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I have used these barrels with good results. https://stenparts.com/product/sten-mk-ii-barrel/

Conversion looks good. The weld shows up clearly in flash photography, but looks good under normal light. Lots of dried grease on this particular gun. (As seen in the blob over the engraving.)

Thank you all for the information. I'm curious to know if the smaller manufacturers who registered and welded M1a receivers could have possibly made more than Smith Ent, or Springfield Armory. It seems not many M14/M1a registered guns are out there.

I loved my MPL, traded it straight across for an SWD M11/9. I ended up selling a pile of factory mags and they sold extremely quick. I couldn't find any spare barrels or bolts when I owned my gun, so the trade was an easy choice for me.

Tactical Solutions in Boise may be worth asking. They made the Oasis barrels for Gemtech.

Would someone who is going to knob creek be able to ask him if he has any information on how many he manufactured? Or is there a phone number or contact information for him available? I'd love to chat with him.

where are you seeing them? I owned a 552 for a few years and still own a 551. I've never seen a metal drum for the 550 series guns.

Does anyone know how many M14's Neil Smith converted and registered before 86? I just purchased one, and now I'm curious about how many are out there. This one is a Springfield M1A, and was originally misidentified as a factory M14 before double checking paperwork to see that Neil had done the registration. Is Neil still alive and working in the industry? I couldn't find much information about him online.