Colt Commando

[enfield303t]

It went to the range for the second time today. No serious effort to see how good a group it would do however it shoots 55gr Federal very well out to 300m. Around 160 rounds down the pipe and no issues other than the muzzle flash is "outstanding" with that short barrel.

Met a couple of guys at the range who had never shot a AR so my son gave them both a try. Shooting offhand they both did extremely well at 50m and enjoyed it. At 300m using the open sights my son did well hitting the gong and misses were close enough to be more than acceptable. The short sighting radius is not good for my old eyes and I am too vain to admit I need glasses so it won't get much use from me.

Cleaning is meticulous and the tolerances are tight which should make it a fine shooter. Many say Colt Canada makes a better gun than its US counterpart but from what we see I don't think it would be possible with this model in particular.

I have been too lazy to load 68 gr but must do that tomorrow. Hopefully they will be the ones to test just how accurate it will be. Will chrony it at the same time, that should be interesting as I think velocity might be much less than I expect.

Will post more after we give it a fair trial with heavier bullets.

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[Al Diehl]

Here is a picture of my quasi-XM-177 with a 2 position stock and an Olympic Arms XM-177 barrel (11.5" barrel with pinned 5.5" flash suppressor). I first built it in 1986 (with an A1 upper) and it has paid for itself twice over in Deer meat.

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Al