Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “The Armory Life Interviews: M14 Maestro, Ron Smith” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/ron-smith-interview/.
The Armory Life Interviews: M14 Maestro, Ron Smith
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Ron has been my M14 armorer since the 1990s... I met he and Andy Horton at SHOT SHOW 2011.
This is Ron Smith attaching his Wind Talker to the DC Vortex on the Crazy Horse M21A5 that he built for me.
Back when SEI was fulfilling multiple military contracts as GWOT was ramping up, Ron would call me a couple times a month to discuss new developments and feedback received from troops on the two-way range. Back then both Ron and I were fielding all sorts of questions from troops finding themselves with Sage EBR chassis stocks that they knew nothing about... we got them back in the fight quickly.
This is Ron Smith attaching his Wind Talker to the DC Vortex on the Crazy Horse M21A5 that he built for me.
Back when SEI was fulfilling multiple military contracts as GWOT was ramping up, Ron would call me a couple times a month to discuss new developments and feedback received from troops on the two-way range. Back then both Ron and I were fielding all sorts of questions from troops finding themselves with Sage EBR chassis stocks that they knew nothing about... we got them back in the fight quickly.
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That K-gun Ron Smith is holding in the cover picture for the article has the short barrel and improved gas system he is eluding to in the article.
Love my M1A. Hated the M16 in the Marines during the late 70's, with the recoil spring going into resonance in your ear after every shot, and they had already fixed a lot of the life taking flaws at that point.
I know I'm late to this post, but I have not had this out of the safe in a long, long time. I took it to Mr. Smith and he stated it was a rare make with very few being put out to the civilian market.
