Question about A.R.M.S. #18 M-14 scope mount.

[AG42b]

If your Fed Ord falls into the good category, then I'd run with it too. If not, you could probably sell the gun for parts for about what you paid for it and move on. A real quick way to check if you gun has GI parts is that GI parts will have a slightly green tint to the parkerization.

I looked very closely at the Sadlak mounts but I really want the low profile of the ARMS so that has led me to give it a try. Brownells should accept it back if it doesn't fit and then the Sadlak will be my next choice. The mount should have shown up by now, but I screwed up and specified UPS instead of USPS, so now I have to wait for them to "artificially" delay my order.

Yeah they're USGI and I knew that right off. TRW, H&R, and Springfield don't sound very Chinese. One of the things that drew me to the ARMS in the first place was, like you said, the low profile.
If necessary Sadlak will fit the mount to an individual receiver for $45, though, and there's a good chance it'll need that for a really good fit.
If I get the ARMS and it doesn't fit then I'll be stuck with it because the vendor won't take it back after I drop-kick it down the driveway

[Cobra66]

Yeah they're USGI and I knew that right off. TRW, H&R, and Springfield don't sound very Chinese.

Then you definitely got one of the good ones!

I remember back in 1993 (long before I could afford expensive guns), I saw a Fed Ord rifle at a dealer. I wanted it bad and started saving but it was sold before I could come close (I settled for a Marlin Camp 9 carbine), I recall he wanted $600 for it. I didn't know anything about M14s so who knows what I would have ended up with.

[SPCStryker]

I'm in the exact same boat. I've got me a lovely USGI FedOrd M14 and I've been wanting to scope it, but the mounts... oh god, the mounts. With all the different receivers and mounts, it's a craps shoot. I was even considering putting a long eye relief scope or an Aimpoint on a set of rails up front, but they get so hot that I'm reluctant to put optics out there.

[Cobra66]

Scope mount showed up today. I got it test mounted and everything looks good - no binding or twisting. I'll torque it down tomorrow.

Scope showed up also (I'm going to try a Leupold Mark AR 3-9) but I as of yet do not have rings for it. The graduations on the elevation turret are both in MOA and in yards (calibrated for M193). I plan on getting a custom BDC calibrated for 168gr OTM.

I really wont know how well everything aligns until I get the scope mounted and zeroed. Unfortunately the bank is broke right now so I'll have to either scavenge up some "place holder" rings or maybe just throw my Aimpoint M2 on it.

I plan on going with throw lever rings so I can dismount the scope with little loss in zero. I love LaRue's stuff, but ARMS is so much more affordable (especially with a discount).

[Cobra66]

I put the mount on and torqued it down (not fully as I was just going to test fire it) to about 70%. Every thing went on well and looked good.

Didn't have rings for my new Mark AR scope so mounted my old Springfield Govt scope back on it and took it out. On a side note, I sighted the rifle in at dusk and took my new Leupold along - what a HUGE difference in light transmission the Leupold had over the Springfield scope!

Short and sweet, the mount works perfect! Scope was zeroed in about 12 rounds (don't have a laser boresighter so I just shot groups).

With the scope off, the low profile makes shooting with irons very easy. You barely notice any part of the mount in your line of sight, it is out of the way.

My other concern was ejection. There were zero ejection problems either on the range or with empty casings at home. The only issue I did have is with empty casings when I put my Aimpoint in the ARMS 17 mount on top and mounted it forward. I have the throw lever on the right and this does interfere with the ejection. If you do plan to put throw levers on the mount, definitely put the throw levers on the left hand side. At the range where I work I have seen M1As with Sadlaks which have ejection problems. The low profile of the ARMS would make this even worse. Supposedly this is mostly due to newer Springfields having commercial extractors and the path of ejection being more upward than outward.

My rifle is a 1994 build with a serial number in the low 80000 range and is pretty much all GI parts. I would imagine if your rifle is in this range, you should have no issues either.

I'm very happy with this mount at this point and glad I gave it a try as I think it is the best mount option for my needs as long as it fit my rifle. We will see how it works long term.

Now it is time to just reinstall it with the thread lock and mount the new scope.

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

Sadlik will machine their mount to your reciver