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Port Malabar Vintage Sniper match, Jan 4, 2025.

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January 04, 2025, 05:08 PM
benny6
Port Malabar Vintage Sniper match, Jan 4, 2025.
Had a great day at the VS match today! The LRB M14 with the Lothar Walther ICR barrel performed superbly!


Killed it at 300 with the 155 ELD-M's! 100-5X!


Dropped 3 points at 600 using 175 SMK's. Only pulled off 2 X's. 97-2X.


My 14 year old son gained about 20 points versus the October match.
He's progressing well! Way better than his last time!




My rifle shot double-duty today and we shared the rifle, so between scoring and sighters, it had about 50 rounds down the tube today. Plus the 10 I shot yesterday morning to confirm zero after re-bedding. No other team shared a rifle.

We placed 7th as a team out of 12 teams. Last time we placed last. I give it 2 more matches before we're placing silver and gold.
We were team TNT.


Only one score had more X's than me at 300 and he was shooting a M40. Only 3 shooters beat my score at 600 and all with M40's or M70's.

A great day!

Tony.


Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL
www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction).
e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com
January 04, 2025, 05:17 PM
sigfreund
Great report!
Thanks for keeping us updated.




6.0/94.0

I can tell at sight a Chassepot rifle from a javelin.
January 04, 2025, 06:15 PM
patw
That is pretty cool,thanks for sharing.
January 04, 2025, 06:21 PM
hrcjon
were the guns all M14's? or do other things show up?


“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.”
January 04, 2025, 06:44 PM
benny6
There are different categories. Lots of different rifles can show up. There was a M1C and a M1D on the line today as well as Swedish Mausers. Older rifles compete in category A while the later models are in category B (M14, M40, M70). There were at least 3 more M14/M1A's on the line. Maybe four.

Tony.


Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL
www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction).
e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com
January 04, 2025, 07:09 PM
357fuzz
I think you got ripped on your 600 yard target. I count 5 X’s.
January 04, 2025, 08:28 PM
RR
Love these builds Tony. I’d love to ask you to build one one day. What scope is that you are using on this one?
January 05, 2025, 05:07 AM
benny6
quote:
Originally posted by RR:
Love these builds Tony. I’d love to ask you to build one one day. What scope is that you are using on this one?

Thanks! It's a Trijicon Huron 3-9x40. Excellent scope!

Tony.


Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL
www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction).
e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com
January 05, 2025, 06:29 AM
92fstech
Great shooting, Tony, and awesome that you're getting to do it with your son! You do know that's going to end up costing you money, right? Because sooner or later he's going to want his own rifle, set up for him Wink.