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Gun review of the new springfield m1a socom cqb rifle
Gun review of the new springfield m1a socom cqb rifle








This has been an accurate combination that I find ideally suited to many tasks. For serious deployments, the Hornady Black is a good choice. Accurate, and with a bullet well suited to taking medium game, I like this combination. When I have the time to load, the Hornady 155-grain A Max and 40.5 grains of H4895 for 2,400 fps is a great overall loading. The rifle has many choices, but be certain to get the mission down pat before you purchase expensive optics. Then again, the EOTech also is very accurate. For precision shooting, this is the ticket. This scope features a long eye relief, as the scope must be mounted ahead of the receiver. The other rifle is fitted with a Leatherwood Hi-Lux riflescope. I have learned to use the chin weld versus the cheek weld and visibility is excellent. It makes for fast hits and excellent accuracy. This red dot is among the finest and most proven ever fielded. One of my M1A rifles is fitted with the EOTech HWS. To remove the mag, the magazine release is actuated, and the magazine rocked forward. The rearward rocking motion, after insertion, locks the magazine in place. The safety is located in the front of the trigger guard and must be pressed forward with the firing finger, and while it works fine with practice it requires acclimation. If you love the AR-15’s ergonomics, the M1A may not endear itself to you at first.

gun review of the new springfield m1a socom cqb rifle

Structural members, or even heavy glass, will defeat the. Lets face it, when intervening cover of even moderate resistance is present, the. With good accuracy, real power, and a 20-round magazine, the rifle gives a trained shooter many options. This is the rifle the Springfield Armory M1A1 rifle is based on. They used Garand internal parts hence the M1A designation. These rifles were match-type rifles without the selector switch or the possibility of being converted to fully automatic fire. In the early 1960s, Springfield Armory-the military branch not the modern company that bears the name-produced a number of match grade M14 rifles. The AR-15 rifle replaced the M14, but that is another story. Heavy but powerful, the M14 was designed for European warfare, and to handle human wave attacks as we faced in Korea. This was a rifle that was termed a battle rifle in the day. 30-06 Springfield depending on your source. 308 Winchester 7.62x51mm NATO is a rimless.

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It was in some ways an historic upgrade of the successful M1 Garand rifle but with a 20-round box magazine. Army adopted the M14 rifle after the Korean War with the rifle officially adopted in the later 1950s. Pistol caliber carbines are a poor choice for police work, but I suppose they are a useful expedient for half-trained individuals. 223 rifles, and shotgun slugs for penetration and accuracy. 41 Magnum 210-grain load penetrated a door, struck the heavy metal backing of a 1970s Chrysler front seat, and bounced upward and through the roof. 45 ACP bullet bouncing off tempered door glass when it hit the glass at a severe angle. 308 will cut through two vehicle doors, and still exhibit excellent wound potential. The 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge will successfully engage subjects behind cover or while wearing heavy body armor. The SOCOM is a fast handling and effective. 308 caliber self-loader made for the ideal patrol rifle. Having to work a bolt or lever is ridiculous when quality self-loading rifles are available. While I subscribe to the one-shot one-hit paradigm sometimes one doesn’t do it and sometimes the shot misses. Later, I tried the SKS rifle and then the Colt HBAR. In common with Washington State Police at the time, and the LAPD a little earlier, I began with a Winchester. Just the same, it would not have been wise to not be prepared on a level playing field. The dynamics of the incidents I survived were little different than those faced by urban officers, and the rifle never came into play. Springfield and Hornady make a great combination.

gun review of the new springfield m1a socom cqb rifle

The primary focus was people passing through, and I worked a pipeline of drug smuggling. Working in a rural environment, where every household it seemed had a scope-mounted rifle, also colored my choices. During the war on terror, and the war on drugs, peace officers often faced heavily-armed felons willing to shoot it out with peace officers. Some time ago, I began upgrading my on duty gear by a great degree.








Gun review of the new springfield m1a socom cqb rifle