JCooperfan1911
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Gang, I grouped the Springfield Armory M6 aircrew survival weapon today again after the issues with POA/POI shift when wrapping both barrels with paracord.
I have now decided to wrap only the lower .410 shotgun barrel. This still provides thermal protection and plenty of comfort for the support hand. The .22 barrel doesn’t get warm enough to be an issue anyway. Firing at the same target at the same distance, here are the results:
25 yards off the back of my 4-wheeler with receiver resting on a foam rest to ensure no interference with the barrel (same setup as my other group tests).
The first group was using a dead-on hold centered on the middle black diamond of the target with the top of the front post on the line of intersection of the diamond:
The gun is still grouping about 1.5” high at this distance, but with the barrels wrapped the gun was shooting 4-5” high, with some rounds grazing the top of my shoebox target. I had to hold way under the target and this would have been very impractical in a hunting situation.
Clearly, without a shadow of a doubt I believe the wrapping had a significant detrimental effect on the point of impact. I urge anyone with one of these guns to be careful when wrapping both barrels. It looks cool, but can really cause havoc.
Switching to a 6’o-clock lollipop style hold on the bottom of the orange circle yielded this result:
Minus a flyer, the gun dropped all the rimfire rounds into a decent little group dead on for elevation. I actually prefer this 6 o’clock hold for a small game animal since a rodent or bird is largely obscured by the front post with a dead on hold.
The M6 continues to impress. It is clearly more than capable of its intended mission and is a joy to shoot and carry due to its light weight (just over 4.5 lbs) and highly compact, foldable nature. It is well built and durable, and packs the versatility of a rimfire rifle and a shotgun all in one very handy package.
It’s a very unique gun and is just really nice. I look forward to using it on squirrels this fall and for general woods romping and exploration, camping, hiking, mushroom hunting, etc.
My next goal is to pattern some buckshot and slugs out of the .410 barrel to see how the gun would fair in an emergency defensive scenario against four or two legged threats.
Stay tuned, guys!
I have now decided to wrap only the lower .410 shotgun barrel. This still provides thermal protection and plenty of comfort for the support hand. The .22 barrel doesn’t get warm enough to be an issue anyway. Firing at the same target at the same distance, here are the results:
25 yards off the back of my 4-wheeler with receiver resting on a foam rest to ensure no interference with the barrel (same setup as my other group tests).
The first group was using a dead-on hold centered on the middle black diamond of the target with the top of the front post on the line of intersection of the diamond:
The gun is still grouping about 1.5” high at this distance, but with the barrels wrapped the gun was shooting 4-5” high, with some rounds grazing the top of my shoebox target. I had to hold way under the target and this would have been very impractical in a hunting situation.
Clearly, without a shadow of a doubt I believe the wrapping had a significant detrimental effect on the point of impact. I urge anyone with one of these guns to be careful when wrapping both barrels. It looks cool, but can really cause havoc.
Switching to a 6’o-clock lollipop style hold on the bottom of the orange circle yielded this result:
Minus a flyer, the gun dropped all the rimfire rounds into a decent little group dead on for elevation. I actually prefer this 6 o’clock hold for a small game animal since a rodent or bird is largely obscured by the front post with a dead on hold.
The M6 continues to impress. It is clearly more than capable of its intended mission and is a joy to shoot and carry due to its light weight (just over 4.5 lbs) and highly compact, foldable nature. It is well built and durable, and packs the versatility of a rimfire rifle and a shotgun all in one very handy package.
It’s a very unique gun and is just really nice. I look forward to using it on squirrels this fall and for general woods romping and exploration, camping, hiking, mushroom hunting, etc.
My next goal is to pattern some buckshot and slugs out of the .410 barrel to see how the gun would fair in an emergency defensive scenario against four or two legged threats.
Stay tuned, guys!
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