![]() On the M1/M14 sights once you got it zeroed at any range, You set the dial for that range and you were good to 1200 yards by using the respective mark. I carry a LRF whenever I am in the field, regardless of whether I carry a firearm keeps my eye better calibrated. My M70 deer load is the same case and primer with HDY 150gr SP Interlock and 52.7gr of IMR-4064, sighted-in at 200yd. My M1 is a pre-WWII (September 1941) version, so I try to keep the loads within published Garand limits. I use a standard M1 load of 50.0gr IMR4064, CCI-200, Win Brass, and HDY 150gr FMJBT. 052" diameter 1/2 MOA adjustable rear peep, and a globe front sight with ring-on-post insert POI equal to POA ![]() These days I zero at 200, re-regulate the sights to indicate that distance, and my M1 shoots pretty much 'on' at nearly all of the nearer distances marked on the elevation knob. Aim point in all instances is belt buckle. ![]() The first two I remember clear, the last one, maybe not so much. We were also taught that the comeups were: 100 to 200yd, 1 click, 200-300yd, 2 clicks, 300-500yd, 5 (6?) clicks. A Q-and-D sight-in was done on the 1000 inch range (25.4m). In USMC ITR and Boot Camp, I was taught to battle sight zero the M1 and M14 at 300m.
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