Cherokee
Medina, Ohio
Went to the outdoor range today (beat the rain) with my old GI 30 M1 Carbine and the new Ruger PC. The 30 Carbine has been my fun cast bullet shooter and plinker for a number of years with the Lyman 311359GC. With AA-9 pushing the 115 gr bullet, it hits 1600 fps at the muzzle and still hits 1300 fps at 100 yd. This is a minimum load for semi-auto function. The Ruger PC was shooting my full power load of Lee 356120TC powered by HS-6 that hits 1345 fps at the muzzle from the Ruger. I wanted a shoot-off to see which one was more fun , which was more accurate. The 30 Carbine has GI sights, peep and post; the Ruger now has a Vortex Venom red dot so I was also comparing the sighting systems. Range only has 25 & 100 yd options so was shooting @ 25 yd from the bench. Well, here are the three target for each gun.
First the 30 Carbine:
Next the Ruger PC:
Seems the Ruger PC is the winner for ease of sighting and accuracy, at least today. I have shot tighter 25 yd groups with the Carbine in the past. I thought it strange that I noticed more recoil with the Ruger than the 30 Carbine. Think I'll keep both, they are fun.
Interesting side note: Positioning the orange aim point on top of the GI peep & post sights consistently was much more difficult than it was positioning the Red Dot in the center of the black.
First the 30 Carbine:
Next the Ruger PC:
Seems the Ruger PC is the winner for ease of sighting and accuracy, at least today. I have shot tighter 25 yd groups with the Carbine in the past. I thought it strange that I noticed more recoil with the Ruger than the 30 Carbine. Think I'll keep both, they are fun.
Interesting side note: Positioning the orange aim point on top of the GI peep & post sights consistently was much more difficult than it was positioning the Red Dot in the center of the black.