount FAQ that you can download. Go here for more info about the M14 than you could imagine. Here's an option that goes in place of the handguard: Yes, that's right, the SOCOM's forward rail is not picatinny spec. What would this entail? Has this suddenly become a gunsmith only proposition? It seems to be getting a bit more complicated. I was just advised by LaRue that their SPR-E mount installed backwards would work fine BUT it is not compatible with the OEM rail, which would have to be replaced with a 1913 Picatinny rail. I think it would be all too easy to bend the scope tube (if you didn't use them thar fancy schmancy alignment rods). I really don't remember my scope being offcentered, but when the shop guy mounted the scope he did use Millet rings which were windage adjustable, so maybe that's why.Īfter looking at those Millet rings, I would NOT necessarily recommend them for any other application. IIRC, from another forum it's either the Smith enterprises or the Fulton Armory mount that is supposedly way better than anything Springfield Armory puts out. In fact, I got some book called 'Sniping in Vietnam' where they show a pic of a similar mount where the big thumbscrew had been milled for flats and the snipers were using crescent wrenches to tighten the mount. It really needed to have some flats machined into it. It was big, circular with knurling and a big slot milled across it like a big ol' flat head wood screw. The larger screw on the scope mount was kinda. That steel block was drilled and tapped to accept the smaller of the two screws from the Springer scope mount. Like was previously mentioned, the stripper clip guide was tapped out, I think, and then another steel block was brass punched in its place. When I had an M1A, I too had the Springfield Armory 3rd generation mount.

M1a socom cqb with scope