The old Army 25m AQT
I have a box of 'em. Fun to try out every now and then. Today I put one up and used my A1 clone. Yep, no RDS or ACOG, just irons. The M16A1 is what I was issued for my 4 years as an Army grunt "back in the day". It's been a while since I did anything with irons other than zeroing them. Most of my shooting in recent times has been RDS, so you get a bit "lazy" if you will. Irons require attention to sight picture.
I don't have a foxhole and didn't fell like laying on the soggy ground (lately it seems I should've built an ark with the incessant rain). So I shot 20 rounds from my bench supported with my hand on a sandbag, and 20 rounds without the sandbag ("unsupported"). The rules on the bottom of the target state if you break the silhouette it is a "hit". I got 36 out of 40, which is the bare minimum for "Expert". One was barely breaking the black in the bottom right hand corner of 300m silhouette but rules is rules!
My A1 clone is a chrome lined 1:7 twist pencil barrel so some time ago I did a 50yd IBSZ with M855. Even though it's a 20" barrel the IBSZ still works out pretty well. I had to put a practice marker up for a few test rounds to see where I was hitting at 25m and I used M193 today as well for the AQT. So not making excuses for myself but I had to hold "high" on each target at 25m to get COM hits, like head level.
If you have an opportunity to get a few AQT's they are a fun way to test your basic marksmanship abilities. Very basic to be sure, but fun nonetheless.
11C2P '83-'87
Airborne Infantry
F**k China!
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