That is a few years old pic, but I did qualify with a pretty similar score and group a month
ago on that same target. You haven't lived until you have seen a row of those Swiss silhouettes
at 300 m the first time. THEN you settle down and try to figure out a consistent sight picture.
Typical comment first time is something like, "You're kidding. I can barely SEE those things at
this distance!"
Scoring is with the 4, 3, 2 numbers not the smaller numbers. The central portion of the silhouette is
a 4, the rest of the silhouette is a 3, outside close is a 2. You fire six shots slow fire, then score.
Then three in one minute, three in one minute, then six in one minute. 18 shots total, possible is
72. You qualify with a 64 if under age 60, 62 if over age 60. I qualified with a 66 last month, happy
that I would have qualified for a medal even as a 40 year old.
The target shown has 9 4s and 3 3s, total of 45. The slow fire six were fired already and scored, but
I would only have needed 17 pts from 6 shots to make 62, so all 3s would have made it, and I could
have even afforded to drop one to a 2 and barely qualified. In reality, that day I am pretty sure I shot
a 69, which was all the other six slow fire being 4s, only dropping the 3 3s shown here. That is about as
good as I have been able to do, ever, on that target.
Difficult target, but pretty realistic for militia qualifying. K31 is an honest 1.5-1.75 minute rifle with good
ammo. These are handloads with 175 MKs over 4064, basically a .308 load. I need to see what I can
accomplish with cast, but have never really tried to reach the full match accuracy with cast in the K31s.
This is with add-on aperture sights, but an otherwise totally stock K31. I shot two seasons with issue
sights (middle notch) before getting the aperture match sights, always qualified, but not always with
first try.
I do appreciate when I see quicksylver making amazing tiny groups like he has shown with aperture sights,
and old rifle and old eyes. I know exactly how challenging it is and how rewarding when you manage
to succeed! My group is nothing even close to what he has shown, although at longer range. I tend to
find that the '03 Springfields are more like a 1 to 1 1/4 minute rifle in
general, again it takes very good ammo to show this, and quicksilver's cast loads are REALLY
performing to make those kind of groups. Giving up nothing at all to jacketed there.
Bill