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Posted: 2/4/2005 7:42:32 PM EDT
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Made my first M44 range trip today. Between getting there first thing in the morning and the fact that it was raining I had the range to myself. I started out with a square of red duct tape on a piece of white butcher paper at the 50 yard line to see where this rifle was hitting. I wanted to adjust the sights to shoot with the bayonet closed. I installed an Uncle Mikes slip-on recoil pad and for a little more insurance I took my knit cap off, flattened it out and slipped it into my jacket over my right shoulder. I figured this little rifle was going to be a handful off the bench with the 174gr yellow tip ammo I had. I loaded up one round and placed my sights on the target at the 50 yard line. I touched off the shot and was really grateful for the recoil pad and cap under my shirt and I might want to consider sunglasses for that fireball! My first round was about three inches to the left so I drifted the sight to the left until I was hitting the tape. I loaded up a full magazine of five and started in on a fresh little piece of tape and the rounds grouped into two inches. I moved out to the hundred yard line where I tweaked the sight again until I could hit a pie plate with most shots. For my last ten rounds I took the hat out from under my shirt and used just the slip-on pad while shooting offhand standing. This rifle is an excellent plinker. I hit just about all targets I aimed at out to about 50 yards. The pad and my jacket was enough to tame the recoil, as by this time I had shot eighty rounds of this ammo and half as many 8mm Turk through an M48 I needed to sight in too. I love this little carbine. It’s a blast…literally.   |
| Nice rifle, and very nice bike. I love my 91/59 carbine. It had been a while since I shot it last, and then I went out with some friends. I had always shot from the bench before, and it hurt, but we went out and shot from a standing, "plinking" position. My friend (6' something big guy) and I had no problems, and even his girlfriend (5'6'' maybe 125 wet) enjoyed the thing. We put about 60 rounds through it, and no one was sore at all. |
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