I need an m41b expert please!!!
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Naw, you need to send that thing back!
I feel sorry for all the guys that have not gotten one of these M41bs, thinking that Samco is all out of good ones..... Looks like you got yourself one hell of a shooter, John, Congratulations!!!! PS, that penny is too cool!
I feel sorry for all the guys that have not gotten one of these M41bs, thinking that Samco is all out of good ones..... Looks like you got yourself one hell of a shooter, John, Congratulations!!!! PS, that penny is too cool!
You're right. I confused myself on the move right to hit left, etc. He's already too far right, so a little right to hit left would be the way to go.
I hate iron sights, especially when you have to adjust the front one.
What is with this changing the rifle to shoot at 100 yards?? I have never understood this line of thought.
I was trained in my wasted youth to zero at a mid range then learn the hold off's.
300 yard zero.
@400 aim at the head
@300 aim center mass
@200 aim for the knees
@100 center mass again using your known aim points.
Past 450 call in air support.
With my M96 I know to aim a bit low at 100 with the original front sight. This picture is from some powder testing with the Privi 140g bullet from Graf.
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I know a man who shoots the M41b at 900 meters. He mentioned a 15' high hold off and 6' right he cut center X 10 or 11 times in one string.
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..MJ..
I was trained in my wasted youth to zero at a mid range then learn the hold off's.
300 yard zero.
@400 aim at the head
@300 aim center mass
@200 aim for the knees
@100 center mass again using your known aim points.
Past 450 call in air support.
With my M96 I know to aim a bit low at 100 with the original front sight. This picture is from some powder testing with the Privi 140g bullet from Graf.
I know a man who shoots the M41b at 900 meters. He mentioned a 15' high hold off and 6' right he cut center X 10 or 11 times in one string.
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..MJ..
That was a big thing during the Vietnam war, and shortly after. Most shooters now use POA, POI. They have those big exposed turrets up top to use, not for decoration and they have a lot of elevation. It's far quicker to dial a target once the range is known than fumble around in a sticky situation trying to remember where to hold. It's just way easier that way. Hold dead on target with your elevation set. The scopes have zero stops so you can just crank them down to zero and then dial in the correct MOA on the elevation turret. It's very fast for a practiced shooter. Faster than the bad guy can run.
If I had a limited elevation scope with hard to use turrets, I'd zero for 100 yards/meters and hold over/under as the shot demanded.
Check the various entries and photo montages in the Sweden - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=19
You'll find an entry complete with a 142 picture photo montage for:
1908 Swedish m/41B Sniper Rifle (click here)
c/w Ajack 4x90 1942b Scope
(Mfg by Carl Gustafs Stads Gevarsfaktori)
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All of the markings and font questions you may have, as to what to look for, should be self evident from the photo montage.
Hope this helps ...
Regards,
Badger
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That's a hoot! Now go and shoot in some competitions and blow the socks off some of those plastic and stainless, whoop-de-do, more-rails than a roundhouse, Walter Mitty, bipod-festooned wannabee sniper rifles...
M41B: $1195...the competition's faces: priceless!
Thanks... appreciate the feedback. I've since got a new camera which has improved the macro photography of a lot of our Knowlege Library entries. It's amazing how far these small digital cameras have come in so few years.
As far as shooting the M41b, I've had the old girl in the photo montage to the range. She was knocking down 12" steel plates consistently out to 400 meters.
WWII Milsurp Sniper Rifles at 400 Meters (Range Video) ... click here http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=839
This is some fun video, which shows ~Angel~, Scott and Badger, shooting various sniper rifles from their personal collections.
Engaging 12" Steel Plates and 4 Foot Targets at 400 Meters.
1945 British Enfield No.4(T) .303
1942 Russian 91/30 Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54r
1908 Swedish m/41b 6.5mm
Turn up the volume so you can hear the sound of those plates dropping !!! Notice the sound delay between the time you see the plate fall, until you hear the metal PING sound return back up range to the shooter's position.
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Welcome, Johnsgonewild...
.. to the brotherhood of M41B owners and shooters. I see you have experienced the exhilaration of these first few shots out of the "King of Snipers".
I remember that feeling well, even if I did not do as well as you...four of my ten shots were way off the 1" bullseye at 100 yards.
.. to the brotherhood of M41B owners and shooters. I see you have experienced the exhilaration of these first few shots out of the "King of Snipers".
I remember that feeling well, even if I did not do as well as you...four of my ten shots were way off the 1" bullseye at 100 yards.
sweet!
well don't feel bad then, because out of my first 10 shots maybe 5 of them hit the paper! my rifle was zero'd at 300 meters I think, and it took about 20 rounds before I had it dialed in at 200 yards another 5 rounds to tweak it at then I was Tack drivin at 200!
the best part was, I frequent that range, and there are lots and lots of idiot regulars out there that day, you know the type, they have one of everything, and if they don't have it, it's because it's not worth having, yada yadda yadda.......Well, one had a Remington 700, said it was the best sharpshooter/Sniper ever made!!! Ha Ha Ha..... he was ecstatic and boasting about his 1 1/2 groups.....But I could tell that it got under his skin that a 29 year old "kid" with a rifle over a hundred years older than his and optics nearly 60 years older than his, could do what it could do. That guy is usually a real loud mouth,
well he was kinda quiet that day!
.. to the brotherhood of M41B owners and shooters. I see you have experienced the exhilaration of these first few shots out of the "King of Snipers".
I remember that feeling well, even if I did not do as well as you...four of my ten shots were way off the 1" bullseye at 100 yards.
well don't feel bad then, because out of my first 10 shots maybe 5 of them hit the paper! my rifle was zero'd at 300 meters I think, and it took about 20 rounds before I had it dialed in at 200 yards another 5 rounds to tweak it at then I was Tack drivin at 200!
the best part was, I frequent that range, and there are lots and lots of idiot regulars out there that day, you know the type, they have one of everything, and if they don't have it, it's because it's not worth having, yada yadda yadda.......Well, one had a Remington 700, said it was the best sharpshooter/Sniper ever made
!!! Ha Ha Ha..... he was ecstatic and boasting about his 1 1/2 groups.....But I could tell that it got under his skin that a 29 year old "kid" with a rifle over a hundred years older than his and optics nearly 60 years older than his, could do what it could do. That guy is usually a real loud mouth,well he was kinda quiet that day!
Hehehe....Now THAT was priceless!well don't feel bad then, because out of my first 10 shots maybe 5 of them hit the paper! my rifle was zero'd at 300 meters I think, and it took about 20 rounds before I had it dialed in at 200 yards another 5 rounds to tweak it at then I was Tack drivin at 200!
the best part was, I frequent that range, and there are lots and lots of idiot regulars out there that day, you know the type, they have one of everything, and if they don't have it, it's because it's not worth having, yada yadda yadda.......Well, one had a Remington 700, said it was the best sharpshooter/Sniper ever made
well he was kinda quiet that day!
Here's mine, and the one time i fired it you can see me "chasing" the zero at a 100 yards. It didn't help this was a day before major shoulder surgery! Even the light recoiling 6.5 HURT every time i "squeezed" the trigger.
I was adjusting the scope, and swapping ammo. Top left target was the last "group" i fired.
4 rounds into 4 tenths! I was a happy camper.
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