monts@Eng.Sun.COM (Mike Monts) (01/08/91)
From: monts@Eng.Sun.COM (Mike Monts) > A few words have been posted here about how the M16 is accurate out to 500 > yards, etc., but nobody has mentioned that there are darn few shooters out > there, if *any*, who can hit a human-sized target 500 yards out with *open > sights*. I've been shooting for 30 years, and I know I couldn't. Modern scopes > wouldn't have any trouble with the sand. > > Comments? > > Ron Morgan I shoot in DCM competitions regularly using a M1 Garrand with iron combat sights and I consistantly hit in the black at 600 yards. The guy next to me last time was using a M1A (Civilian M14) and was doing far better than I was. If the target is stationary this is not a problem. The 1 person using a AR-15 HBAR did fine until the wind came up, then he was having a hard time getting on the paper at 200 yards. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Mike Monts INTERNET: monts@sun.com + + Sun Microsystems, Inc. PHONE: (415)336-1495 + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++