MassMark
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First off, I'm no match shooter - the folks at Camp Perry can rest easy - I won't be going for the gold any time soon... 
I am an essentially undisciplined shooter, chock full of bad habits - trying to improve what skills I do have and most importantly, have fun on the range.
It became clear within the first pull of the trigger today that adding the Troy MCS was a tremendous leap forward - not only for my SOCOM-16, but for my shooting in general. Having left my large square sight-in targets in the garage, I had to settle for 7" Shoot-N-See's that I fished out of my range bag, so I wasn't expecting much - boy was I wrong. I set up at 100-yards, using two blocks of wood as a make-shift rest and had at it. My first groups were naturally high - as my Tripower was originally mounted lower down on the front rail of my SOCOM. After some tweaking, I started to pull some amazing strings, (for me) together. The final 20-round group is posted at the end of this thread.
The Troy has transformed the SOCOM in many ways - far beyond the addition of rails and M-16 furniture. Felt recoil is greatly reduced and when combined with the already effective brake on the SOCOM, the chevron barely jumped off center, so follow-ups were sublime. The recoil feels more focused and though this was only a 200-round day, I felt as if shooting many hundreds more would be a joy. The LOP of the A2 stock is perfect for my build, (6'4" 260) and my gorilla face is no longer scrunched up near the receiver - struggling for cheek-weld. With the Tripower mounted slightly off midline, cheek weld was natural and the scope inline with my eye made shooting a breeze. This does not feel like a gun in a stock - it feels singular, as if the Troy MCS and the M1A were built together - it's hard to explain. It's a system that has to be fired to be believed - anyone in the area drop me a PM and I'll let you experience it for yourself...
Next week, I'll be mounting my Swift 4-18x44 on deck and take some pot-shots out to 200-yards, (the extent of my range). The beauty of this rifle is now it's a system. I can mount optics at will - from irons, to electronics, to magnified optics, to night vision, or a combination. I see great utility for rifles like the SOCOM, but see even greater potential for folks with full-sized M1A/M14's who do long range shooting....Anyway, here's some obligitory pics for your review. Note how few rounds are outside the Shoot-N-See's. On a target this small, it is not the norm for me whatsoever:
I am an essentially undisciplined shooter, chock full of bad habits - trying to improve what skills I do have and most importantly, have fun on the range. It became clear within the first pull of the trigger today that adding the Troy MCS was a tremendous leap forward - not only for my SOCOM-16, but for my shooting in general. Having left my large square sight-in targets in the garage, I had to settle for 7" Shoot-N-See's that I fished out of my range bag, so I wasn't expecting much - boy was I wrong. I set up at 100-yards, using two blocks of wood as a make-shift rest and had at it. My first groups were naturally high - as my Tripower was originally mounted lower down on the front rail of my SOCOM. After some tweaking, I started to pull some amazing strings, (for me) together. The final 20-round group is posted at the end of this thread.
The Troy has transformed the SOCOM in many ways - far beyond the addition of rails and M-16 furniture. Felt recoil is greatly reduced and when combined with the already effective brake on the SOCOM, the chevron barely jumped off center, so follow-ups were sublime. The recoil feels more focused and though this was only a 200-round day, I felt as if shooting many hundreds more would be a joy. The LOP of the A2 stock is perfect for my build, (6'4" 260) and my gorilla face is no longer scrunched up near the receiver - struggling for cheek-weld. With the Tripower mounted slightly off midline, cheek weld was natural and the scope inline with my eye made shooting a breeze. This does not feel like a gun in a stock - it feels singular, as if the Troy MCS and the M1A were built together - it's hard to explain. It's a system that has to be fired to be believed - anyone in the area drop me a PM and I'll let you experience it for yourself...
Next week, I'll be mounting my Swift 4-18x44 on deck and take some pot-shots out to 200-yards, (the extent of my range). The beauty of this rifle is now it's a system. I can mount optics at will - from irons, to electronics, to magnified optics, to night vision, or a combination. I see great utility for rifles like the SOCOM, but see even greater potential for folks with full-sized M1A/M14's who do long range shooting....Anyway, here's some obligitory pics for your review. Note how few rounds are outside the Shoot-N-See's. On a target this small, it is not the norm for me whatsoever:
