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I guess I'm confused. If you first clean with a patch treated with solvent (e.g. Hoppes Bench Rest), then dry with patch, then a bore brush with solvent, then patch until clean is there really much of a chance that corrosive salt is still in the barrel? Where and/or how? Is it because the...

Anecdotally, I will say that my 18" m1a scout is BY FAR the loudest firearm I have ever shot heh. I made the mistake of taking off my ear muffs for one shot to see if the report could possibly be as loud as I had read. I will NEVER make that mistake again - I think my ears were ringing for...

I suspect you're right. So going back to our original dilemna, the suggested course of action is probably to leave the elevation screw alone and loosen the windage screw (thereby make both easier to turn)? From my own experimentation and other's comments I think we also need to turn the...

Dr. Oct - I'm having the EXACT same issue/quandry with my new m1a scout. The manual is pitifully weak on areas of sights and sighting - it refers you to a one page insert that is moot on the actual sight adjustment controls. My windage knob wouldn't move until I loosened the windage...

No - Northern VT, but that's funny. Gotta love the internet and people's willingness to help complete strangers - kinda restores your faith in mankind :) As as the subject of the ammo, I pretty much decided that it was not really worth the cost (I paid something like $11.50 per box of 20)...

No offense taken :) Anyone who takes time to post on these boards and shares their knowledge is providing a valuable service indeed.

Yes - I was aware of that - thanks. And talk about putting the cart before the horse - here I am buying .308/7.62 ammo and I don't even have a gun yet :) Hopefully an m1a scout will find its way to me soon!

maybe i'm thinking about this wrong, but for approximately the same price, wouldn't i be better off with this stuff: http://www.ombexpress.com/c_0/p_AM811.aspx i.e. non-corrosive and commercial grade?

did a little more digging around - these guys seem to think it is corrosive? in the big scheme of things is that a big deal or just a minor inconvenience (i.e. more cleaning requirements)? gun will hopefully be a m1a scout if/when i can find one. does $.60/shell seem fair...

Does anyone know anything about this ammo? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=123616672 I stumbled across some with the identical head stamp (.308W on the top, 82 on the bottom, one "O" on each side) here locally, but the seller didn't know much about it. I'm new...

Did you see any RRA Lar-8's???

Great post about being left-handed with a dominant right eye. Unfortunately that is me, which has made shotgunning a little more challenging! I think it does make sense to get a righty model and either deal with it or teach myself to shoot off-handed. It will give me a good excuse to do a ton...

Can you get a 5 round mag for the m1a scout? Also, what about it makes it more eject friendly for lefties? Thanks, Boneman

Couple follow up questions (sorry noob here): 1) what is a charging handle and how does that relate to being or not being lefty friendly? 2) does the m1a scout eject differently than say a dpms lr308 or FAL? should i be concerned with the eject of righty models as a lefty?

Nice weapon - I wonder how spendy that will be :confused: Does anyone have opinons on the Remington R-25? I know it's in the Bushmaster/DPMS family, but does it have any practical hunting advantages over its 'blackk rifle' cousins other than camo finish?

This is all very helpful - thank you very much. Boneman

Thanks guys. It's reassuring to know that I'm at least in the right ballpark as the M1A scout and LR308 have been on my 'short list'. There was something I read about the m1a that gave me pause a while back and I can't remember what it was - magazine cost and/or availability perhaps? I see...

Hi all, I leaning very heavily towards my first AR/semi-auto purchase, but before I make the leap (or attempt to in this quickly dwindling market) I thought I would solicit some opinions from others who have experience with these firearms. Here is a list of what I think I'm looking for...