Springfield Armory M1A Reviews

an excellent repro of the m14/m1a both of which i have used for extended time periods.

the peep hole could be a bit larger. i'll just drill it out.

Looks and feels like the M1 Garand I carried in boot camp. Very accurate and well made.

Look and feel of the military rifle carried into battle. Great work on the fit and finish of the wood stock. Peep sight worked better than expected

Fake magazine for storage of items would be cool. Pellet loading a bit difficult, dropping pellet while loading not fun.

Consistant accuracy, Ease of reloading

The peep sight was wobbly and extremely loose! I discovered that by forcing a thin strip of matchbook cardboard down in the Gearing mechanism it eliminated the peep sight wobble and gave the rifle extreme accuracy. Also, I located a replacement regulation peep sight for the M1A rifle on Ebay for nominal costs and it was a direct fit.

i sighted my M1 in at 30 yards, What I discovered is to not adjust the peep sight for longer distances just lower the pellet weight. I paid the 10 for 10 shots but I inadvertently discovered that the tester missed a couple of flaws. One biggie is the priming lever does not lock in the down position, it will go back without needing to use the release mechanism.

This rifle has the look and feel that is very close to a real M1A . After cleaning the barrel and breaking it in, JSB 10.3 pellets performed excellent. Average FPS (850).

A better rear sight. The adjustments are course and the peep sight tends to move around. A scope mount would take care of this problem.

I ordered the rifle with zip up carrying case. Rifle fits the case well. However the tie-down straps inside are to short to secure the rifle. They are useless.

The feel and the weight

I wish there were sling attachments

Buy it. I have both the 177 and 22

Reminds me of my M1 Garand, It is heavy. Mine is the 22 that i bught refurbished and after 100 or so of the H&n silver jets no issues and at 20 yards will stack them nice and tight.

As others have commented, sling mounts, plan on using it for rabbits and tree rars this fall, other than that, love the underlever, just remember its heavy and not easy to scope.. Oh yes steel sights would be nice.

Got the refurb for 50 dollars less but no issues. Its worth it.

The look and feel is amazing and is very accurate

For that price nothing perfect

A must for a shooters collection.

Realistic look. Great accuracy.

Rear sight should be made of steel instead of plastic for durability. Add sling mounts.

Everything

Box magazine for more realism and metal sights.

Easiest method to load pellets I have found so far is to hold the skirt of pellet in index finger and tip of thumb with nose of pellet pointing towards bore,then just slide it in,quickest and easiest. Love shooting this baby,accurate as heck with peep sight.

Sights

Not much

The wood stock has a great look and feel for the rifle. The rifle looks very close to the original and even has the weight of the original. This M1A pellet rifle is fairly accurate at 45 yards using the gold Gamo Raptor Power pellets.

The plastic sights are poorly made and much care must be had not to break them. The sights should be made out of metal and not cheap easy to break plastic.

Love that it looks like a M1A and has the heavy weight of one

The cocking lever requires some muscle which is not the rifles fault but mine due to old age, so I find I need a strong platform to brace it against. The peep sight aperture is small, again old eyes.

Nice wood stock. Cocking lever extension.

I had forgotten how much the M1A (actually M14) weighed. It's a monster! That said, I love it! It shoots great, fun to heft, very accurate right out of the box. My wife joined the military far into my career and she was stunned at how heavy the rifle is. , but it was, and we all complained. Now I just love it! I'm infested with rabbits - I'm gonna go Elmer Fud on them!

1) It needs a box magazine added even if for looks only. I will buy one and add it to the stick, for looks only. 2) Use shooting gloves. The opening in the stock for the cocking lever feels uncomfortable when hefting the rifle. This is a minimal issue. I like cocking the gun versus using the little CO2 cylinders and I don't want a PCP rifle. 3) The stock is unfinished. I will rub it down with a few coats True-Oil - not a big deal.

1) Lovely, accurate "manly" weapon. However, if you're going to put a score on it, the scope mount costs more than the weapon. 2) Did I say this before? It's heavy, just like it should be.

Solid & well built. Shoots well, stout trigger just like the real deal.. Good value, thanks Pyramyd!

Provision for dummy magazine, if a company is going to go as far as they did on this replica rifle, they should go all the way, 4 star for overall.

Good service and prompt delivery. Where's the M1A/M14 scope mount as an accessory Pyramyd? :o)

Looks the part, feels solid, shoots well.

Would have been nice if it came with the picatinny mount that's M1A specific, or if it was sold here.

Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, weighs like one, fyi (heavy)

The rifle is very true to the actual weight of the original M1a.

I would try and put metal site post on the rifle to make it more durable.

The wood stock isn't anything to write home about. All I did was just brushed some linseed oil onto the stock with steel wool. It brought out the Finnish of the stock. It gave the wood a rich Finnish and smooth texture.

It's great to find a military replica that's accurate, too. Out of the box it was hitting the 10 ring at 50 feet. Styling may not be 100% aligned with the actual gun, but it's close enough that there's no question this is intended to represent a battle rifle from that era. And it's fun to shoot. I wondered if the peep sight would be too challenging for my older eyes, but I was happily surprised that it's manageable.

The lever was a little crunchy at first, but smoothed out. As most people have posted, the access to loading pellets is difficult for sausage fingers

The underlever takes a bit of muscle, but it's worth it for the zip it puts on the pellet. A good, cheap solution to the tight loading space is a pair of modelling tweezers. They work great, as long as you're not in a big hurry. Finally, although the gun is accurate and the peep sight is better than expected, there are far better options out there if you want/need a scope for precision shooting. It's a good-looking military replica with surprisingly good accuracy. Fun to shoot, too. Just make sure to use a rest, this sucker is heavy.

Heavy alright but it does what it's suppose to. Does look or feel like your average bb gun.

Scope... I don't know if it'll take a scope if it doesn't that'll be great

It's heavy!