OK, who said 1903 sights suck?
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First target ever on the 1903 NM I recently picked up. 100 yards off sand bags. Totally pushed the first shot but next 4 are the ones in the tight group.
OK, the 1903 does suck as far as adjusting and returning to zero goes. However, seems like holding a consistent point of aim isn't a problem. I used the flip-up small rear peep, more or less moved to bottom. Windage adjusted to mechanical zero.
Bore was pretty dirty and took a few passes with JB & many passes with #9 to clean it up last night. I took a couple shots with HXP at the 50 yard berm to make sure I'd be on paper at 100, followed by the 5 shots above. Looks like I won't have any reason to bitch about my equipment at a match. Awesome news that the NM is a great shooter. Good news that I can use the same loads I use in my Garand (HXP brass, 168 SMK's, Varget).
Now the terrible news...
That target might be the last I can shoot via the 1903 NM for several months. I have had a rotator cuff problem for a couple years that eventually would require surgery. It's annoying and woke me up sometimes but hasn't stopped me from shooting and working from the prone position in practice and matches. A few weeks back I had a pretty bad crash when ski racing & my shoulder is now a terrible mess. Thanks to handfuls of Advil I didn't miss any races and even got a bronze medal in the Mass Sr. Olympics Super-G race. (Sr. = age 40 and up). However, when shooting the '03 today the pain was excruciating and made it hard to stay relaxed for the next shot. LOL, after the first two shots I was going to quit but the third was right on top of the second shot so... Anyway, I see the orthopedic surgeon end of this month. My goal is to recover in time for the New England CMP Games this September.
First target ever on the 1903 NM I recently picked up. 100 yards off sand bags. Totally pushed the first shot but next 4 are the ones in the tight group.
OK, the 1903 does suck as far as adjusting and returning to zero goes. However, seems like holding a consistent point of aim isn't a problem. I used the flip-up small rear peep, more or less moved to bottom. Windage adjusted to mechanical zero.
Bore was pretty dirty and took a few passes with JB & many passes with #9 to clean it up last night. I took a couple shots with HXP at the 50 yard berm to make sure I'd be on paper at 100, followed by the 5 shots above. Looks like I won't have any reason to bitch about my equipment at a match. Awesome news that the NM is a great shooter. Good news that I can use the same loads I use in my Garand (HXP brass, 168 SMK's, Varget).
Now the terrible news...
That target might be the last I can shoot via the 1903 NM for several months. I have had a rotator cuff problem for a couple years that eventually would require surgery. It's annoying and woke me up sometimes but hasn't stopped me from shooting and working from the prone position in practice and matches. A few weeks back I had a pretty bad crash when ski racing & my shoulder is now a terrible mess. Thanks to handfuls of Advil I didn't miss any races and even got a bronze medal in the Mass Sr. Olympics Super-G race. (Sr. = age 40 and up). However, when shooting the '03 today the pain was excruciating and made it hard to stay relaxed for the next shot. LOL, after the first two shots I was going to quit but the third was right on top of the second shot so... Anyway, I see the orthopedic surgeon end of this month. My goal is to recover in time for the New England CMP Games this September.
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