K...cant let pmclaine be the only one posting. Few pics from this weekends match.
I really do love this rifle. Still my favorite rifle to shoot.
I really do love this rifle. Still my favorite rifle to shoot.
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Nice to see one being used in positional shooting rather than my sedate bench useage.
Shooting at a neat range next week. What it looked like in March...
The range card.....
For a challenge I want to use my MaWhinney M40 repro with the green Leupold Mil Dot scope.
I have that scope zeroed at 100.
If I keep it at 100 yards that will give me 5 mils of hold with dot reference.....
Im figuring I can get to about 650-700 using dots than I run out of reference on a 100 yard zero.
With the relatively cheap scope my intention was get a good 100 yard zero and by leaving it alone Ill never worry about repeatability moving the turrets truth be told when I put it together I intended the .308 M40 to be a 600 yards and in gun.
Still though the challenge of shooting that range........
Maybe Ill go set a 300 yard zero this week than use hold unders/overs as needed to hit.
Maybe thats the best way to set this gun up if Im going to access longer distances every once in a while.
Thing is when I sit at the bench and try shooting for groups Ill never be happy. If I were only shooting steel all the time Id be in heaven.
I would like to take this gun to Sig Academy for a "Reach for 1000" class someday. Ill have to adjust expectations of happiness from making small groups on paper to being completely content as long as I ring steel...
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You could zero it at 100 on the top most mil dot or even where the thick stadia meets the skinny. For tiny groups at 100 you could always just write down the number of clicks back to a centered 100yrd zero.
If you do the upper most mil dot that will give you 9 mils of elevation which should get you out to 900yrds if you do the stadia part itd give you 10 for just about 1000. (My 175fgmm velocity is 10.7mil to 1k, 8.8 to 900, figured this is similar or slower than your hand loads)
If you work a load up (mine is 175rdf at 2760) well enough and zero on the upper dot youd never have to dial. Thats what id do if I had the same goal as you.
Usually when I shoot ranges with out to 1000 distances available I use My M40A1ish with a Premier 3-15X.
Was just provided a neat solution.
I can keep my 100 yard zero but if I change my magnification I will change the mil scale reference.
So if I zoom back to 4.5X each mill dot hold should double. The potential is a 10mil hold which will get me real close to the distance Ill be potentially shooting at.
Targets might be tough to see but their size and bright coloring may work in my favor.
Exactly. To ensure you are indeed at 4.5x, mark off 2 mils on a target, and zoom down until the 2 mils fits in the 1 mil exactly. Mark that spot on your scope with a marker pen.
Regards,
DT
I see you bounce around between internet sites through out the day......Im at a swimming pool watching my kids Daddy Day Care.
Getting solutions for my shooting problems is a good way to spend the day.
So Im thinking Thursday Ill take my reloads and M40 to 100 yards and get my best 100 yard zero.
Ill put two pasters at a distance 7.2 inches center to center.
Dial my magnification back and when my crosshair is centered one one paster and the first mil dot is centered on the other that will be my "doubling" magnification.
Hit it with the sharpie and Im good to go.
Hope those Ivans look big at 1000 yards on 4.5X. Guess guys did more with less in WWII shooting the 03A4.
I finished my M40A1 the other day by mounting the scope, so here's a group picture of my 3 M40 replica variants circa 1966-2016. (I'm not building an A3 as its similar enough for me to my A5, and the A6 is not that interesting to me and its too pricey as well).
It took a few years to find a nice M40A1 take-off stock, but glad to have the A1 project completed. Hope to dial in the rifle this summer.
It took a few years to find a nice M40A1 take-off stock, but glad to have the A1 project completed. Hope to dial in the rifle this summer.
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Not an M40 but MARSOC currently use a set up very similar to this and the sceneries are nice so I thought I would share with y'all 
Arizona (hour north of Phx). Shoot out as far as you can. Very light wind, was able to touch IPSC at 900ish meters consistently.
West Texas (hour south of Odessa/Mid Land). Shoot out as far as you can. 35+ mph fast changing directions wind gust. Was able to score hits on IPSC at 875 meters ~2/3 of the shots I took; this was a very humble experience fighting the wind with 7.62 (6.5CM GAP 700 my buddy brought along was awesome in this wind).
