I don't log on much (or haven't in a while since I didn't have a precision rifle), but I changed that a while back. I've had several rifles that I either purchased 'stock' or had custom built. I was never able to get satisfying results from a Remington 700 actioned 5R, .308 in a nice pistol grip chassis, an M1A NM that wouldn't shoot less than 4" groups and my "Tactical Rifles" Para 20" with M852 chamber. (These are the ones with the best "pedigrees", anyway). All had top quality optics, mounts, bipods...all the best accuracy enhancements I could find.. Never could get them shooting with Federal Gold Medal, Black Hills, Surplus M118 & M118LR or my best reloads worked up with the best bullets, and tried & true powders.
List year the VA declared me 100%, I was forced to retire from job of 15 years. I took some of my retirement money and stuck it back. I started reading every single thing I could about POF, LaRue, LWRC...etc, you name it I tried to look for info on it. I had decided to try semi auto after my lack of success with B/A rifles. I finally narrowed it down to LaRue or LWRC. I rally wanted one of Mark's (LaRue) rifles but I might have been better off looking for the Holy Grail. Then a dealer came up with an 18" OD Green LWRC REPR brand spankin' new and I fell head over heels for it. I bought a totally different type of scope than I'd ever used...a Leupold Mark 6 3-18 x 44 FFP with Mil/Mil adjustments set in a LaRue OBR mount. Got a Viking Tactics sling and a LaRue QR Harris Bipod. BEAUTIFUL SETUP!
Yesterday I took her to the range...I've had the rifle for 7-8 months but a series of little medical issues sidelined me for a good bit. Feeling good now so I was READY for yesterday. I shot 65 rounds, all but 5 were Black Hills 168gr Match. The Mil/Mil scope is brand new to me, the adjustments are a bit coarser (y'all know that) and my mind was still calculating 1/4 MOA clicks. Finally I got my brain on track with the conversions that I've been studying. I also got the irons sighted in, the laser boresighter was dead on for a run of the mill cheapie from Amazon.
As I shot, I began to get more and more comfortable with the rifle, the OUTSTANDING Geisele trigger and the Mark 6 scope. Once had left I sat down, relaxed and used one of the zeroing dots on the target for my test target. Shooting off of a picnic table on my bipod with one sandbag and 3 smaller bags of industrial desiccant that make for great rear bags. I fired 10 shots into a 4" x 4" part of the target at 106 yards....I called 3 shots that the bag moved or I slipped up (1 low left and 2 low right)
The group measures .902 center to center at it's widest....I was shooting between heartbeats on 18X...it's been a while too, so I'm desperately out of practice. I have to say that this rifle will shoot MUCH BETTER than I ever will! Not bad for a gimped up old grunt who never sniper trained! I did the familiarization when I served later in the guard, but never went to school. Now I've finally found a GREAT rifle that does exactly what I want and I'm liking the Mark 6 better and better!
I hope y'all enjoy my overly long winded little blurb. I wanted to post something amongst brothers who would appreciate it! Sorry for the bad pics, I'm a fighter not a photographer!
. Thanks for letting me put it here and Merry Christmas to everyone....especially our brothers overseas and away from their families. God bless 'em!
List year the VA declared me 100%, I was forced to retire from job of 15 years. I took some of my retirement money and stuck it back. I started reading every single thing I could about POF, LaRue, LWRC...etc, you name it I tried to look for info on it. I had decided to try semi auto after my lack of success with B/A rifles. I finally narrowed it down to LaRue or LWRC. I rally wanted one of Mark's (LaRue) rifles but I might have been better off looking for the Holy Grail. Then a dealer came up with an 18" OD Green LWRC REPR brand spankin' new and I fell head over heels for it. I bought a totally different type of scope than I'd ever used...a Leupold Mark 6 3-18 x 44 FFP with Mil/Mil adjustments set in a LaRue OBR mount. Got a Viking Tactics sling and a LaRue QR Harris Bipod. BEAUTIFUL SETUP!
Yesterday I took her to the range...I've had the rifle for 7-8 months but a series of little medical issues sidelined me for a good bit. Feeling good now so I was READY for yesterday. I shot 65 rounds, all but 5 were Black Hills 168gr Match. The Mil/Mil scope is brand new to me, the adjustments are a bit coarser (y'all know that) and my mind was still calculating 1/4 MOA clicks. Finally I got my brain on track with the conversions that I've been studying. I also got the irons sighted in, the laser boresighter was dead on for a run of the mill cheapie from Amazon.
As I shot, I began to get more and more comfortable with the rifle, the OUTSTANDING Geisele trigger and the Mark 6 scope. Once had left I sat down, relaxed and used one of the zeroing dots on the target for my test target. Shooting off of a picnic table on my bipod with one sandbag and 3 smaller bags of industrial desiccant that make for great rear bags. I fired 10 shots into a 4" x 4" part of the target at 106 yards....I called 3 shots that the bag moved or I slipped up (1 low left and 2 low right)
The group measures .902 center to center at it's widest....I was shooting between heartbeats on 18X...it's been a while too, so I'm desperately out of practice. I have to say that this rifle will shoot MUCH BETTER than I ever will! Not bad for a gimped up old grunt who never sniper trained! I did the familiarization when I served later in the guard, but never went to school. Now I've finally found a GREAT rifle that does exactly what I want and I'm liking the Mark 6 better and better!
I hope y'all enjoy my overly long winded little blurb. I wanted to post something amongst brothers who would appreciate it! Sorry for the bad pics, I'm a fighter not a photographer!
. Thanks for letting me put it here and Merry Christmas to everyone....especially our brothers overseas and away from their families. God bless 'em!
