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To: SENTINEL
"Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but 300 yards isn't that big of a deal with irons. Every single US Marine for instance, can repeatedly hit torso sized targets at 500 with iron sights with an M16. The Camp Perry 1000 yard match is fired with Iron sighted M14s in .308. After sighting in the irons at 100 on my FN SCAR-17, I bumped the BDC dial to 300 and fired a careful 5 shot group at the 300 yard line, from a bench, using a bipod. I was shocked to find a 3.5" group downrange with only MagTech M80 Ball ammo !"

And of course you've done it multiple times with a WWII surplus M1 Carbine, since that's what we're talking about here.

13 posted on 07/11/2013 3:48:38 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
No that's not what i said. I've done plenty of accurate enough 300 yard shooting with AK-47s though, which couldn't be much better.

My comment was intended to help educate the younger red-dot and expensive scope crowd who don't know how good irons can be. No offense intended.

14 posted on 07/11/2013 4:03:21 PM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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