C7 Rack grade accuracy?

[harbl_the_cat]

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SHINY.
To be fair it it probably wasn't the recruits fault but rather that of course staff for insisting that the crown be absolutely spotless. I ran into this after a range day when one of the new guys started going at her crown with a chamber brush. Upon correcting her and explaining why it was a bad idea, she told me it was something that she picked up on her BMQ.

Ah memories.

 

[Gunnerlove]

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SHINY.
To be fair it it probably wasn't the recruit's fault but rather that of course staff for insisting that the crown be absolutely spotless. I ran into this after a range day when one of the new guys started going at her crown with a chamber brush. Upon correcting her and explaining why it was a bad idea, she told me it was something that she picked up on her BMQ.

Only medallions need to be shiny.

 

[recce]

Only medallions need to be shiny.

And garbage cans. Who else remembers having to shine a garbage can in Cornwallis?

 

[volkov956]

I helped service 60 C7's in my BMQ and SQ i was so horribly disappointed with what people would do to they're rifles so there were shiny ever seen a Brown C7 i did they removed all Blueing a quick march in the rain resulted in a punk steam rusty rifle.. I was also horrifed by some of the things Instructors would tell recruits to do to make they're rifles better or cleaner...

I hid a full Rifle Servicing and Cleaning kit in a man made storage compartment in the mattress in my barracks. Also had a non registered (base didn't know I had it) vehicle I used to pick up supplies and etc. And to prevent instructors of finding my stash if they were on a bed flipping run u flip the bed when they get there so they don't notice the abnormal load in the corner. The tabs they give u I must say are more aless worthless....

 

[Draezin]

I never had an issue with accuracy with my C7. 3/4"-1" 5-shot groups at 100m were the norm for me.

Sometimes they opened up a bit, but that was more cause I was rushing the group than cause the rifle was inaccurate. I took my time and made sure every shot counted.

Sometimes they were 1/2" groups. A couple of times it was one ragged hole. But that was a rarity.

All in all, the C7 was an accurate piece of kit for me. No complaints. It would hit the man-sized target at 300m every time, without fail. Can't ask for a lot more.

 

[Expendable Nate]

Any thing lol well for starters a bigger round then 556. i wouldnt mind running the FN again

And a better option for issued rifles is?

 

[Gunnerlove]

So the FN is a better Service Rifle?

Thats all you got?

 

[Longshot]

We should just go back to the Enfield #4. Lolol!

 

[mg4201]

We should just go back to the Enfield #4. Lolol!

I wouldn't want to get shot with one.

 

[CZ85Combat]

Neither by 5.56

 

[Expendable Nate]

In my personal experience the c7 is junk if its not kept spotless it jams. I'm sorry a rifle that I have to use and if I didn't clean it twice a day it would jam up.that to me says its junk

 

[CZ85Combat]

In my personal experience the c7 is junk if its not kept spotless it jams. I'm sorry a rifle that I have to use and if I didn't clean it twice a day it would jam up.that to me says its junk

That is a pretty bold statement...
What is your experience? Artic? Afghanistan? Ex-Yougo?

Personally, I only had very few stoppage that was a weapon issue (weak extractor spring on the original C8) with live rounds.
It is normally either user or mag issues.

 

[Winz]

Any thing lol well for starters a bigger round then 556. i wouldnt mind running the FN again

So the FN is a better Service Rifle?

Thats all you got?

We should just go back to the Enfield #4. Lolol!

Dude....EVERYONE knows that Canadianising is the best thing to do. What could be better than a completely Canadian rifle, like the ROSS.

 

[Winz]

That is a pretty bold statement...
What is your experience? Artic? Afghanistan? Ex-Yougo?

Personally, I only had very few stoppage that was a weapon issue (weak extractor spring on the original C8) with live rounds.
It is normally either user or mag issues.

This is going to be LEGEN-Wait for it-DARY

 

[Expendable Nate]

The sand box and I agree it could be the user or mags but I know what I'm doing and this was even with new mags. Perhaps it was worn out but when I had it looked over by gun plumbers they couldn't find anything wrong with it so unless I'm messing up pulling the trigger I dunno

 

[mg4201]

Neither by 5.56

No not that either. If what the round does to yotes is any indication.

 

[Longshot]

I've put 10s of thousands of rds through my issue C7 in some very interesting places and I don't EVER remember a stoppage. And I make a point of NOT cleaning things once I'm zeroed. Bolt gets wiped off and that's it. CF gun plumbers are not machinists and unfortunately have minimal understanding of how to find and fix real problems. Nate I think your experience is not the norm at all. Glad it didn't get you hurt.

 

[Airtech77]

The ELCAN is great for producing a solid as rock chin weld. I hate the bloody thing. I have to get very, very close to get proper eye relief and then my helmet gets in the way of my shooting. I could put up with the garbage chin weld but the the piece of junk just won't work for me. Give me iron sights and I get tight groupings all day long. That ELCAN though, screw that piece of garbage.

 

[MirageSwirl]

The best accuracy I ever saw with a c7 was on a perfectly calm, early evening zeroing session at Connaught, by the MCpl who would later win the 1995 Reserve QM. I was spotting for him as he punched out the upper right quarter of a one inch black patch with a five shot group.

Most c7s I experienced would shoot approx 1 moa from a magazine monopod prone as long as the Elcan mount was functional.

 

[C77]

There is no rifle on the ground in any of the battlefields I've been on that I would drop a C7 to pick up. I don't clean mine either. Wipe of carrier and a few drops of oil.