Gun is Delta trade-in SR-25 EMC (M110C clone) plus S&B 3-20 Ultra Short with T3 reticle. Ammo used were "7.62" FGMM 175gr.
Arizona (hour north of Phx). Shoot out as far as you can. Very light wind, was able to touch IPSC at 900ish meters consistently.
West Texas (hour south of Odessa/Mid Land). Shoot out as far as you can. 35+ mph fast changing directions wind gust. Was able to score hits on IPSC at 875 meters ~2/3 of the shots I took; this was a very humble experience fighting the wind with 7.62 (6.5CM GAP 700 my buddy brought along was awesome in this wind).
Gun is Delta trade-in SR-25 EMC (M110C clone) plus S&B 3-20 Ultra Short with T3 reticle. Ammo used were "7.62" FGMM 175gr.
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Not an M40 but MARSOC currently use a set up very similar to this and the sceneries are nice so I thought I would share with y'all
Arizona (hour north of Phx). Shoot out as far as you can. Very light wind, was able to touch IPSC at 900ish meters consistently.
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West Texas (hour south of Odessa/Mid Land). Shoot out as far as you can. 35+ mph fast changing directions wind gust. Was able to score hits on IPSC at 875 meters ~2/3 of the shots I took; this was a very humble experience fighting the wind with 7.62 (6.5CM GAP 700 my buddy brought along was awesome in this wind).
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Gun is Delta trade-in SR-25 EMC (M110C clone) plus S&B 3-20 Ultra Short with T3 reticle. Ammo used were "7.62" FGMM 175gr.
Seriously Dude?
Nikes?
Hang those shoes out at 900 meters with some binary explosive and Colon Capperdicks picture.
Rifles are beautiful though and Im very jealous of your range.
Please forgive me haha. I'm still wearing those because of sentimental values more than anything. I have those for at least 6 years now and they have been on probably 2 deployments with me so they've been all over the world and all over the US.
Needless to say I used to love Nike since I was a little kid but I haven't buy anything from them for over a year now and it will stays that way until they learned to love the US again.
Those are great pictures. Thanks for showing. I really wish I had an KAC M110 too. Looks like you had a good time.
Got my unertl back from ironsight today, had it serviced and reticle replaced. Hope to zero it after work tomorrow.
Todays reloading effort. Trying something that looked good at 100 on the 300 yard line.
Cold bore and sighters.....
Because I knew these were for record I went spastic on the first 5.......than I took .5 of E off and the scope was set at 3/0 E - 0 W for the next 15......
Got some new toys this week....
A Rifle Kuhl....
and a 70 plus year old Campaign hat.......
The cover came with an Army officers hat cord which I moved off to a deserving former Army Officer Hide member.
The current EGA is WWII vintage.
I have a WWI "Sitting Eagle" reproduction in route along with a brown nape strap.
Company called Prairie Flower Leather Company makes excellent replicas of the EGA as well as the hat strap.
They also make a great version of the USMC Campaign from WWI era with only three grommets and the folded under brim edge.
Spoke with the owner yesterday for 20 minutes or so and he is cool as hell.
He made up 40 "Droop Wing" EGA at the request of a CO from 4th Marines.
When they were deployed the CO awarded the "Droop Wing" Emblems for good work and they became coveted.
The "Droop Wing" EGAs were made in China when 4th Marines was "The China Marines".
4th Marines is a great unit.
I salute anyone that was a member.
Cold bore and sighters.....
Because I knew these were for record I went spastic on the first 5.......than I took .5 of E off and the scope was set at 3/0 E - 0 W for the next 15......
Got some new toys this week....
A Rifle Kuhl....
and a 70 plus year old Campaign hat.......
The cover came with an Army officers hat cord which I moved off to a deserving former Army Officer Hide member.
The current EGA is WWII vintage.
I have a WWI "Sitting Eagle" reproduction in route along with a brown nape strap.
Company called Prairie Flower Leather Company makes excellent replicas of the EGA as well as the hat strap.
They also make a great version of the USMC Campaign from WWI era with only three grommets and the folded under brim edge.
Spoke with the owner yesterday for 20 minutes or so and he is cool as hell.
He made up 40 "Droop Wing" EGA at the request of a CO from 4th Marines.
