bigpete wrote:Thats cool af
in2anity wrote:Looks to be a fairly bloody accurate No4 - i spot a lot for general issue ones (and competed with a Savage Mk1* for a while), and they don't normally shoot like that.
in2anity wrote:His strong appreciation for the wind is there - the fact that he keeps talking about it shows he’s had a decent amount of experience. I’m bloody hopeless without flags. But he’s also shooting double-bagged, so basically F-class. And that’s a pretty serious front rest (in disguise) unlike what Henry does, with his backpack. Meh I don’t buy the whole “accuracy increases” argument about the various Lees - you do hear it from time to time. Indeed the good ones shoot into 2moa, for the first 10, but it’s hard to sustain this at distance. A bloody great video made better by the fact that its mostly a continuous take. Thanks for sharing Blade, I’ve already forwarded the link on to some friends.
Blade you’ve seen my No4-223 shoot and it’s noticeably more accurate than my swan barrel No4-303. I mostly put that down to the 303 cartridge being inherently less accurate. Makes all the difference at distance.
No1Mk3 wrote:We have shooters in the club getting less than 2 minutes at 500m with No4 (T)'s and better at 6 to 900 with original L42's all off the elbows. The same shooters can get 15" groups at 1000 yards with the 303 cartridge in No4 (T)'s and No1 HT's. I believe there really is something to the claim that the 303 is better after 200 yards, at least with issue sniper rifles in good condition. We have long known of MkVII's vertical stringing at 200 which goes away after 500, so long range scores were better than close range and at ANZAC during the McIntosh shooters like Marcus O'Dean, Daniel Cotterill etc proved this regularly, Cheers.
in2anity wrote:They can be very accurate, the Mausers. However, a little less wind that day though it seemed.
Speaking of Mausers, check out my latest build:
Specially built for standing offhand matches.
bladeracer wrote:in2anity wrote:They can be very accurate, the Mausers. However, a little less wind that day though it seemed.
Speaking of Mausers, check out my latest build:
Specially built for standing offhand matches.
Yes, it's terrific to see somebody that just loves shooting
It's a beautiful M94, but I thought the premise behind service rifle competition is that rifles must be "as issued"? So why would there be any difference between a prone rifle and an offhand one?
in2anity wrote:Not club-level with the MRCA it doesn’t - just has to be military action, military caliber, military front sight, military sling. Their rules are looser than SSAA CSD rules. This is partly because of the whole semi-ban, and partly because acquiring antique as-issued that shoot competitively is getting stupidly expensive and rare.
A lighter rifle is better for offhand for two reasons. 1) your arms don’t fatigue as fast 2) the shorter forend doesn’t catch the wind.
No5s and any carbines in general are popular for offhand for these reasons. It's also why I run a carbine for my walking rifle; a better "all round" choice IMO, that still shoots perfectly capably out to 200m
bladeracer wrote:Do you know the precise dimensions of the silhouette in the bull? I'd like to make some targets up for myself.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day bladeracer,
in2anitys carbine isn't a 94 it is a Spanish M95 built from the Mauser 1893 action in 7x57 most of which were later converted to 7.62x51. I also agree that a good shooter with a good carbine is range limited for competition, one of our best shooters in CSD uses a No5 and regularly competes against Swedish m/96 users. Another brings a Nagant M44 to embarass Mauser K98k and we Swiss K31 shooters. Cheers.
in2anity wrote:No1Mk3 wrote:G'day bladeracer,
in2anitys carbine isn't a 94 it is a Spanish M95 built from the Mauser 1893 action in 7x57 most of which were later converted to 7.62x51. I also agree that a good shooter with a good carbine is range limited for competition, one of our best shooters in CSD uses a No5 and regularly competes against Swedish m/96 users. Another brings a Nagant M44 to embarass Mauser K98k and we Swiss K31 shooters. Cheers.
If I was gonna shoot a CSD champ comp (which I am considering doing), I reckon I'd run a Jungle. A good compromise weight/length for the three positions and the sights on them are better than most bolt-era milsurps. No1Mk3 could you run the Mk1 sight on it for a CSD championship shoot? Would that be permitted?
in2anity wrote:Pretty sure he's military trained. Furthermore, pretty sure he's been through sniper school. Big clue at 1:00 into this video: https://youtu.be/YqK6CMqGuMs?t=61
bladeracer wrote:in2anity wrote:Pretty sure he's military trained. Furthermore, pretty sure he's been through sniper school. Big clue at 1:00 into this video: https://youtu.be/YqK6CMqGuMs?t=61
He says fairly regularly that he is a sniper, and has said that he has experienced soldiering, but I haven't seen him state that he's seen combat. He appears old enough to have been there for the Russians in several places.
I'm more curious about how a Russian career soldier makes enough money to move to the US quite young, buy a patch of land, and build a very nice collection of rifles to play with - that's awesome
Seems like a top bloke to me!
in2anity wrote:bladeracer wrote:in2anity wrote:Pretty sure he's military trained. Furthermore, pretty sure he's been through sniper school. Big clue at 1:00 into this video: https://youtu.be/YqK6CMqGuMs?t=61
He says fairly regularly that he is a sniper, and has said that he has experienced soldiering, but I haven't seen him state that he's seen combat. He appears old enough to have been there for the Russians in several places.
I'm more curious about how a Russian career soldier makes enough money to move to the US quite young, buy a patch of land, and build a very nice collection of rifles to play with - that's awesome
Seems like a top bloke to me!
hehe i would say the vast majority of people who have done time in the armed forces would never have toured, let alone "combatted" I know the ruskies have compulsory service for males, so perhaps he was a good enough shot to go through sniper school. That would be my guess.