On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:09:26 -0400, wrote:

The army guys I knew said the zero for an M14 was 200, my bad. (I
asked when I got my M1A). We had 2 crusty old retired sargents working
for IBM in Ft Myers.

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I kind of recall zeroing our M-14s at 25 yards which was also supposed
to be zero at 150 or 200, don't remember which. Mine was incredibly
accurate out to 300.

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On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:09:26 -0400, wrote:

The army guys I knew said the zero for an M14 was 200, my bad. (I
asked when I got my M1A). We had 2 crusty old retired sargents working
for IBM in Ft Myers.

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I kind of recall zeroing our M-14s at 25 yards which was also supposed
to be zero at 150 or 200, don't remember which. Mine was incredibly
accurate out to 300.

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Basic we shot carbines at I think 50yards. Maybe a 100. Yearly
qualification was either 38 cal pistols at the local police range or m16 at
100yards at Hamilton AFB.

On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 03:28:59 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:09:26 -0400, wrote:

The army guys I knew said the zero for an M14 was 200, my bad. (I
asked when I got my M1A). We had 2 crusty old retired sargents working
for IBM in Ft Myers.

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I kind of recall zeroing our M-14s at 25 yards which was also supposed
to be zero at 150 or 200, don't remember which. Mine was incredibly
accurate out to 300.

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Basic we shot carbines at I think 50yards. Maybe a 100. Yearly
qualification was either 38 cal pistols at the local police range or m16 at
100yards at Hamilton AFB.

The only real qualification we did was with an M1, at 200 as I recall
but it was just a one week thing.
I did shoot .45s with my chief on the first ship I was on but it was
very unofficial. I did learn a lot tho. He was on the marksmanship
team for a while.

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On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 03:28:59 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:09:26 -0400, wrote:

The army guys I knew said the zero for an M14 was 200, my bad. (I
asked when I got my M1A). We had 2 crusty old retired sargents working
for IBM in Ft Myers.

===

I kind of recall zeroing our M-14s at 25 yards which was also supposed
to be zero at 150 or 200, don't remember which. Mine was incredibly
accurate out to 300.

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Basic we shot carbines at I think 50yards. Maybe a 100. Yearly
qualification was either 38 cal pistols at the local police range or m16 at
100yards at Hamilton AFB.

The only real qualification we did was with an M1, at 200 as I recall
but it was just a one week thing.
I did shoot .45s with my chief on the first ship I was on but it was
very unofficial. I did learn a lot tho. He was on the marksmanship
team for a while.



Our training was 2 days. One, indoor as was raining, dry fire and
instruction. 2 nd day range. That was in 6 weeks basic.

On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 22:12:50 -0400,
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On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:09:26 -0400, wrote:

The army guys I knew said the zero for an M14 was 200, my bad. (I
asked when I got my M1A). We had 2 crusty old retired sargents working
for IBM in Ft Myers.

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I kind of recall zeroing our M-14s at 25 yards which was also supposed
to be zero at 150 or 200, don't remember which. Mine was incredibly
accurate out to 300.


I did that out at Cecil Webb and using some surplus ammo with spanish
writing on it, 25 yards got me really close at 200 with a scope on
that funky GI one screw mount.
It is a good way to get on the paper at 200 anyway.
My problem was that my Soviet spotting scope was not good enough to
see my hits at 200 so I just shot a bunch and went down to see how I
did later. BTW I sucked. I hope we don't have a war ;-)
I was shooting at paper plates tho not a full sized military target.
I never got serious about it again and won't until I get a decent
scope mount. When I went back to 25 yards, the zero had moved.
I set up the iron sights at 25 and called it a day.
I really prefer training with my .45 and my .380. That is something I
might need in a serious social situation some day.
For fun, I want my Daly shooting at clay.

On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 22:12:50 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:09:26 -0400, wrote:

The army guys I knew said the zero for an M14 was 200, my bad. (I
asked when I got my M1A). We had 2 crusty old retired sargents working
for IBM in Ft Myers.

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I kind of recall zeroing our M-14s at 25 yards which was also supposed
to be zero at 150 or 200, don't remember which. Mine was incredibly
accurate out to 300.

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The 25 yard distance is what we used also. Had to have a quarter-sized grouping. I'd thought the
battle site zero was for 100 yards center of mass. Anything further you aimed higher, anything
closer you aimed lower. I missed two targets during qualifying, both at 50 yards because I forgot to
aim at the bottom of the target instead of center mass. Still got my Expert badge though!