Nando Aqui
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Last Saturday, 19 July, I went to the range (Jay Henges) with my wife Judy. I shot my M1 Garand and my HK91. The Garand is very accurate, nice to shoot, and I like it a lot.
On my HK91, I have a Simmons Whitetail Expedition Scope (1.5-6 X 32) with an Arms claw mount and Weaver rings. I always take the scope off to transport the rifle, and yet it always stays zeroed. I am very pleased with it. Using the HK's bipod on the bench and my shoulder for back rest, at 100 yards I normally shoot 2-1/2" groups of 10 rounds; sometimes this grows to 3".
This particular Saturday, however, was different, and I don't know what made the difference. I shot at 100 yards and used the Portuguese surplus .308 I have been using all along. Judy was watching through the spotting scope, as I cannot quite see all the holes on the green.
I fired the first shot and Judy said, "Low, left." I knew it! I could have called that shot, as I remember noticing that the trigger on the HK was harder than the M1, and it threw me off for that first shot.
I shot again and she said, "Better, just a bit left". I fired several more times and she didn't say anything. After about a dozen rounds, she said, "High, right." So I turned my head around and asked her, "What about all the ones in between?" To which she answered, "They are all going in about the same place.
So I finished off the magazine, pulling the trigger about every six to eight seconds. (It takes me less than three minutes to finish a magazine.) When I got done, Judy said, "You made one big hole!" I could see the big hole with the 6X scope, but when I looked through the 60X spotting scope, I was amazed. Other than for two shots, the rest, all 18 of them, had made one big hole! The part of the target paper where the number 10 is, was folded back, and from the firing line it looked like one big hole.
Later on, I measured the "18-shot big-hole" and it can be encircled within a 1-1/2" diameter. The two other shots are about 3-inches apart.
Now, I have shot four-round groups where all four holes touch, but that is with my Rem-700 and Black Hills ammo. But 18 rounds in 1-1/2" with an HK91 and surplus ammo?!
Now I am afraid to go try it again and find out that this was a fluke!
Alex
Last Saturday, 19 July, I went to the range (Jay Henges) with my wife Judy. I shot my M1 Garand and my HK91. The Garand is very accurate, nice to shoot, and I like it a lot.
On my HK91, I have a Simmons Whitetail Expedition Scope (1.5-6 X 32) with an Arms claw mount and Weaver rings. I always take the scope off to transport the rifle, and yet it always stays zeroed. I am very pleased with it. Using the HK's bipod on the bench and my shoulder for back rest, at 100 yards I normally shoot 2-1/2" groups of 10 rounds; sometimes this grows to 3".
This particular Saturday, however, was different, and I don't know what made the difference. I shot at 100 yards and used the Portuguese surplus .308 I have been using all along. Judy was watching through the spotting scope, as I cannot quite see all the holes on the green.
I fired the first shot and Judy said, "Low, left." I knew it! I could have called that shot, as I remember noticing that the trigger on the HK was harder than the M1, and it threw me off for that first shot.
I shot again and she said, "Better, just a bit left". I fired several more times and she didn't say anything. After about a dozen rounds, she said, "High, right." So I turned my head around and asked her, "What about all the ones in between?" To which she answered, "They are all going in about the same place.
So I finished off the magazine, pulling the trigger about every six to eight seconds. (It takes me less than three minutes to finish a magazine.) When I got done, Judy said, "You made one big hole!" I could see the big hole with the 6X scope, but when I looked through the 60X spotting scope, I was amazed. Other than for two shots, the rest, all 18 of them, had made one big hole! The part of the target paper where the number 10 is, was folded back, and from the firing line it looked like one big hole.
Later on, I measured the "18-shot big-hole" and it can be encircled within a 1-1/2" diameter. The two other shots are about 3-inches apart.
Now, I have shot four-round groups where all four holes touch, but that is with my Rem-700 and Black Hills ammo. But 18 rounds in 1-1/2" with an HK91 and surplus ammo?!
Now I am afraid to go try it again and find out that this was a fluke!
Alex
