M1A stock help!

General Firearms Other Semi-Automatic Rifles
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I’m trying to find a black synthetic stock for an M1A. I keep running into dead ends trying to find one. I’m not looking for anything fancy, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
Nick

2

Go to M14forum.com and check the classifieds.

You want a GI brown stock to paint, not the new Springfield plastic stocks. The early SA black stocks were surplus GI fiberglass painted black and they’re good to go. The new ones are a plastic mold and unless something changed they were pretty soft.

3

I purchased a GI stock from Fulton Armory several months back. It was a little rough, but with sandpaper, spray cans and a little elbow grease it was fully functional in one day.

4

Thanks for all the help! So is fiberglass better then the new synthetic stocks?

5

Yes much better.

6

If you are talking about the new Springfield Armory plastic craptactical, yes. If you are talking about a $400 McMillan, no.

Numrich Arms, Midway, Civilian Marksmanship Program usually have surplus GI stocks. The upside of going to the m14forum you can usually see exactly what you are getting.