I got asked to assist at the firearms range yesterday morning. It was my rostered day off, but I went in anyway.
The task was to zero the Aimpoint sights (Comp M4s) on some new Bushmaster M4s.
The rifles are shared between vehicles and have a generic 50m zero.
We were expecting 120 rifles to be zeroed. 290 turned up. Two vehicles packed to overflowing with brand new rifles and ammo. We had six teams of firer and spotter zeroing the rifles.
They had been bore sighted, so most took only a few shots to get on target and a few more to confirm, but it took four hours to get them all done.
I had earplugs and muffs for that amount of noise.
I used my own Aimpoint magnifier on the rifles I did. Made it much quicker and easier.
And I got lunch supplied!
I was asked not to post any of the photos I took, but if any are released officially I'll put them up.
Sniff
The task was to zero the Aimpoint sights (Comp M4s) on some new Bushmaster M4s.
The rifles are shared between vehicles and have a generic 50m zero.
We were expecting 120 rifles to be zeroed. 290 turned up. Two vehicles packed to overflowing with brand new rifles and ammo. We had six teams of firer and spotter zeroing the rifles.
They had been bore sighted, so most took only a few shots to get on target and a few more to confirm, but it took four hours to get them all done.
I had earplugs and muffs for that amount of noise.
I used my own Aimpoint magnifier on the rifles I did. Made it much quicker and easier.
And I got lunch supplied!
I was asked not to post any of the photos I took, but if any are released officially I'll put them up.
Sniff