Today's range theme (again):
Big brother vs. Little brother:
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Lil Bro (top): Austrian M95 8x56R Mannlicher straight-pull carbine by Steyr, 1915
Big Bro (bottom): Austrian M95 8x56R Mannlicher straight-pull long rifle by FEG (Budapest), 1917
Lil Bro won the 50 yd battle (left target) no problem:
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First three shots on center POA to determine POI for POA, then two shots in the red to confirm.
Big Bro didn't do too well, though it was expected: my notes for this rifle read POI 14 in. high for POA. However, the first three shots with POA on center just raised clouds of dust
above the target. So, adjusting POA, the two hits on the very top of the right target were the result of aiming at the very bottom of the target. Adjusting the POA again to
below the target and slightly left (a little too far as it happens) produced the other three hits slightly high and left of center (still enemy kill shots, though).
Reviewing my notes on this rifle, I discovered I had been using the wrong sight - assuming the CQB battle sight to be the v-notch with the ladder down:
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However, that sight is marked as 500 meters. I should have been using the sight v-notch with the ladder all the way up, which exposes a
third v-notch, marked by a "3" for 300 meters beside it.
That is actually the closest-distance rear sight on this rifle, and the sight for which my notes applied, and of course, the sight I should have used for the Big Bro's shots.
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I gotta tell ya, these milsurps are a challenge!!
(which makes them a whole lot of fun)