What a Sweet Machine!....

[sonofeugene]

I went up to Los Altos Rod and Gun yesterday afternoon to put my first rounds though my new toy. I got one of the last DDM4V11Pro's that Reeds had. I'd put my money down and put it in jail before I got laid off and very briefly considered canceling the deal and eating the restocking fee. But I quickly decided no on that! But, due to looking for more work, I hadn't had the time to get to the range. I spent awhile at 25 yards, dialing it in and then switch to 50 yards. No optics yet, just Troy folding iron sights, the diamond shape with the Tritium. I hadn't shot an AR since my army days roughly 45 years ago and I was somewhat worried about my ability to use iron sights. I think I did pretty decently considering I'm an old fart and my eyes aren't what they used to be. I did use my Atlas bipod, though, to help steady things.

So, I'm wondering if I really did as well as I think I might have. Below are two pix, one of my best group at 25 yards, and one of my best group at 50 yards. Keep in mind I'm using iron sights and I'm an old geezer who wears glasses that have transition lenses.

Any and all comments appreciated.

25 yards.jpg

50 yards.jpg

[russ69]

Not bad but there is room for improvement. It's up to you if you want to be very proficient or not, it takes a lot of work.

[bigbearbear]

You did well for a gun that is new to you. Ammo plays a part in groupings too.

[major burnout]

Looking good. The AR platform is a fun sporting rifle.

Grab a 3x Acog and those groups will shrink.

[ChuckDizzle]

Not bad gramps! All in the black isn't too shabby for being out of practice. You have a great rifle on your hands.

You'll probably surprise yourself once you get a decent scope or red dot on it.

[sonofeugene]

Yea, I figured my groups will improve with practice and most especially with some sort of magnification. I'm very impressed with the quality of the rifle. The anti-climb mitigator really seems to help and when firing, it seems the sight picture never jumps out of the black. And the Geissele trigger is simply amazing. A guy next to me asked if he could put a few round though my AR and he offered up his AR. He was simply blown away by the difference between the two and I could tell as well. The DD rifle just seems like a perfectly engineered package. No "cranging" of the buffer spring. No excess slack anywhere. Every machined component works well with the next. Like a fine swiss watch.

Ammo was PMC X-Tac 55 gr.

[sonofeugene]

Found a better 25 yard group.

25 yards better.jpg

[sonofeugene]

Question: After I got the group above, I noticed that I'd had to crank the rear sight quite a ways over to the right. I'm wondering if this is in the range of normal or should the rear sight be more to the center.

[russ69]

It's always better to have the sight centered but you have a good amount of windage left. You'll be fine unless the wind at 1000 yards is blowing hard left (not an issue for 99% of the guys out there).