Setting the sights on a Garand
Let's see who has the best way of setting up battle sight zero for a Garand. Include how many clicks from bottom should get you started at say 100 yards. How many clicks up are needed for each 100...
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First I shoot one inch squares at twenty-five meters and adjust the sight so the shots strike at the bottom of the black . Then when I go to a hundred yards I click the sights back two clicks and...
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Jeremy you may need to splain MOA for some. Not everybody that reads this will be a Marine. Anybody have some pictu...Read More
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HD, With a new rifle I'll always set up at 100 yds, prone and sling.... M2 ball ammo. Center the windage, elevation 10 clicks up from dead bottom. I shoot for the center of my target board, which is...
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i just received a field grade from the odcmp about 2 weeks ago. everything looks good after giving it a good field strip with the exception of the rear sight. it wiggles quite a bit, especially when...
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Heeeyyyyy; Whats with the Marine comment??? See ya in Knob Creek.. Hope we all find some good buy's.. Chucks BRIDE is ...Read More
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Quote: the rear sight. it wiggles quite a bit, especially when dialed up for long range. i tightened the tension on the windage screw but it didn't help. any advice?
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thanks for the tip, swampy. i am pretty sure something is way out of normal tolerance with it as the 3 other garands and the MI-A i have, exhibit nothing like the "wiggle" this one does. the cover...
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Quote:the cover that surrounds the aperature is also loose. This is your problem... and WHY the aperture itself is loose enough to wiggle.<...Read More
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My Greek racker was real loose also. I recurved my spring cover by squishing it in a vice with a round metal rod in the concave side and a piece of thick rubber on the convex side. Re-arched it a bit...
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i shimmed the spring cover with couple of thin strips of aluminum from my favorite beverage can. the shims are out of sight, and everything tightened up pretty well. i will put a couple hundred rounds...
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Go here, note the need for a supplied UN and PW, and download a manual. www.biggerhammer.net/manuals/ "...such as annealing it..." Don't...Read More
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Hello Jeremy2171, Your numbers are right on "target", just received a brand new Custom-built M1 hand built by DRG
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Anyone besides me zero the rifle at 200 yards (or 100) and then regulate the elevation drum to that range? Then just use the elevation settings instead of "counting clicks"? It works for me with M1s...
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Larry, Yes, many people will set the dial to their ammo and zero... BUT, no serious M1 shooter worth the gas from a can of pintos will rely on the knob to not come loose at the most inappropriate...
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Swampy is CORRECT! It is always a sure thing counting clicks from bottom. Let it happen (loose screw) to you once and you will become a believer.
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Old Sneaky here: The GUNNY said--"Count-clicks, get a piece of duct tape, put it on the inside of the trigger group on the botton and write down your 'combat zero" so you won't forget it you Tu---"....
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I'm a new. 1" high @ 25yards is a 300 yard zero. That's Army training from a fellow which he never forgot. He hasn't touched one since Korea. Perhaps he'll show me other tricks. It does work out on a...
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I use the attached 50 yeard sight in target with M2 HXP ammo from the CMP. I found it online last year. The design comes from the old military targets that used to require old M72 (?) match ammo. Use...
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Just run your sight all the way down then come up 13 or 14 clicks and you should be close enough at 200 yards to dial in within your 5 sighters if you are shooting a JCG match..M14man, I can send you...
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