2019 June-July Semi-auto Battle Rifle 10 Shot Challenge

[Merle1]

greetings,

my Springfield M1-A in a fiberglass GI stock
shot from bench
surplus 1988 Aussie ammo
score 95 - 3X









I'm pretty happy with this rifle, and the ammo too.....
wish I had more of it!

 

[lionking]

Merle, outstanding target, with surplus ammo to! that M1A is a keeper.

 

[Merle1]

Merle, outstanding target, with surplus ammo to! that M1A is a keeper.

yes, it even surprised me, did way more than I expected!

 

[lionking]

Ok friends while there are a couple hours left in the day gonna call it now. Lots of great scoring and groups thanks to all who entered. I had a couple more Garands and a pre-ban M1A standard to show but it was becoming too many entries for me to enter lol and the scores for them were pretty much the same as my other entries.

Personal notes I take away from this, one is I need to practice standing more lol. Of the different rifles I entered that I have given a choice of one I'd choose a M1A. For me it feels the best, easy to load and charge (I'm a lefty shooter), the sights are the best for target shooting, and my M1A eats up any kind of ammo I have put in them without having to alter anything like the gas. While I haven't tried all types of AR-10 I feel pretty much the same about them as the M1A. For iron sights I think a AR-10 would be better served with M16A2 rear adjustable sight but most these days are geared more toward putting optics on them.

Congrats to
Class 1 standing iron sights, ford8nr using a HRA M1 Garand score 79
Class 3 rested iron sights, LRDGCO using a PTR-91 score 96-3X
Class 4 rested with optics, peels using a M1A NM score 100-9X

 

[Merle1]

congrats to the winners -- and also all who entered!

 

[lionking]

congrats to the winners -- and also all who entered!

congrats to you also once again for a outstanding entry with the M1A. Are you ready for the next one?

 

[Merle1]

Ok friends while there are a couple hours left in the day gonna call it now. Lots of great scoring and groups thanks to all who entered. I had a couple more Garands and a pre-ban M1A standard to show but it was becoming too many entries for me to enter lol and the scores for them were pretty much the same as my other entries.

Personal notes I take away from this, one is I need to practice standing more lol. Of the different rifles I entered that I have given a choice of one I'd choose a M1A. For me it feels the best, easy to load and charge (I'm a lefty shooter), the sights are the best for target shooting, and my M1A eats up any kind of ammo I have put in them without having to alter anything like the gas. While I haven't tried all types of AR-10 I feel pretty much the same about them as the M1A. For iron sights I think a AR-10 would be better served with M16A2 rear adjustable sight but most these days are geared more toward putting optics on them.

Congrats to
Class 1 standing iron sights, ford8nr using a HRA M1 Garand score 79
Class 3 rested iron sights, LRDGCO using a PTR-91 score 96-3X
Class 4 rested with optics, peels using a M1A NM score 100-9X

congrats to you also once again for a outstanding entry with the M1A. Are you ready for the next one?

Well, I certainly hope so.....
I'm running low on that Aussie ammo, si will need to start a search...

 

[peels]

I certainly am a lot more comfortable with optics. I've only shot the M1A using irons a handful of times. This thread showed me that I need to practice more using iron sights. Congrats to all!

 

[Pete D.]

he paper is torn, but the actual bullet hole, seen in the cardboard backer, doesn't break the line

Did you put a plug in that? I would score that as a 9.

 

[Pete D.]

Hope i can get some time to go do this..i do have a request however. If you or someone else does this again, could you add an additional class?
Im sure there are at least some folks here who dont fall victom to the concrete gear holder and dont shoot off a bench or use bags, using only a sling for rifle support. Not bitching..just a request for next time

There is class 3 prone....shooting mat, sling, gun, iron sights.

 

[lionking]

I decided to show one more Garand because the ammo I used was Prvi Partisan (Garand spec) ammo and the fact that I had this one dialed in for HXP ammo and had to raise the rear sight 12 clicks to get this target for the PP ammo. It is a blue sky import first rifle I bought back in the late 80's. Many times I thought of refinishing and cleaning the wood to make it more pretty or possibly shoot tighter but in a way I like the beat up dirty of it because it is the Garand I can sling around and not have to baby it worrying about devaluing it. It is a Springfield with a receiver born in 1942, the trigger housing is a older WW2 type, as far I see most parts are Springfield. Always wondered though what markings or cartouche might show if I cleaned up the wood.

 

[4v50 Gary]

@lionking - can you (or anyone else) please confirm that the SVT-40 is top ejecting? Can you provide pics of the ejector?

 

[lionking]

@lionking - can you (or anyone else) please confirm that the SVT-40 is top ejecting? Can you provide pics of the ejector?

Sorry just seeing this, it is back in the back of the safe again, so for now just not gonna dig it out but from what I remember it is top ejecting but the cases to to fly to the right to 2 o clock area of the shooter two or three feet away, at least mine does