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Had a chance to shoot a USMC M40 last week after mounting a refurbished scope for the owner. Nice tool. 1/4 to 1/2" repeatable groups at 100yds. Owner took this photo of me sighting it in.
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/nf1e/m40art_zpsizu8yllj.jpg (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/nf1e/media/m40art_zpsizu8yllj.jpg.html)
Semper Fi
Art
Nice old iron and wood in that picture. The shooter passes muster to.
I liked the way the scope tracked so well, I have one for a project of my own.
Some details please, repo or org, wish I was still in newtown maybe we could do some shooting.
Scope was original refurbished on a reproduction M40 Rem. I just got in a Hi Lux reproduction for myself and it seems to be darn near perfect for my use. Some things are improved over the originals.
pmclaine
11-06-2017, 07:45
A fun gun to shoot...
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I found the Redfield a little limiting though and changed to a Weaver...
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The Hi-lux repro that I received seems to track very well. Optic are clear it works very well. Not the type of optic I am used to , but for a repro not bad at all.
They are all fun.
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/nf1e/IMG_1453_zpsztktoiup.jpg (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/nf1e/media/IMG_1453_zpsztktoiup.jpg.html)
Semper Fi
Art
Here's mine . I have a Nikon on it now but the rings, base , etc are all mostly correct for the build I did myself .42456
Had a chance to shoot a USMC M40 last week after mounting a refurbished scope for the owner. Nice tool. 1/4 to 1/2" repeatable groups at 100yds. Owner took this photo of me sighting it in.
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/nf1e/m40art_zpsizu8yllj.jpg (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/nf1e/media/m40art_zpsizu8yllj.jpg.html)
Semper Fi
Art
That rifle is My first large bore bolt gun. Since I took that pic, Art and I have attempted to sight in my M40A1 Clone with another vintage Redfield Acu-Range only in black, but, it turned out that the scope adjustments needed repair so I Sent it to Iron Sight Inc to be rebuilt. In the meantime, I've been working on a M40A3 build.
Picked up a SSA M40 several years ago for $1K and bought the Redfield Scope for it ($500.00). Had my gunsmith work the trigger for me. Had another friend tailor ammo for me. Was getting 1 inch groups at 200 yards off a rest. Then I traded it for a Winchester Model 52E. There are times when I wish I still had it, but I get more use out of the 52E.
was that a tombstone Redfield or a later moder (like an ART)??
Tombstone. Sure hope Hawk brings it back again. I love shooting other's rifles.
I'll bring it up next time I visit. I really enjoy shooting that rifle. Will also bring my M40A3 so we can see if changing out the bolt guts fixes those FTFs from last time.
jacksimonton
06-19-2019, 06:49
Had a chance to shoot a USMC M40 last week after mounting a refurbished scope for the owner. Nice tool. 1/4 to 1/2" repeatable groups at 100yds. Owner took this photo of me sighting it in.
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/nf1e/m40art_zpsizu8yllj.jpg (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/nf1e/media/m40art_zpsizu8yllj.jpg.html)
Semper Fi
Art
I love the style of the shooting. It's really scope tracked well and the earplugs that you wear so amazing.
pmclaine
06-22-2019, 09:11
My latest to be sighted in today.....a .223 M40
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My latest to be sighted in today.....a .223 M40
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Never saw a M40 in .223. Where did you get it?
pmclaine
06-24-2019, 03:17
Had it built by Raven Rifles in Pulaski VA....
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Had it built by Raven Rifles in Pulaski VA....
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Nice rifle. What make is it? Was it a 40X Remington in .223? What ammo are you using? What range are you shooting?
This is my "Toy" in .223. It is a Savage M11 with a Nikon 3-9X40 on it. The target was fired at 100 yards. Ammo was over the counter Hornady Varmint,
pmclaine
07-01-2019, 08:24
Nice rifle. What make is it? Was it a 40X Remington in .223? What ammo are you using? What range are you shooting?
This is my "Toy" in .223. It is a Savage M11 with a Nikon 3-9X40 on it. The target was fired at 100 yards. Ammo was over the counter Hornady Varmint,
Remington 700 with a Bartlein 1/7.7 barrel.
Receiver is a 5 digit originally in .308. I found an old period small face bolt to convert it to .223
Ammo is a load I developed for my AR carbine...77 SMK, 22.9 8208XBR, WSRP, WCC 08 1X brass.
Range is 100 yards.
Think a little more powder in the 23 grain range will wake this gun up.
Griff Murphey
07-10-2019, 08:10
The CO of the USMCR sniper school at Camp Bullis, Texas, COL. W. C. Dickman, was a WW-2 enlisted pilot/FO sometime sniper back then. In the '67-71 period I made friends with him and many other marine shooters as a college Army ROTC boy, and I was invited to shoot with the 4th recon Bn snipers, do land navigation, great times. He later bought 3 of the Remington repro guns and put Burris 3-9s on them and a brass plate somewhat memorializing himself as CO of the USMCR sniper school. I bought one of his self made commemoratives. Later on he sent me his origjnal SRB. The gun is likely not worth nearly what I paid for it but it's certainly a token of some happy times 50 years ago when I was young. I guess it ought to have a "correct" scope but....
pmclaine
07-15-2019, 07:03
The CO of the USMCR sniper school at Camp Bullis, Texas, COL. W. C. Dickman, was a WW-2 enlisted pilot/FO sometime sniper back then. In the '67-71 period I made friends with him and many other marine shooters as a college Army ROTC boy, and I was invited to shoot with the 4th recon Bn snipers, do land navigation, great times. He later bought 3 of the Remington repro guns and put Burris 3-9s on them and a brass plate somewhat memorializing himself as CO of the USMCR sniper school. I bought one of his self made commemoratives. Later on he sent me his origjnal SRB. The gun is likely not worth nearly what I paid for it but it's certainly a token of some happy times 50 years ago when I was young. I guess it ought to have a "correct" scope but....
Lets see some pictures of this rifle. Sounds interesting.
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