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Posted: 4/7/2003 5:50:54 AM EDT
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Well I finally got to put my new and first AR through it's paces. It's a 20 inch Bushmaster A2. Yesterday I put nearly 400 rounds through it without a single failure of any kind. I was shooting Federal XM193 lot #10 and using British steel 30 round mags. The mags functioned perfectly. The bolt always stayed open after the last round and they inserted easily even on a closed bolt. I performed the improved 50 yard zero using the standard A2 sights. At fifty yards thirty rounds stayed in a very tight group. At one hundred yards I shot three mags (90 rounds)off the bench into a 3 inch group with no fliers with the group centered about 2 inches high. The temp was about 50 degrees with a strong downrange breeze. I fired the three mags without letting the barrel cool. I fired each shot as soon as I was back on target. After my first experience I'm sold. I haven't had so much fun shooting in years. My only complaint is that the rear sight required quite a bit of windage since the gun was shooting about 6 inches to the right with the aperature centered. Is there a way to drift the front sight to compensate? I unfortunatly pissed off one of my fellow shooters. After I had fired about 250 rounds this guy shows up and takes the bench next to me. He was sighting in a big bore lever action, .444 I think. Apperently my brass kept hitting him. He got a little pissed and gave me some attitude. I told him I didn't realize I was hitting him and appologized. At that point the bench to my left became free so I did the nice thing and moved over and didn't even get a thank you. Has anyone used any type of shell deflecter with any sucess?? Let me know because I do try to be considerate of my fell shooters. I plan on getting back to the range in a few weeks to do a little two hundred yard practice. I'm already considering building up an M-forgery upper with a SIR and either an Eotech or Compact ACOG. |
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