were given a lot of hand grinding and polishing by Melvin Smith. An additional 120 rifles were built for Elmer Bal lance by Glenn Nelson and Wayne Young before June 1974 using stripped or barreled receivers supplied by Elmer.Ġ00001 to 063XXX Receivers machined by Valley Ordnance Co. in Texas assembled about 2000 complete rifles using USGI parts before it was sold to Bob Reese (Geneseo, IL). M1A Serial Number ChronologyĠ00001 to 003700 Texas era receivers tend to exhibit one or more dimensional flaws as identified by retired M14 gunsmith Art Luppino. This chart is right on the money, one of my M1A's is 139K range and it had all USGI parts (SAK barrel) but a commercial op rod and rear sight.
He can be reached on the M14 forum, a great guy and extremely knowledgeable. Here is the info from "Different" - Lee Emerson, author of the M14 History and Development.
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