Anybody have a Poly Tech M-14 S?

[RED]

I have one... and it can put 20 rds.of LC 7.62 NATO ball into a 4" red dot at 100 meters... in less than 1 minute.

I shoot beer cans at 200 meters and usually hit them! I seldom see Poly's forr sale... there is a reason for that. Their receivers and chrome lined barrels are better than any of Springfield or even the LRB's that are selling for $1800+.

Yes, my Poly has been worked on by a Marine Armourer. It has a Wn. Bolt and is steel bedded into military birch stock, it has a Sadlak titanium scope mount, Badger Ordinance rings, and a 10X SWFA Super Sniper mildot scope.

If anybody tells you M-14S Poly Techs are no good.... tell them to go pound sand!

[p246]

I never see them for sale. But when someone that owns one posts they seem to love them like you or hate them. The only one I was around was a Springer and it was fairly new. I was impressed by its accuracy. One day I'd like to add a M-14 type though.

[swampyankee]

"Yes, my Poly has been worked on by a Marine Armourer. It has a Wn. Bolt and is steel bedded into military birch stock, it has a Sadlak titanium scope mount, Badger Ordinance rings, and a 10X SWFA Super Sniper mildot scope."

I would say hardly an endorsement , if it needed all that work. If you told us it did those accomplishments straight out of the box , that would be different.

[nf1e]

4" at 100yds is pretty crappy unless you are shooting offhand. Most of the Polys that I have seen, even with LC, will stay about 2". Handloads much better. I agree, they are one of the best receivers out there but I still prefer LRB and James River. If you have your armorer screw on a med weight Bula barrel, you will be right about an inch with FGMM.

[cplnorton]

There is nothing wrong with Poly's. They are true to a USGI M14. The only flaw you hear people say is they have soft bolts. The thing is, you will wear out the barrel before you will the bolt. But yeah poly's are pretty good.

[RED]

"Yes, my Poly has been worked on by a Marine Armourer. It has a Wn. Bolt and is steel bedded into military birch stock, it has a Sadlak titanium scope mount, Badger Ordinance rings, and a 10X SWFA Super Sniper mildot scope."

I would say hardly an endorsement , if it needed all that work. If you told us it did those accomplishments straight out of the box , that would be different.

I don't think it "it needed all that work." The scope, mount and rings were for my 70 year old eyes. The Win. bolt was because everybody kept telling me the Poly's bolts really sucked. And by the way I never reloaded a single round for the Poly and have never shot Federal Gold Medal ammo. All my results were using mostly Cavim and So. African Milsurp. Oh yeah, did I mention that it was a $700 rifle and with "all that work" it still cost quite a bit less than a LRB or SA.

[cplnorton]

Karl Maunz who is one of the guys who helped to create the semi auto M14 receiver, has told me many times that if he was building a custom rifle for shooting, the Poly's receiver was the best.

[Ltdave]

id like to pick one up. i like my $500 Fulton Armory but id jump on a POLY if one showed itself...

[joem]

I have two of them. The one with the scope shoots super. The other one just OK. If I could get some china ammo where the bullet measures .30775 and the FPS is 2700 it really shoots, hit a half dollar @ 100 yds off sand bags.

[usmc69]

Have had a Norinco, a Poly Tech and have shot several Springfield M1A's. Also had the pleasure of going through Boot Camp & ITR carrying a M-14. To be honest I prefer my Poly Tech. Yes, it has a TRW bolt and a GI trigger group and a GI stock. Shoots well enough for me to hit whatever I am aiming at and the confidence it won't be getting up anytime soon.

[nf1e]

Have had a Norinco, a Poly Tech and have shot several Springfield M1A's. Also had the pleasure of going through Boot Camp & ITR carrying a M-14. To be honest I prefer my Poly Tech. Yes, it has a TRW bolt and a GI trigger group and a GI stock. Shoots well enough for me to hit whatever I am aiming at and the confidence it won't be getting up anytime soon.

I agree. With a little work, the Chicom stuff is super. We probably had the M14s worn out by the time you went through boot camp. Mine was new in '66 and I have never shot better.
Semper Fi
Art

USMC '66-'72 6216/6611
RVN '67'68
Proud to be a civilian and I sleep in a Super 8 while attending Camp Perry. Helps, you know.

[swampyankee]

"Have had a Norinco, a Poly Tech and have shot several Springfield M1A's. Also had the pleasure of going through Boot Camp & ITR carrying a M-14. To be honest I prefer my Poly Tech. Yes, it has a TRW bolt and a GI trigger group and a GI stock. Shoots well enough for me to hit whatever I am aiming at and the confidence it won't be getting up anytime soon"
So we have another endorsement on the chicom rifle. It is great after you replace half the parts and have a USMC armourer work on it. REALLY!!!

[UUURah]

Let's take any Military weapon, out of the crate, sight it in, and see what it does.

I was the first one to fire the M-14 I used at Parris Island. It was the very first Hi-Powered rifle I had ever shot, other than 22's. By the time Qual Day was over, I had put 9 out of 10 in the black at 500 yards.

Gee, if someone had been able to "Poly Tech" it, I could have probably put 10 out of 10 in the black at 500 yds.

[Stephan]

I've got two Polytech M14S rifles and a Springer M1A.

The Chinese stocks and springs are 'soft'...one of the Poly rifles could use a new bolt..the other one is just fine with the Chinese bolt.

These were cheap back in the day. I paid $575 for a brandnew one....a month or so later got another one near new at a gunshow for $300. Back then(1990's) I paid $800 for my M1A used at a gunshow.

[John Kepler]

"Yes, my Poly has been worked on by a Marine Armourer. It has a Wn. Bolt and is steel bedded into military birch stock, it has a Sadlak titanium scope mount, Badger Ordinance rings, and a 10X SWFA Super Sniper mildot scope."

I would say hardly an endorsement , if it needed all that work. If you told us it did those accomplishments straight out of the box , that would be different.

Yeah.....well.....maybe so, but you SHOULD be aware that a USGI M-14 won't do that without a fair amount of "professional help" either! FWIW, my CAI-Norinco M-14 was a solid 3 MOA rifle right out of the box. It was so good, in fact that with very few changes (none that weren't required by ANY "stock" rifle!), I had the rifle VERY close to 1 MOA, and fired the rifle in both National-level Service Rifle and Long Range. The Chink barrel was simply phenomenal......I was sorry to see it go at roughly 5000 rds, or about the same round-count as the Kreiger that was added next. Dimensionally, the receiver makes a Springfield Armory casting look like a paperweight....the safety bridge, always a bit of an "adventure" with an SA receiver, is dead nuts in the Chinese jobs. The rifle shot me to Sharpshooter in both XC and Long Range, it's on its 3rd barrel, and is still my LR Service Rifle when I decide my eyes are up to it, and I have turned down $2800 for the rifle. So.....what's your major malfunction?