[300winmag]

Ruh, roh, that sounds ominous!

A minor issue with the quick-detach front sling swivel. It's so quick, the button just touched my shoulder as I slung the rifle, and it fell onto a concrete driveway. The rifle and sight came through like a trooper, although I wailed and gnashed my teeth at the cosmetic scratches on the Aimpoint.

Scrape away the embedded concrete, a bit of file touch-up, and some aluminum blackener. The sight and rifle still functioned properly (but not quite flawlessly), after that. BTW, I'm going to eliminate every push-button swivel I own. Anybody interested in risking their weapons for free?

Other than that, I had a few failures-to-feed, with the bolt riding over the round in the magazine. I need to check how freely the follower is moving, and mark this mag for further study.

Firing it, with ear protection, is pure joy. Horrendous muzzle blast, moderate recoil, and almost no muzzle rise. It was like firing a 12ga shotgun with field loads. Of course, this is a bit heavier than your average shotgun. Very pleasant shooting, aside from muzzle blast.

Besides an auspicious day for firing the M1A for the first time, this was the first time my nephew fired anything bigger than 9mm or 5.7x28. The rifle treated him quite well. He can now say he's fired something in a manly man's caliber.

There was no attempt to sight anything in, just an earlier check with a collimator to make sure things were pointing in the right direction. We had no trouble hitting an aluminum transmission case at 50 yards, offhand. You could see the metal spark when the round hit. Do not try to take cover behind an aluminum casting if someone is shooting 7.62mm NATO at you.

[Squantos]

Ouch ! That is bad ! Sorry ya scratched that personal rifle !

I know I even treated my issued working guns like they were my own as my life depended on em at times . I have a few of the QD swivel’s yet they have a knurled knob screw in versus just a push button.

My SOCOM II has no sling as I would bleed too death if I slung that cheese grater but my SOCOM 16 has a Turner leather sling.

Enjoy your Independence Day Sir !

[osagebowman]

Evening Winmag; well, think of it as a adding a bit of character to the rifle. note to self - don’t hide behind aluminum things. Glad it all worked out and .308 was what you hoped it would be.

btw - I’m still eyeing a sig for my ebr. My buddy/gunpusher has some now. Unfortunately he takes July off, so I haven’t been able to heft one yet.

[g'nad]

It's so quick, the button just touched my shoulder as I slung the rifle, and it fell onto a concrete driveway.

DOH!!!

Do not try to take cover behind an aluminum casting if someone is shooting 7.62mm NATO at you.

heh heh... no kiddin'...

In Dogwood Ridge Range News, put the first fiddy rounds thru the SIG... mrsnad and theboy took part... functioned flawlessly... 855 Ball made a melody on the tank engine cover...

[Ramius]

Ouch... road rash. It looks like it hurt you worse than it hurt the rifle, but still. Sounds like it’s a joy to shoot.

I finally got back in the range last week too. Took my Kimbers. Felt good.