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Anyone hunt with a M1A?
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:05 pm
Getting a Springfield M1A squad with 18” Barrel this weekend and am thinking about slapping a long eye relief scope on it. Depending how it shoots I may use it as my deer rifle this season. Those of you with this gun what kind of accuracy are you getting?
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Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:17 pm to bayoudude
Does the State still have a 5 shot limit on rifles when deer hunting? Doesn't the old M1 Garand hold 8?
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:19 pm to Count Chocula
I am in mississippi there aren’t any rifle restrictions. This is also the semiauto version of the M-14 with detachable box magazine chambered in .308
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:25 pm to bayoudude
That's a big heavy rifle to lug around but it oughta work just fine.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:59 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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That's a big heavy rifle to lug around but it oughta work just fine.
Agreed.
I don't know if there's a round limit in LA but unless you're hunting herds of pigs a 10 round mag should suffice. It'll just be a bit heavy and bulky.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 5:14 pm to bayoudude
Keep ammo in the 150 - 168gr range, avoid soft points, have fun.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 5:40 pm to Clames
Can’t wait to get my hands on it as this is a bucket list gun for me.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 5:46 pm to Clames
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avoid soft points,
That’s somewhat of buzzkill
Posted on 9/19/18 at 5:50 pm to bayoudude
Just my 2 cents but putting a scope on that’s rifle is an abomination. Now I have a Garand and these old eyes and those sights don’t get along so well, but I am not intending to hunt with it. That M1A is a beautiful classic, don’t ruin it, but to each his own.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 5:52 pm to byutgr
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That M1A is a beautiful classic, don’t ruin it, but to each his own.
Can get scope mounts for the M1A's, already drilled and tapped for mounts. Not gonna ruin anything.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:17 pm to Clames
Squad rifle has a rail factory mounted on the forward hand guard
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:51 pm to bayoudude
If you using the m1/m1a platform, use iron sights like god intended, you heathen
Posted on 9/19/18 at 7:04 pm to bayoudude
Ive always had a thing for m1a scout with an aimpoint and suppressor.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 7:48 pm to Tiguar
Noted tiguar! She may end up being just an iron sight steel ringer. I already have a 300 blackout ar for close in deer hunting. Just like killing shite with something different
Posted on 9/19/18 at 7:51 pm to kengel2
That sounds extremely fun
Posted on 9/19/18 at 8:03 pm to byutgr
I don't have anything to add... So I'm just gonna brag by posting pics of my CMP M1 and James River Armory reproduction M1A. 
Posted on 9/19/18 at 8:32 pm to cdaniel76
My two favorite rifles right there! I would love to have a cmp garand. The one i have was an import and has a Taiwanese Barrel and also oriental sight markings. Everything else is original GI with the receiver being a 1943 Springfield armory.
Posted on 9/20/18 at 7:43 am to bayoudude
My receiver is Dec'44.
Posted on 9/20/18 at 8:17 am to Clames
Why no soft points?
Posted on 9/20/18 at 8:51 am to bayoudude
Took a white-tail here in Texas a couple years ago with one. Its a good gun and I really like .308 for a mid sized animal like a white-tail.
I will say the gun isn’t the most inherently accurate rifle out there. Of course I just have the most basic model Springfield offers, not a match version or anything so there might be more accurate stuff out there. Mine mostly shoots 1.5” groups at 100 yards. So not bad, but not fantastic either, but plenty good to hit a deer at 100-200 yards.
I will say the gun isn’t the most inherently accurate rifle out there. Of course I just have the most basic model Springfield offers, not a match version or anything so there might be more accurate stuff out there. Mine mostly shoots 1.5” groups at 100 yards. So not bad, but not fantastic either, but plenty good to hit a deer at 100-200 yards.
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