Top 5 M1 Carbine

[DaveHH]

Regarding the carbine at 300: First the target is big. This guy is doing what I would describe as "Poke and hope" shooting. After a few rounds you finally start hitting and then it becomes repeating the same sight picture, with a target that large, it wasn't really a test. I do my shooting with an SR-1 target center at 100 yards. The SR-1 has an X ring that is 1 1/2" across, a 10 ring that is 3 1/2" and a 9 ring that is 6 1/2" This is "the Black" of the target, the 8 ring is about 9 1/2" S the black and 8 ring is about the size of a small paper plate. At 300 yards you probably wouldn't see the target.
My best shooting carbine is the one with the most wear, it is a NPM with an IBM Corp. barrel. The stock is a beat up I cut inland. Using handloads, it can hold the 10 ring with an occasional flyer into the 9. My others are originals one is almost new and both are very low round weapons. Neither shoot as well as the NPM. Accuracy tests are done this way, not hitting a road sign through a bunch of trees. The 300 yard test is a demonstration of how effective the carbine is as a tool of war. If you are standing still and have a rest, and the enemy is standing still, he's going to be hit.

By comparison, my good DCM M1 which is a SA rebuild with new 11/65 barrel and glass bedded new walnut (when I had good eyes and a proper range) Using handloads with 4064 and Sierra Internationals would put 5 shots dead center the size of a US Quarter at 100 yards.