On Monday I got my new Norinco M4 supplied by Badger Supply. It had only light oil on it, so it cleaned up easily. Finnish looks just fine. I am going to shoot it, not fondle it.
On Wednesday night I took it to the pistol club and tried it with my Colt 22 kit. It worked perfectly. The second round did not fire, but the next 298 were just fine. I am lucky. At 25 yards the group was about a half inch low left. I adjusted the sights.
Tonight I fired some ammo over a Chrony. Winchester white box ammo (55gr FMJ) is 3,000fps. My handloads were 2675. I tested loads as low as 2400 fps and they still cycled and ejected just fine. For CQB at 20 yards I don’t need full power ammo.
Tomorrow I hope to pick up a 1.5-5 X shotgun scope and a set of see-through rings (to raise scope to a comfortable height). I should be able to fire a shot or two to get a rough zero before heading up to the range.
So far I am delighted with the rifle. It shot Hi-vel and stnd vel 22 ammo, and handloads ranging from 20 to 25 gr of 3031.
On Wednesday night I took it to the pistol club and tried it with my Colt 22 kit. It worked perfectly. The second round did not fire, but the next 298 were just fine. I am lucky. At 25 yards the group was about a half inch low left. I adjusted the sights.
Tonight I fired some ammo over a Chrony. Winchester white box ammo (55gr FMJ) is 3,000fps. My handloads were 2675. I tested loads as low as 2400 fps and they still cycled and ejected just fine. For CQB at 20 yards I don’t need full power ammo.
Tomorrow I hope to pick up a 1.5-5 X shotgun scope and a set of see-through rings (to raise scope to a comfortable height). I should be able to fire a shot or two to get a rough zero before heading up to the range.
So far I am delighted with the rifle. It shot Hi-vel and stnd vel 22 ammo, and handloads ranging from 20 to 25 gr of 3031.
