Ive had this 03 mark 1 for years..first rifle I bought once we moved here actually. Finally scored a correct cut off spindle for it, making it correct for mark 1 parts for the first time in god knows how long.
Never fired it myself until today. Used some loads I worked up for my M1, I unleashed the beast this morning..holy cow! She sure kicks like a mule! I wasnt expecting it to be terribly different than my M1, but wow.. 5rds down, and I moved on to 223. Heh. Definitely need to sight it in, but was hitting steel at 100. Those sights are crazy..front blade thin as a hair it seems.
Never fired it myself until today. Used some loads I worked up for my M1, I unleashed the beast this morning..holy cow! She sure kicks like a mule! I wasnt expecting it to be terribly different than my M1, but wow.. 5rds down, and I moved on to 223. Heh. Definitely need to sight it in, but was hitting steel at 100. Those sights are crazy..front blade thin as a hair it seems.