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National Match front blade, match-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adj. for windage and elevation. The Springfield Armory M1A is a semi-automatic rifle made by Springfield Armory, Inc. , beginning in 1971, based on the M14 rifle , for the civilian and law enforcement markets in the United States .
M1A may refer to: M1A (Istanbul Metro), a rapid transit line in Turkey; McLaren M1A, a race car; Springfield Armory M1A, a semi-automatic rifle; Minsk (motorcycle) model M1A, a Belarusian motorcycle; PRR M1a, Pennsylvania Railroad class M1a
The M21 sniper weapon system (SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. [7] The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable power telescopic sight, modified for use with the sniper rifle. [8] It is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.
Manufacturing match grade ammunition and other parts requires extremely tight tolerances and quality control. It is not unusual for match-grade ammunition and components to cost ten times more than comparable non-match equivalents, owing both to the increased labor expended in creation and much more rigorous testing.
The M14 rifle, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.It became the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1957, replacing the M1 Garand rifle in service with the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps by 1965; deliveries of service rifles to the U.S. Army began in 1959.
The National Match Course of fire for a high power rifle match has four (4) individual stages that comprise an aggregate match: Stage 1: Offhand (Standing) Slow fire (10 shots in 10 minutes), 200 yards; Stage 2: Rapid fire (10 shots in 60 seconds with reload), sitting or kneeling, at 200 yards
It is now the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, and is managed and operated by the National Park Service. As of 2011, the 35 acres behind the Springfield Armory (and several of its former buildings) housed Springfield Technical Community College (STCC). STCC is the only "technical" community college in Massachusetts, which aims to ...
The National Small-bore Rifle Association (NSRA) is the national governing body for all small-bore rifle and pistol target shooting in the United Kingdom, including airgun and match crossbow shooting. The NSRA is based at the Lord Roberts Centre, within the grounds of the National Shooting Centre at Bisley in Surrey. National postal ...