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Two CMP M1s and one CMP M1903A3
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Two CMP M1s and one CMP M1903A3
Oh ... OK, in the words of Emily Litella, "never mind". Shooting in miserable circumstances is not high on (or even on) my Fun To Do List, either.
I like to get the milsurp (especially) bore cleaned down to steel, too. Not only do I like being able to assess its condition by visually inspecting it, I also very much like knowing that any crap in there was put there me and not some mystery crap deposited by a former owner.
As a former USMC company armorer who's looked down thousands of M-16 barrels, there is dirty and there is dirty.The bad part is once you get it clean, it just takes one round to get it dirty again.
It's been at least 65 years since I've shot an '03. Were you using the peep sight? IIRC, it shoots high at lowest setting w/peep. If you can see it (I can't), try the open sight. If that fails and you can't find a taller front sight, you can always build up the old one. I used JB weld to get my M1 Carbine down to 100 yd. zero rather than weld on front sight.The gun shoots 5" high at that close range.