It was proven glass to, a Leupold I pulled off another rifle. 2' group 100 yds with iron sights, 4' with the scope. I fought it for two weeks and finally decided to pull it and just shoot the rifle with iron sights. I just went through the pains of tryIng to mount a scope to my standard M1A. I just have an Aimpoint M2 on the scout rail of my SOCOM. If the cuts were in the center of the mount, it would be a different story. Yes, but the spacing does allow the LaRue mount to work. Or you can swap stocks for a SAGE or Troy pistol grip/collapsible stock!ДЄctually the socom 16's rail IS weaver/picatinny spec You can't go wrong with a Smith Enterprise or ARMS: There is a scope mount FAQ that you can download. Go here for more info about the M14 than you could imagine. Here's an option that goes in place of the handguard: Yes, that's right, the SOCOM's forward rail is not picatinny spec. What would this entail? Has this suddenly become a gunsmith only proposition? It seems to be getting a bit more complicated. I was just advised by LaRue that their SPR-E mount installed backwards would work fine BUT it is not compatible with the OEM rail, which would have to be replaced with a 1913 Picatinny rail. I think it would be all too easy to bend the scope tube (if you didn't use them thar fancy schmancy alignment rods). I really don't remember my scope being offcentered, but when the shop guy mounted the scope he did use Millet rings which were windage adjustable, so maybe that's why.ДЄfter looking at those Millet rings, I would NOT necessarily recommend them for any other application. IIRC, from another forum it's either the Smith enterprises or the Fulton Armory mount that is supposedly way better than anything Springfield Armory puts out.

In fact, I got some book called 'Sniping in Vietnam' where they show a pic of a similar mount where the big thumbscrew had been milled for flats and the snipers were using crescent wrenches to tighten the mount.

It really needed to have some flats machined into it. It was big, circular with knurling and a big slot milled across it like a big ol' flat head wood screw. The larger screw on the scope mount was kinda. That steel block was drilled and tapped to accept the smaller of the two screws from the Springer scope mount. Like was previously mentioned, the stripper clip guide was tapped out, I think, and then another steel block was brass punched in its place. Personally I will probably be shooting from 20yds-200yds max. Now I have the Socom II and it seems that it isn't going to have the heat issues such as the Scout Squad and Socom 16. When I had an M1A, I too had the Springfield Armory 3rd generation mount. CQB type unlimited eye relief: Aimpoint, Eotech Limited eye relief: Burris and Leupold Scout optics.

M1a socom cqb with scout optic