It's arguable at least that the M14 rifle was the best battle rifle this country has ever fielded. For an army of rifleman, you can hardly beat it. The worthless full-auto feature would be ignored by any rifleman, as he punches home his message out to 500 yards, one round at a time, hitting the target with more energy at 500 yards than the .223 at the muzzle.

     Of course we don't have an army of riflemen, and never intended to, so no wonder it served such a short time before being replaced in a decision made by a non-rifleman.

     Back in the 1990s, the Clinton administration with the approval of congress (who were hot to saving the taxpayers the $1.XX per year each rifle cost to store) destroyed hundreds of thousands of M14 rifles, some brand new and unissued, and then dumped the rest on the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. (Let's hope none of those countries ever decides to invade us!)

     Out of the demil program came the stocks ultimately acquired by Freds. The easy interchangeability of stocks makes it easy for America's civilian M1A owners to own several stocks - a nice wood for display, a synthetic for field use, a used-but-still-nice stock for a "trunk gun" - even a "Vietnam stock" for historical presentation.

     Every stock unless otherwise stated comes with 1) the original US GI buttplate; 2) the front ferule; 3) the forward sling swivel; 4) the metal stock liner; and 5) the rear swivel and buttplate mounting screws.

     Being original M14 rifle stocks, our stocks feature the cutout for the selector...

NOTE: A few years back as part of my retirement plan, I sold most of my remaining stock inventory to treelinem14.com out in Colorado. However, I retained a few hundred of the "pick of the lot" - and a few "leftover" used stocks were found in various corners of the warehouse - so if you are looking for a NICE '14 stock, or a rare stock, or even a fairly nice used stock, you'll probably find what you are looking for, here!