How to kick a** with M14 irons sights (and grade 4 math)

[muscles1000]

Awesome, thanks for the info!!!

 

[Riflechair]

FINALLY!!!!
Someone else that runs open sites!!

 

[Torque]

Very informative,thanks for the post.Sticky please.

 

[JohnnySeven]

Im big on iron sights. If you train yourself to shoot well with iron sights you are a better all around shooter. I find scopes distracting. Its the same philosophy with photography. I prefer a Leica rangefinder camera to a nikon or canon SLR. I'd rather look at what im shooting at then look at a piece of glass.

 

[jackenape]

x whatever STICKY! (please..)

 

[tootall]

Copy/pasted into a Word doc.
Thanks for the post

 

[Mike_R23A]

Great info, I'm also an iron sight fan. Add this info into the sticky please.

I'm waiting for Marstar to bring in some resonably priced Italian-made rear sight assemblies to replace the one on my 2007 Norc.

 

[Jamie]

and stuck

 

[Hungry]

I got yer backs all you iron sights shooters! That's all I use for my M14 (currently a 2007 Norc)

Barney

 

[ton45-II]

Barney,

Just tested my 25 yard battle zero at the 200 yard range yesterday.... Vbulls on the figure 12/59 type B target. Holding at 6 o'clock on the bottom of the target was the easiest sight picture. It's very encouraging for this summer with irons. I'm curious what what my sight picture will be at 500m. Hopefully it won't be as bad I imagine it to be...tiny.

Tön

 

[Seafury]

M1a

My TRW M14 and now my Springfield M1A are the best military rifles I have owned. That is partly due to the excellent sights that they are equiped with. Adjusting them for range is no different than a tacticle scope. Find your zero, move the turrets and remember your MOA adjustments for varied ranges.

The long sight radius does not hurt at all either. Although I had a gen III mount and an ART IV scope on the M14 I have resisted the urge to put one on the M1A. That's what Rem 700's are for. Truly a riflemans rifle.

 

[brendan.graham]

thanks bud very useful

 

[TCBF]

Wish my FN C1A1 had sights like that!

A pity Canadians wanting a Cold War service rifle experience have to live it through foriegn-made rifles!

 

[savagefan]

I thought the FN sights were very good though I'd set them up a number from what was recommended to get a tighter picture.

 

[RaTFiNk306]

Where can I get quality M1 Sights

 

[Milsparro]

Unmodified Norinco M14, handloads... still need practice so everything looks like group 5! 100 yds on irons.

 

[TJW]

What grain of bullets are the calculations for and a ball park velocity ?

 

[J996]

What grain of bullets are the calculations for and a ball park velocity ?

7.62X51 NATO M80 Ball.
T65 147gr @2750fps which is roughly equal to the old .30cal (.30-06)
I have never noticed a difference when using 150gr bullets.
Unless you're planning a trip to Camp Perry this wont matter

 

[connors.1982]

I have my scope mounted high so that i can use both. Scope for long range and iron for short range .

 

[Devineus]

My m14