When do you say, well that is as good as it is going to shoot.

RTH1800 said:

Not sure where your accuracy information comes from but a 1903 is generally much better than that.

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In other words all over the place.

sirhrmechanic said:

Bedding would be my guess.

After that… barrel or crown.

@fpgt72 have you tried any actual surplus match or ball ammo?

Also, a really good rest/bag setup? Assume you are shooting irons as well. Which gets harder to do as our eyes get older. So hard to compare with a modern rifle off a bipod with a good scope.

3” at 100 as the accuracy standard? I don’t have a period reference book or actual Springfield Armory “requirements” docs handy. But I would expect that the design specifications would be “better”‘than that. Though that may be the expectations for a good rifleman on a range back when issued. Especially with iron sights.

Maybe try some original lake city match .30-06 and a really good rest setup. At 100 with good environmental conditions.

Too bad you can’t (temporarily) scope one without messing it up. If PMcLaine were able to post, he might be able to help, too. This is his thing, bigtime!!

Maybe I can get him to look at the thread and post on his behalf.

But keep at it and keep us in the loop!

Sirhr

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No I have not tried "real" match ammo of any kind. In fact only one "store bought" box.... really to double check myself.

I have come across official docs but I would be dogged if I can find it again.

When I get back down there again I will update with some photos if I remember.

Oh yeah, it is irons and shot off the range bag no rear support, but I can do better than this. But perhaps I should take something down that I know I can shoot, I might have just fallen off a bit, old age is not kind.

I do catch myself starting to flinch I am not sure why but it is there, as well as some shakes.

Maybe have a buddy give it a try.

I am going to change this to as good as YOU are going to shoot. It is the eyes I am pretty sure.

I present a target of the last 10 rounds from today.



Now the first thing you are going to say is why 4 read pasties....Well with the progressives I can see one, but the sight is a blur, I need to start moving my head across the progressive area of the lenses to get the sights in focus, when I do that I loose the target. So in shooting with the progressives, what most of this target is that has been taped I tilt my head back to line up the sights then tilt my head forward to see the target then take the shot. I may go back and forth a time or two, but the results are not very good at all.

So I use my "computer" glasses, they are fixed to about 6' and the sights are nice and clear, but if only one pastie is on the target I can't see it, I can't see two, so I stick up four, and that is a struggle. I think the one in the cardboard is likely the last one as my eyes started to really bother me trying to focus. I had shot a total of 25 rounds today, and by the end I had a hell of a time seeing the target, the sights still nice and clear, but the target, no dice.

I think the vertical string is a by product of that. I need the front sight on something pretty contrasting to pick it up even with the close up glasses, and I just raise till I start to see the orange fuzz of the sticker. When shooting I had a feeling I was not holding in the same place, it just felt off, but I took the shot anyway. I am really thinking this is the issue.

Even sitting here home now and typing this post the letters on the page are a bit fuzzy, I think my eyes are stressed and need a rest, they burn a bit.

So in a nutshell I think with my current eye setup this is where I am. I did ask a question about glasses a bit ago and have an appt with the eye dr in Oct IIRC. I will talk to him then about this issue and if there is anything they can do for me, or if it is what it is with these eyes. I have wore glasses my entire life if that matters.

Oh well thats my story and I am sticking to it. For the record this is what I am shooting off of.