A Few Lightweights

[jmoore]

Having picked up a new LE 6720, we hit the range.

I still find the old format with the 1-12" twist barrel perfectly good. But I'm failing it! Old eye are fuzzing out the front sight pretty badly, unless "special" glasses are worn, which sort of defeats the practical purpose of the carbine.

After shooting a less than spectacular group with some PPU 55gr ammo (Not what the rifle was zeroed with, BTW) a 3x Colt scope was thrown on to make sure it was operator error. It was....


Scope came of promptly, but no photo.

Next is an old A2 Gov't Carbine with the 1-7" twist barrel. Still under 6 pounds!
Far easier to shoot well due to the two stage Geissele FCG (fire control group- AKA trigger, hammer and springs). Don't let folk tell you that a good trigger isn't of benefit on these little rifles! Especially when shooting standing, it makes breaking the shot precisely much less "iffy"!



And the New Kid:


Barrel's dated 10-11 so it's reasonably fresh off the line.That's how they come out of the box, except for the Aimpoint T1 on the LaRue mount. Which mount turns out to be rather ill suited fr this carbine. Too dang tall! Not a bottom 1/3 co-witness- more like a bottom 1/8 poor witness. It's so high the view through the peep is distorted which throws the iron sight zero off. BLAH! The "reddot" is a help, but I don't trust anything that relies on batteries. And if it goes out, what do you do? Fumble about and pull the sight? Or deal with the messed up sight picture? I'd shorten the mount, but the center has been hollowed out so much its fairly impractical.

The thing is that the whole set-up is still only about 6 1/2 lbs.

ACOG is an option, but adds considerable weight.

And "fancy" is already spoken for:



The Knight's is super fantastic, but it's pushing 8 1/2 pounds! Any more and you begin thinking a 7,62x51 rifle might be fine, after all. Just way less ammo...

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