05-11-2019, 02:50 PM
LR1955 Wrote:Lemonaid:
Take if from a guy who has fired thousands of rounds of M-118 Special Ball out of M-24's. M-14 service and super match, the M-14 EBR, and a couple of Model 70 Match rifles.
I have never seen any of them hold one minute at 300 yards when firing issued M-118 Special Ball. I have seen them hold that when firing M-852 Match. The lots of M-118 LR that I used and witnessed being used were hit or miss in quality at the time they came out so can not comment on them.
As for 800 meters being the max effective range for the M-24 and an average trained Sniper team of the 1980's and 1990's using the 24, a 10X fixed mil dot reticle, M-118 Special Ball, at unknown distances to 1000 meters, I think a 50% chance of a first round hit on a E-Sil at around 800 meters is pretty damn good. The problem is, guys who do not shoot true unknown distance ranges, while laying in the prone, with a spotter in the prone using a M-49 scope, firing M-118, have no clue what so ever of the pure luck that goes into some of the longer shots with that particular equipment that is now obsolete.
I am sure what you cited is a requirement written sometime in the late 70's or early 80's when the 24 was being developed. Sounds right but never quite got there.
Not sure why you even cited this requirement. It reflects the technology of US Army sniping in the late 70's and into the 80's. It is obsolete today.
LR55
Only point from cited info was that MER was a results from an accuracy standard.
Your previous posts of a 50 percent hit rate being an example, MER has nothing to do (my reasoning) with the terminal effects when bullet meets target.
Allways appreciate your posts. Thanks!