M1A Rifle
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The M1A is a civilian version of the U.S. military M14 rifle, but with semi-automatic fire only, and cannot be modified to fully-automatic or selective fire. Once the so-called "Assault-Weapons" Bill of 1994 was passed, banning (among other features) bayonet lugs, the M1A no longer shipped with a bayonet lug. Although the 1994 law expired in September 2004, making bayonet lugs legal again (in most states), the M1A has not added that feature. The gun is manufactured by Springfield Armory [1] (http://www.springfield-armory.com/index.shtml).
Fulton Armory [2] (http://www.fulton-armory.com/indexf-special.htm) also builds civilian versions of the M-14 from their own receivers, which do not have the lug necessary for the installation of a selective fire switch and USGI (U.S. Government Issue) components and markets them as the FAR M-14, as does Armscorp USA, Inc. [3] (http://www.armscorpusa.com/index.html), which markets their M14R & M14RNS (regular), M14NMR (National Match) and M21 (Sniper) rifles.
The 1994 "Assault Weapons" ban sunsetted on September 14th, 2004. It is not known as of this writing whether Springfield Armory [4] (http://www.springfield-armory.com/index.shtml), Fulton Armory [5] (http://www.fulton-armory.com/indexf-special.htm), or Armscorp USA, Inc. [6] (http://www.armscorpusa.com/index.html) will begin manufacture of their M1A rifles with bayonet lugs.
Chinese-manufactured versions were sold under the Norinco [7] (http://www.norinco.com.cn/en/frame.html) and Polytech brand names prior to former President Clinton's issuance of an Executive Order banning the importation of Chinese manufactured firearms.
External links
- Photos and information about Springfield Armory's M1A rifles (http://www.gunshopfinder.com/springfieldrifles.html)