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- From: smpod@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: AR15 Questions
- Message-ID: <23NOV199213294479@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 21:41:01 GMT
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- kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes...
- #I took a rifle shooting class a few weeks ago and shot my AR15 for
- #the first time ( any rifles for that matter). Now I have a number of
- #questions. I'll appreciate it if I can get some comments. Note that
- #it is a Colt Competition Sporter HBAR with a 1 in 9" twist rate barrel.
- # 4. How practical is the 6/3 or the 8/3 iron sight? I could use
- # the sights to knock down bowling pins at 200m away in my first
- # rifle shooting session. But, bowling pins at 200m aways are so
- # tiny.
-
- I don't know the exact dimensions of a bowling pin, but assumming that they
- are 4" wide, that would make a 2moa target in windage. That's a very small
- sight picture but 1" larger than the x-ring of military 200 yd. bullseye
- target. If you can hit that bowling pin, you're doing ok!
-
-
- # that I have a 20/10 vision ( better than normal ), I have a
- # difficult time to imagine that people can use iron sights to hit
- # small objects at 500 m away. ( I was told that in High Power Rifle
- # Competition, shooters shoot targets at 600m away. ) Any comments?
-
- The 600 yd target is about 60" wide with 36" aiming black. Although it isn't
- difficult to stay within the black, I've been told that it is very difficult to
- get a good score the the AR with issue sights. You probably need to use the 69
- gr. match bullet at that range and I think that the 9" twist is adequate.
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