![]() Which put this rifle as roughly being built in the late 1971 to early 1972 era The very first few rifles were built in San Antonio, Texas. ![]() It is my understanding that these early rifles receivers were built from original M14 receiver blanks. And conceived the idea of building the Semi Auto version of the M14. He was a master shooter and shot at Camp Perry and was also involved as an armorer and was in on building the USAF premium grade M1 service match rifles. Mr Ballance retired from the Air Force in 1968-69. Mr.Ballance was the original and first owner of Springfield Armory. This is an Elmer Ballance built EARLY Original Springfield Armory M1A. Medical bills are pushing me to list probably one of the rarest rifles in my collection. ![]() Springfield Armory, Devine Texas built M1A, 3 Digit Serial # Item has been relisted, you can find the new listing at: ![]()
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