Re: Pulled M118 Accuracy
I'm setting on a few thousand pulled 174s from M118 from my days shooting for the NG. Prior to the M852s we shot a lot of Mexican Match.
How do they shoot? In my Super Match M1A they don't shoot near as well as 168/175s. Same with my M-70 Vietnam Era Sniper Rifle Clone.
In my M1 Garand and my Eddystone 1917 Enfiled (both USGI as issued) the 174s shoot better then the 168/175s. If you have the military 4 groove M14 barrels you'll find they 174s shoot better then the 168s (or did to our M14 Match rifles), I had to issue two rifles to my team members, the Military barrels for the M118 and the 6 groove Barnett barreled rifles for Mex Match or the M852s, depending on what ammo we got.
At <200 yards the 174s are more then capable of cleaning the High Power Targets. They can to it even at 300 (its 600 & 1000) where you really see the difference.
If I'm shooting a match, I'll stick to the 168/175 SMKs but my (like everyone else's) biggest problem it Off Hand. There is not much disavantage to the 174s when your standing on your hind legs so I use them for practice.
In shooting CMP games, (Garand and Vintage Rifle Matches) fired at 100 or 200 yards they are great with surplus rifles.
They also work well in my grandsons' M-700 308 hunting rifle, not for hunting but for practice. Using the 174s and trailboss powder I'm teaching him to shoot instead of flinch.