I ran this search and found a few to bid on;
Firearm Collectibles - Collectible Firearms at GunBroker.com
Firearm Collectibles - Collectible Firearms at GunBroker.com
THIS! I've wanted to go the M1a route for a long time but looking at it, diminishing returns after a point. Gave up when a local dealer had a Polytech for 1K (and beat up, no additional parts and didn't even have a magazine), wouldn't be talked down, wouldn't go lower, then next week, it was gone, someone snapped it up. Truely a $700 M1A and someone overspent on it. THAT's why I abandoned that route. lol The platform is nice, but if I want to do long range, I'll stick to a bolt gun and spend UNDER a stock M1A for a supergun, lol And yes, I've shot many M1As including a dealer sample M14, they are nice, but not THAT nice for the price.
Indyjohn, I won the prone rapid stage of the M1A match one year at Camp Perry. 100 with 7X's. The prize was a XD 9 pistol. The biggest prize I ever won with a rifle. I still have the pistol.
Seems like this thread has turned into an oldtimer reminiscing thread about an antique rifle.
I hate that has been your experience. It has been such a great gun to me. Won ISRPA Highpower Rifle State Champion in my class the 2nd year I had it (a long, long time ago and it wasn't the overall win). I love the platform and think every rifleman at some time in their life needs to have the experience of shooting it, or better yet owning it.
I compete with AR's that I have far less than a grand into. I reject the whole concept of the "quality, high end" AR. That is all marketing talk.
A good barrel is really all that is needed for an accurate AR. One of mine still uses the stock Colt 1x7 chrome lined barrel.
lmao