When they were deployed the CO awarded the "Droop Wing" Emblems for good work and they became coveted.
The "Droop Wing" EGAs were made in China when 4th Marines was "The China Marines".
4th Marines is a great unit.
I salute anyone that was a member.
Some .223 M40ish.
Figured a 1.5 mil hold through the Leupold should get me a 300 yard zero........
I bracketed the center mass circle between the 1 mil and 2 mil dots. It made a nice group if favoring left. Have to recheck my zero at 100. I have some better ammo to use after shooting up these 22.9 grain XBR/77 grain Nosler CCs....
Felt good about my center mass work so I figured to fire the last 12 rounds I had at the head shot T.
11 rounds Ill take considering I was holding a reference other than my desired point of impact.
Figured a 1.5 mil hold through the Leupold should get me a 300 yard zero........
I bracketed the center mass circle between the 1 mil and 2 mil dots. It made a nice group if favoring left. Have to recheck my zero at 100. I have some better ammo to use after shooting up these 22.9 grain XBR/77 grain Nosler CCs....
Felt good about my center mass work so I figured to fire the last 12 rounds I had at the head shot T.
11 rounds Ill take considering I was holding a reference other than my desired point of impact.
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Got some USMC surpluses today from a SS friends for a steal
Sharing is showing that you are caring......
Dont want this thread to die. I sacked up and decided to paint the M40a5. Got tired of scrubbing surface rust off some parts so it was time.
If I may digress slightly, I should mention that if you want to complete in some friendly competition with an M40/A1/A3/A6 clone, then you might want to consider attending the autumn match of the twice annual vintage sniper/precision rifle match. It will be held at Quantico via the Quantico Shooting Club organization at the USMC base in Quantico. This is fun, informal match for anyone who can attend that weekend.
Here's the link to their registration page: https://quanticoshootingclub.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12
Its the only place around here where I can shoot my M40A5 at 800 and 1000 yards, and sometimes the PWS guys
will bring out the old M40A1s still in the armory for USMC personnel to use in the match...(pic from match in 2017).
Here's the link to their registration page: https://quanticoshootingclub.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12
Its the only place around here where I can shoot my M40A5 at 800 and 1000 yards, and sometimes the PWS guys
will bring out the old M40A1s still in the armory for USMC personnel to use in the match...(pic from match in 2017).
Awesome!!! Thank you for sharing Sir!!!
To keep this great thread alive I'll post a picture of my friend that I grew up with in the fleet. He's currently West Coast SS Instructor. Here's him sending rounds down range a couple weeks ago at Rocket Mountain
M40 at 300 yards today...
I keep the Leupold zeroed at 100 so this was my sight picture.....
1.3 - 1.4 mil hold gave me a reference to the top of the white backer target with the 1 windage mil dot in each corner of the white backer board. This picture shows a line of white above that would have been an out of black miss.
My old load. My latest testing has me up a grain...
Porn first...
The reveal.....
7 inch circle I dropped 1 out. Im pretty happy with that group trying to hold a line on a line. I think a 1.5 mil hold would have been better but it kind of depends on where I can find reference elsewhere.
My cold bore was one of the three oclock shots. I than fired four and had an idea at least two were near the orange center. I drove down after 5 and found the next 4 were right on or in the orange center. Shouldnt have stopped because than I started the low to left dance.
I keep the Leupold zeroed at 100 so this was my sight picture.....
1.3 - 1.4 mil hold gave me a reference to the top of the white backer target with the 1 windage mil dot in each corner of the white backer board. This picture shows a line of white above that would have been an out of black miss.
My old load. My latest testing has me up a grain...
Porn first...
The reveal.....
7 inch circle I dropped 1 out. Im pretty happy with that group trying to hold a line on a line. I think a 1.5 mil hold would have been better but it kind of depends on where I can find reference elsewhere.
My cold bore was one of the three oclock shots. I than fired four and had an idea at least two were near the orange center. I drove down after 5 and found the next 4 were right on or in the orange center. Shouldnt have stopped because than I started the low to left dance.
If this was in october id be all over it. Traveling to satan's den (ny) that weekend unfortunately.
