I finally got my new CMP Remmington 1903A3 out to the woods to shoot. I got it a couple weeks ago, but it was raining hard so range time was out. I finally got back out there yesterday with my Dad. Had a lot of fun for a few hours. That rifle is one hell of a shooter.
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Due to my problems posting pics last time, here is the link. I guess that will be easier on everyone.
First, we used a relatively untouched target from a previous outing. We thought we would waste some groups on this target getting the sights on the paper before trying to fine tune a little. To my surprise, with the sights set at the zero mark in the middle and the lowest elevation setting, the rifle was pretty much dead on at 25 yards. The first aimed shot was a dead center bullseye. I have never and will probably never shoot a more perfect bullseye in my life. (first pic) We were surpised because we had moved the sights back and forth cleaning cosmoline a couple weeks ago. If I had not had my camera, I doubt anyone would believe me.
The next couple of pics show the remaining 5 shots and some other groups at 25 yards. One of them was free standing. Our field expedient bench rest was not much better than free standing, just easier. I posted a couple of pictures of groups at a little over 100 yards on the red targets. Most of them were 6 inches or less. I can't take credit for the one 4 shot group as it was 5 shots with a flyer over the top of the box.
I really liked the trigger on this rifle. I have never really shot anything but standard triggers on military style rifles. This trigger was on the light side and did not have a hard point like most I have shot. It just pulled staight back and fired. It seemed to be an advantage as I felt I could just lay the sights across the target and pull back the trigger with rish of jerking the rifle. Maybe that is just my normally poor rifle shooting mechanics.
Altogether, I was very happy to shoot well with a new rifle, not to mention actually being able to hit what I aimed at right out of the box. I have never had a rifle do that. Probably never will.
The other pics show our shooting spot. My ParaOrdnance P14 45 is in one of the pics.
Question: Can anyone tell me what the approximate MOA adjustmet is on the elevation clicks of the 03A3 sights?
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wpeeb...one=http://photos.sbc.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
Due to my problems posting pics last time, here is the link. I guess that will be easier on everyone.
First, we used a relatively untouched target from a previous outing. We thought we would waste some groups on this target getting the sights on the paper before trying to fine tune a little. To my surprise, with the sights set at the zero mark in the middle and the lowest elevation setting, the rifle was pretty much dead on at 25 yards. The first aimed shot was a dead center bullseye. I have never and will probably never shoot a more perfect bullseye in my life. (first pic) We were surpised because we had moved the sights back and forth cleaning cosmoline a couple weeks ago. If I had not had my camera, I doubt anyone would believe me.
The next couple of pics show the remaining 5 shots and some other groups at 25 yards. One of them was free standing. Our field expedient bench rest was not much better than free standing, just easier. I posted a couple of pictures of groups at a little over 100 yards on the red targets. Most of them were 6 inches or less. I can't take credit for the one 4 shot group as it was 5 shots with a flyer over the top of the box.
I really liked the trigger on this rifle. I have never really shot anything but standard triggers on military style rifles. This trigger was on the light side and did not have a hard point like most I have shot. It just pulled staight back and fired. It seemed to be an advantage as I felt I could just lay the sights across the target and pull back the trigger with rish of jerking the rifle. Maybe that is just my normally poor rifle shooting mechanics.
Altogether, I was very happy to shoot well with a new rifle, not to mention actually being able to hit what I aimed at right out of the box. I have never had a rifle do that. Probably never will.
The other pics show our shooting spot. My ParaOrdnance P14 45 is in one of the pics.
Question: Can anyone tell me what the approximate MOA adjustmet is on the elevation clicks of the 03A3 sights?