Posted: 9/11/2010 3:22:37 PM EDT
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As I write this, I assume that everyone reading this knows about "dime drills".
So I was doing some dime drills with my AK (a SA-M7 A1R) and found something unusual happening. I began by balancing the dime on the portion of the barrel between the gas block and the front sight block. Nearly every time I pulled the trigger, the dime slid off the barrel. But then I moved the dime and balanced it on the flashhider and found that the dime stayed put every time I pulled the trigger. I then did the dime drill on my .30-06 and SAR-1. I tried both rifles with the dime balanced at different points along the barrels of both and the dime almost never fell off of either. Any ideas what's going on? All I can think is that because the SA-M7 A1R barrel is very smooth as compared to the .30-06 (matte finish) or the SAR-1 (small ribs on barrel), the dime is less stable there and is more prone to falling off. Either that or my SA-M7 A1R action is somehow much more violent than that on either of the other rifles. Again, any ideas what might be happening? Thanks for your input. |
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I've not heard of that before, but I'll keep it in mind and see what results it yields. A better measure than putting the dime on the barrel? Maybe, but it sounds really tough.
Edit: I cannot even get a dime to balance on the cleaning rod. Quoted:
try it with a cleaning rod inserted in the barrel, and the coin on the rod. takes some finesse. good training though. |