Took her out to check for rust (didn't find any) tonight. Thought I might as well grab some pics
Nice serial number!Took her out to check for rust (didn't find any) tonight. Thought I might as well grab some pics
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Rifle is cool too. 1212.
Breaking in new barrel on this one. Good results at 100 with handloads. Don’t have to do much with a Hart barrel to break in so good sings ahead
To keep this great thread alive I'll post a picture of my friend that I grew up with in the fleet. He's currently West Coast SS Instructor. Here's him sending rounds down range a couple weeks ago at Rocket Mountain
All of the SS I know are out and got out right as the transition into the A6 started with little to no experience with it. I've been wondering how the A6 version has been received in fleet? All of the SSes I've talked to said they didnt have much hands on but that if they were the ones controlling what they got it would look much different than what the A6 is.
I guess its kind of irrelevant now as I think anything in .308 is considered a school rifle or a secondary alternate to the .300 WM rifles.
I still think the .308 has a role but everything seems to be moving toward the bigger cartridge.
Be nice to see some pics of the big rifle in the wild,
Dont think Ill be setting up a clone of one as I dont need the cost of not only the equipment and cartridges but it almost begs that I tool up to reload for it.
I agree...with the MK13 working its way to fleet and the M110 being as capable as it is(and eventually switching to 6.5creed as army is supposidly in the process of doing) a 308 bolt gun in my opinion has little place in the current environments. Was mainly curious about how the chassis was received by the users.
I will eventually do a Mk13 but I have one iron in the fire with this XM-3 and soon to be another in an M40a1 before all the CMP USOs dry up. Will give me time to find range long enough to enjoy a 300wm also haha.
Would it be ghey to make a Mk13 clone in .308.
Love .308 and 30-06.
Maybe a Mk-13 in 30-06 would be delicious.
If I was onl one of the cool dudes that could regularly shoot 1200 and beyond.......
I can't recall if I posted these pics, but a new M40A6 was at the Quantico Vintage Precision rifle match back in April 2019. A buddy took these pictures, and one interesting thing he said was that the rifle "rung" or "twanged" slightly when fired. He thought that was interesting.
BTW, my collector/shooting buddy with deep pockets is looking for one of these "USMC M8541" S&B scopes for his M40A5 clone, but he has not been able to find one for sale...any leads are much appreciated.
BTW, my collector/shooting buddy with deep pockets is looking for one of these "USMC M8541" S&B scopes for his M40A5 clone, but he has not been able to find one for sale...any leads are much appreciated.
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My XM-3 will be some flavor of 6mm
sssshhhhhhh. haha. Could always build a long action 308 and load some big ol 200+gr heads. If you ever get the range it is only a barrel and bolt change at that point.Good luck on the M8541 s&b. Might want to rattle some cages over on M40rifle.com. They have quite a few people with odd connections that might know where one is.
I've also heard the A6 vibrates like a bitch. Wonder if its a combo of the short barrel and tuning fork like prongs on the front of the chassis rail. I'd be curious to know if its more pronounced without the suppressor and if it may go away with the suppressor.
Same. I got out and 3 months later my boys started getting the A6..
I've ask my buddy (pictured) what his thoughts are regarding the A6 since he's actually a gun-guy and not a crayon-eater-trigger-puller also because I've been wanting an A6 and he told me they're much easier to ruck than the A5 and he doesn't mind the shorter barrel since him and the guys at Rocket Mountain were hitting targets out to 1,200 consistently with the A6.
Now he did tell me that they prefer the Mk13 Mod7 only because it's capable of reaching out further but overall they rather run the M110 because they can take down targets much quicker which mirrors the same way I felt when I was in LOL; the bolt gun is cool though don't get me wrong. He told me they can't wait to get the Barrett MRAD in either 6.5 CM or 300 PRC.
My SSA USMC M40. Freshly mounted Redfield Revolution 3x9 TAC-MOA which I love as a modern take on the issued Redfield Accu-Range. Went this direction due to great reviews and so far, I'm not dissapointed. 
Bullgator1 are these Redfield or Badger rings and base?
10-4??
Dudes already pulling the ATACR off the MK for the A6? Lol.
My good friend I grew up with in the fleet sent me those pics. He's currently West Coast SS instructor and they have new NF for their trainer A6s.
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