Finally shot the M1A outdoors!

[BuckshotBob]

Hello everyone! My Dad and I tried out Wes Thompson's Piru Gun Range for the first time yesterday. We brought along my M1A, M&P Sport, M&P 15-22, and my Glock 19 and Sig P226. It was a pretty windy day but the range wasn't very busy and we had a lot of fun! This was also the first time I had shot my M1A outdoors so I was very impressed with it's capabilities. I started off with my AR at the 50 then 100 yard line but once I brought out the M1A, I was going for the steel targets at 100 and 200 yards. The farthest target I hit was at 400 yards. Not too shabby but I definitely need to work on my fundamentals. I made a short video with some of the footage I captured on my phone so I thought I'd share. I am still very much a beginner to this sport so please go easy on me haha.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=578iDPWcE1E

[OldShooter32]

You will be more impressed with your M1A the more you shoot it. It has all the grace and power of the M1 with a lot of the quirks worked out.
I shoot mine in the steel silhouette matches -- 200, 300, 385 and 500 METERS, so figure about 10% more for yards.
If you don't handload, start as soon as possible. Custom handloads will improve your accuracy by a huge factor.

[BuckshotBob]

I plan to eventually hand load but it isn't possible to me at the time for various reasons. One day...

[smle-man]

I love the M14 and its civvy street cousin the M1A. Happy shooting!

[wjc]

Those M1A's are pretty fun to shoot, huh?

[OldShooter32]

Those M1A's are pretty fun to shoot, huh?

I have a video of my six-year old granddaughter shooting my M1A UltraMatch off the bench after one of our silhouette matches. I helped out, but she aimed and ran the trigger. Hit a 300-meter pig with her second shot.
I'll post it if I ever figure out how.

[Sir Toast]

M1A's rock the house! You can work on your fundamentals with the AR, which is cheap. A good M1A is an awesome rifle.

A good custom M1A or national match M1A can be accurate as or even more accurate than most AR-10's or LR-308's. Glad you had some good bonding time with dear old dad.

[russ69]

Get that nose down on your thumb. You don't have a good weld.

[nitrous_bob]

congrats !!! you named both weapons that i consider to be the "best of" ever made IMO

best combat rifle = M14
best handgun = glock 19

if i had to sell everything i owned....those 2 wouldnt go anywhere

[MongooseV8]

Seeing this is making me want an another M1A ...in 260 Remington this time.

[BuckshotBob]

Thanks everyone! It was a blast (no pun intended) to shoot the M1A and it's always nice to spend some time with Dad. Russ69, I'll keep that in mind, thanks for the advice!

[MrExel17]

+1 for M1A