Forward of the rails is a QD slot for attaching sling mounts. The stock comes with removable rails at the 3, 6, and 9 o’clock positions. This chassis gives you a modern pistol grip, an adjustable/collapsible M4 style stock, and a small section of M-LOK slots for attaching rails and accessories.

The Archangel chassis is a big leap forward for the SOCOM 16. But when you lay a classic M1A next to a modern SOCOM 16 CQB they look like entirely different weapons.

The classic M14/M1A is almost ten inches longer than the SOCOM 16. The exact model in this review is the Archangel CQB stock. 135 inch ghost ring rear sight for quicker target acquisition. The SOCOM 16 takes the classic M1A and trims the barrel, gets rid of the wooden stock, and tosses the gun in a modern polymer chassis system. As of this writing, the SOCOM 16 CQB is probably the best example of a modernized M14or M1A rifle. Springfield produces several models of M14 derivative rifles, some aimed at the classic appearance of their predecessor (like many iterations of the M1A), and others that reflect the aesthetics of a modernized weapon (such as the SOCOM 16). Most notably among these manufacturers is Springfield Armory, which makes the SOCOM 16 CQB. In fact, there is enough of a following for the old battle rifle that it remains in production to this day. The M14 may not have been the most remarkable of service rifles, but it undeniably generated a cult following.

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