M1A Throwback

regatoni5

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Minuteman
Nov 30, 2011
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Finally finished my M1A. Its been a long time coming but at last she's finally done!

-Springfield Armory M1A standard
-CASM gen 2 steel scope mount
-USGI wood stock
-warne low rings (now replaced with badger USMC low rings)
-Schmidt&Bender PM2 4-16X42 P4F MOA

Took her out to the range today to get zeroed and test how well it'll do at distance. elevation was about 2500ft above sea level @ 85f and low wind. I didn't make a dope card for it yet but i did take it out to 300 and 700 meters.

@100 it shot on average a minute
@300 it was about a minute also, nothing too impressive as it wasnt at extreme distance
@700 i had consistent hits on a man sized silhouette as well as consistent head shots on the same silhouette

overall this thing shot better than i expected. I definitely didnt think it was going to shoot a minute as a standard let alone shoot head shots at 700meters consistently. Now i just need to find an optic to put on it when the mk13 is done.
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imperfectly perfect
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