M16a4 ACOG and Ammo Test. Some M1a/M14 time as well.

[jmoore]

Another rifle used- a much overworked and often modified Springfield Inc. M1A. Since it's last outing I have moved the lightened trigger group to a new project rifle, installed a "new" unitized gas block, and routed out the forend and ferrule to eliminate binding of the gas cylinder extention. After all that, I just plopped down, set the sights to "2", and smacked the plate at 200 yds with the first shot AND those following! I don't believe it myself... Even more amazingly amazing is that all it took to connect with the plates at whatever distance was to just dial the sights to one click less than the number maked on the elevation drum-(it's in meters and the range is in yards). Stupid easy.


As seen before (After it was a test bed for the Frankenrifle).


Current configuration


Had to use the fiberglass handguard as the wood one won't fit the front band. Plus, it was glued on as well...


the only 7.62 hit photographed, as company arrived at that point- this was a poor attempt to take a picture through the spotting scope at 400yds.



All this w/ it's usual diet of R1M1 South African ball ammo.

Gotta get back to the bullseye range and see if it groups better...!!!

Most fun rifle shot this day. It even seems to recoil less. Multi thousand rounds through it and it keeps getting better.

The Glen Nelson built rear lugged, heavy barrel rifle, however, was a complete mystery. Zeroed at the same range a few weeks previously by a friend w/ it's "new" scope and mount (It had a Brookfield Precision mount before this early Arms 18 unit), I could not make hits at all. ??? Bore sighting showed no dramas, so who knows? It hasn't been out of it's stock or anything, so I guess it'll have to go back to a short range venue to diagnose.


Don't know WHAT happened w/ this one. It's been very well behaved in the past

Sorry there's not more impact photos, but I ended up having to share the plates. It's also a great bother to have to drive down range at every rifle change- no foot path to the targets! (at least not yet)