My Norinco M4gery and ammo are ready to go for the new CBQ season. The only two improvements the Norinco M4 needed was a better trigger (I installed a Rock River) and a sight. I installed a cheap 1.5 – 5x shotgun scope. To raise the sight high enough to be able to look through comfortably, just installed it on some cheap see-thru rings.
I converted it to a floating barrel with a short tube and installed a fancy-dancy muzzle brake. I doubt that either “improvement” will have any positive impact on CQB scores.
But there are two things I have done that might help scores. First, I had a pair of special shooting glasses made up. Total cost $75. They consist of my ordinary bi-focal for my left (non-shooting) eye and a single lens for my right eye with a prescription for a reading glass, except I am “reading” farther out. I wanted lens that would allow me to easily focus on my front sight. It seems to make things in the 2 feet to six feet zone nice and sharp. The targets are a bit blurry, but that does not matter. So long as my pistol sight picture is sharp, the target does not matter.
But this makes the scope fuzzy, too. It was set for 20-20 (corrected) vision. I re-focused the rifle scope, using my shooting glasses. Now it is sharp, too. The only downside to this is that my rifle cannot now be lent to anyone else because the scope would be fuzzy for them.
I make low velocity ammo for CBQ. For 25 yards, you don’t need to beat up the gun with full power ammo. I use 16 gr of Win 680 (similar in speed to 4227) for a load that cycles the action just fine, but kicks out the 55 gr FMJ bullet at a relaxed 2300 fps. It groups 2” at 100yards, which translates to ½” for CQB distances. Plenty good enough.
I converted it to a floating barrel with a short tube and installed a fancy-dancy muzzle brake. I doubt that either “improvement” will have any positive impact on CQB scores.
But there are two things I have done that might help scores. First, I had a pair of special shooting glasses made up. Total cost $75. They consist of my ordinary bi-focal for my left (non-shooting) eye and a single lens for my right eye with a prescription for a reading glass, except I am “reading” farther out. I wanted lens that would allow me to easily focus on my front sight. It seems to make things in the 2 feet to six feet zone nice and sharp. The targets are a bit blurry, but that does not matter. So long as my pistol sight picture is sharp, the target does not matter.
But this makes the scope fuzzy, too. It was set for 20-20 (corrected) vision. I re-focused the rifle scope, using my shooting glasses. Now it is sharp, too. The only downside to this is that my rifle cannot now be lent to anyone else because the scope would be fuzzy for them.
I make low velocity ammo for CBQ. For 25 yards, you don’t need to beat up the gun with full power ammo. I use 16 gr of Win 680 (similar in speed to 4227) for a load that cycles the action just fine, but kicks out the 55 gr FMJ bullet at a relaxed 2300 fps. It groups 2” at 100yards, which translates to ½” for CQB distances. Plenty good enough.
