Springfield Armory M1A with Sage EBR

Hi all,
this is my new Springfield Armory M1A with Sage EBR, its BF scope and La Rue Tactical cantilever mount.

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Nice. How does it shoot?

Unfortunatly I have'nt tested it yet.
I live in Milan and the local range has only 50 meters for .22"LR lines.
I should go to a range outside town, I wonder if barrel break in is needed first.

I don't know, but I don't suppose it couldn't hurt.

How long is the range you have outside of town?

Edit: Meant to say "couldn't hurt".

It is up to 300 meters. I generally go there and shoot with my Remington 700 Police at that distance.

You should be able to do very well at that distance with that set-up. What magnification is that Nightforce?

We've got a 500m range here and it's only 10 minutes from my house. I've been shooting my XCR in 7.62x39 out to 500m recently. It does pretty well considering the cheap surplus Czech ammo I'm using.

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My Nightforce NXS is 5.5-22x50
5.5-2250 NXS Riflescope | | Nightforce Optics, Inc.Nightforce Optics, Inc.

Are you using Sellier & Bellot factory ammos ?

That's a really nice scope. A friend has one on his 700 and I've shot it a few times.

Yes, it's S&B that I'm shooting. I think the crate I'm working through right now is dated 1969.

S&B military ammos are not bad at all.
I am using quite a lot of them cal. .223"Rem with my Bushmaster M4 16".
They come in a box of 140 rounds at about $US 80
I have two 7.62x39 AK-47 style and for them I use cheaper Barnaul or Wolf when I can't get Barnaul.

For any other caliber, .308"Win and 30-06 I prefer to reload my rounds so that I can calibrate powder grains, chose the bullet weight and brand etc etc.

As for my 700 .308"Win I chose a Sightron SIII SS 8-32x56 LR TD/TDT
Sightron Riflescopes / Binoculars / Sighting Scopes product pages. SIII Series - SIII SS 8-32X56 LR TD/TDT
since I would like to try it at 700 meters in a long distance range which is unfortunatly very far from here.

How do you like the Larue cantilever mount? I'm looking into getting one for my own M1A EBR build.

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Originally Posted by USMC6094

How do you like the Larue cantilever mount? I'm looking into getting one for my own M1A EBR build.

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Hello USMC6094,

as I said I had no time to test the rifle yet.
I read anyway lots of impressions over the internet about the LaRue mount and the Sage Cantilever mount.
It seems that the latter is free from any vibration because it is also supported on the back, over the block at the sights while the LaRue might have some vibrations since it is a pure cantilever mount. The Sage is not available at the moment up to end of summer 2012 and this is the reason why I took the LaRue mount.
I think the problem can occur in fully automatic rifles where the rounds frequency is high and the mount can vibrate slightly, so I will never experience this problem, in Italy we can only have semi auto rifles.

Bizio
I've looked at both and only the Larue is in stock and ready to ship. I've also looked at two other mounts, one Larue and the other American Defense. All three dont have the rear securing screw of the SAGE mount.
Heres the Larue mount I'm looking at.......
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Hi USMC6094
it seems a good mount. :thup:
I preferred the LT608 because while shooting on short distances I remove the Nightforce scope and I replace it with EOTech 557 with its Magnifier, so I need the Picatinny rail anyway.

Ahh gotcha. Well I look forward to your range report with great anticipation

Certainly will do ! :thup:

Any luck , I havent made it to the range in almost three weeks

Same here, no chance yet to test the rifle, the weather has been always horrible during all week ends :thdown: