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need help w/ M1A
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 508252" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>After I was the first person on earth to shoot an M16 in NRA/DCM competition across the standard course if fire at the 1971 Nationals, I knew its basic design was going to be good. The guys on the USMC and Army teams who shot them agreed with me. We knew work was needed to learn how to make the parts fit right so they would go back into battery the same way after each shot.</p><p></p><p>The USN Rifle Team I was on had Redfield Int'l. rear sights on those rifles with 1:14 twist barrels made by Bo Clerke in California. We loaded Sierra 52-gr. HPMK boattail match bullets over IMR4895 powder in new primed Remington commercial brass. Another teammate and I filed down their front sights so they would appear the same width as the 600-yard bullseye. As the sight radius was bout 2/3rds that of a bolt gun with a 24 inch barrel, that Redfield sight gave about 1/3rd MOA adjustments per click.</p><p></p><p>Since then, the rifle's evolved into bolt action tube guns (Tubb 2000 and others) that are as accurate as the .308 Win. bolt guns were; the best of both will shoot inside 3 inches at 600 yards all day long. But the 22 and 24 caliber versions move less in recoil as the bullet goes down the barrel so they're easier to shoot accurately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 508252, member: 5302"] After I was the first person on earth to shoot an M16 in NRA/DCM competition across the standard course if fire at the 1971 Nationals, I knew its basic design was going to be good. The guys on the USMC and Army teams who shot them agreed with me. We knew work was needed to learn how to make the parts fit right so they would go back into battery the same way after each shot. The USN Rifle Team I was on had Redfield Int'l. rear sights on those rifles with 1:14 twist barrels made by Bo Clerke in California. We loaded Sierra 52-gr. HPMK boattail match bullets over IMR4895 powder in new primed Remington commercial brass. Another teammate and I filed down their front sights so they would appear the same width as the 600-yard bullseye. As the sight radius was bout 2/3rds that of a bolt gun with a 24 inch barrel, that Redfield sight gave about 1/3rd MOA adjustments per click. Since then, the rifle's evolved into bolt action tube guns (Tubb 2000 and others) that are as accurate as the .308 Win. bolt guns were; the best of both will shoot inside 3 inches at 600 yards all day long. But the 22 and 24 caliber versions move less in recoil as the bullet goes down the barrel so they're easier to shoot accurately. [/QUOTE]
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