AR Sponsor
Posted: 8/18/2006 4:26:32 AM EDT
|
I assembled my "RockMaster' in May, but had only shot about 20 rds through it since then. Last weekend I had the opportunity to run it through a standard Marine Corps qualification course of fire. I am very happy with it, as I shot 238 (of 250) points and no malfunctions. (I did have one stoppage, but that was "shooter error": in the offhand, I hold the slip ring in my left hand and one ejected case bounced off my palm and back into the ejection port, preventing the bolt from chambering.) I decided to try something I never had before, and shot my last four rounds at the 500-yd line from the sitting position, with a hasty sling, and got two 5's and two 4's. Ammo was Black Hills reman 69-gr Sierra Match King, which I'm sure helped me do better than I would have otherwise. FYI, for those not familiar with it, the Marine Corps KD (known distance) qualification range runs as such. (Targets are scored 5,4,3,2,0.) 200-yd slow fire: 5 rds sitting, 5 rds kneeling, 5 rds standing ("offhand") 200-yd rapid fire: 10 rds in two mags of 5, sitting 300-yd slow: 5 rds sitting 300-yd rapid: 10 rds in two mags of 5, prone 500-yd slow; 10 rds, prone |
AR Sponsor