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few hits were made and all but one of those was a keyhole hit. I labeled the hits as “M14” on the target. I marked the 1903 hits in red and the M14 in orange though you can not really tell. This seems to be much loved by a lot of people who for some reason think it is a great 1K load. Knowing how finicky the M14 operating system can be with different loads, I used the federal 168 gold medal match ammo. I even turned down a rack grade SA M1A with standard barrel for this custom rifle with SS Krieger barrel. But since many people know I despise the rifle, I wanted to give it an advantage after it was suggested to me by my spotter. I initially was going to use the 7.62 ball ammo like I did the M855 in the AR15 to make it fair. its not secret I loathe the M14/M1A but I promise I did give it all I had. The M14 did about what I thought it would. I think If I had the 03A3 with a rear peep I would have done better. A round that otherwise handles 1,000 yards very well. But, my lack of time behind the 03 shows on the target even with match 30-06 loads. I feel they can be used for precise long range target work under idea lighting and with the use of a sight micrometer to make accurate adjustments, but I feel are horrible for combat. The sights on the ’03 are something I have a love/hate relationship with. It is not worn out but neither is is brand new. The gun was made in 1935 and is from the CMP. The target above shows my hits after a 20 round string of fire after confirming I was on target ( or thought I was close). Moving on, I also fired the M1903 using the seirra 175 grain bullet in handloads. The details will be addressed at a later time for those more worried about the more technical details.
#Lrb m14 ammo choice series
This series is about what can be done within reason and maybe to instil confidence in the average marksman beyond what something like the apple seed shoots teach. I am not concerned with cones of deviation, muzzle velocity at 1,000 yards ( other then to help me get on target) terminal performance of the different rounds at that range or any other pedantic minutia. I am simply showing that hits on a man sized target can be made. Some may be confused by the point I am trying to make with all this 1K shooting or miss the point, I am not trying to demonstrate ways to win at Camp Perry nor am I worried about some absurd idea like head shots at 1000 yards. I am going to take this time to show the size of the target with me beside it for scale. So give it a try if thats all you have and you want to see what you can do. The first time I tried this was years ago using a Colt Match Target HBAR with the 80s. If you have a A2 with a 1/7 0r 1/8 twist, you can use the 80s in it and it will deliver much improved long range accuracy. The gun is not as custom as the more serious long range set ups but it is obviously more then just a rack grade gun. I did string the shots and a few other problems but all in all I think this will give a good idea of just how well the 80 grain HPBTs and VLDs can perform. The weather yesterday was perfect with no wind. I shot 20 rounds of the 80 grain handloads with two misses. I used a set up a lot more practical for making hits at long range.Īfter my sighting shots to confirm I was on paper. I wanted to try to make the 80s look as good as I could so I didn’t try it iron sighted this time. Sure they can be seated to magazine length but you restrict powder capacity and lose so much velocity they stop being useful in the way they are meant to be. this opens up the case for more room for powder. The bullet has been a staple for the longer ranges in matches for a while now and to get the performance you want, you have to load them very long. To talk about the guns used and results not in the order I shot them, I will start off talking about the 80 grain bullets in the 5.56. 30, an LRB M1A ( M14 ) a target AR15 to show what you could be done with the seirra 80 grain match HPBT loaded long and just to see if it could be done, something I never dreamed would make it to 1K. So with that in mind, I tried 1K with a made in 1935 M1903 Springfield rifle, US caliber. After my last two posts about shooting at 1,000 yards with the service A2 and the M4 carbine with SOCOM barrel of 14.5 inches along with some 800 yard shooting with 16 inch barrel and T-1, I was talked into to shooting some other rifles under the same, or close to the same way.