I'm still working on finishing my LRB M25 scout rifle with a 18.5" medium weight Kreiger SS barrel, but I wanted to test the action and get a baseline for this rifle. I threw it in a GI wood stock and took it out to the range.

It gave a fantastic initial performance! I only shot 10 rounds to get the scope zeroed and finished off with 5 rounds of Federal 175 grain gold medal match. End result was a 0.93" group at 100 yards with my Vortex Razor HD Gen II 1-6x scope!






The next up was a rifle that Wes Howe sent me to sell. I have an identical rifle with a different barrel and I told him whichever shoots better is the one I'm keeping. Well, his shot much better than mine! I built this rifle for him a few years ago and it hasn't been shot since the day I test fired it. It did not disappoint and produces a 3/4" group with a Leupold MK 5 1-4.5x service rifle scope. This one has a Kreiger 22" medium stainless barrel.




This will be my CMP "Modern Military" rifle.

I'm looking forward to getting my kevlar stock painted and bedded to the scout to see what else it can do. It's already shooting lights-out with an un-bedded GI stock.

Tony.

Looking great! Would love the opportunity to put together a premium M14 clone one day.

Very sweet!!!!

The more Tony posts, the more my wallet starts to hurt. I truly need to start setting aside dedicated funds in order to get into this game.

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Originally posted by 94hokie:
The more Tony posts, the more my wallet starts to hurt. I truly need to start setting aside dedicated funds in order to get into this game.

Mine starts to hurt too and I don't even like M14s. I think Tony is the Man though.

Took the rifles out to the 200 and 600 yard lines today and the EBR killed it! 100-9X on a SR target.





Dialed in my scout as well at 200 and it shot very well too!


Here's the 200 yard target with all the sighters and scores for both rifles...


Also took the scout out to 600 and got some initial scope data. Looks like it was 16 MOA from 200 to 600. Was shooting factory 175 grain FGMM.




The scoring was actually better than what was on the screen. I didn't notice until I got back home that the target was an iron sight target, but the system listed it as F-class which has smaller scoring rings.



I matched up the scores from the software with the holes in the target and my scout held 11" at 600 yards with 7 rounds for about 1.75 MOA.

I didn't shoot the EBR at 600. The rest of the shots on the 600 target were from my vintage sniper rifle.

Tony.

In case y'all are wondering what a scout like mine costs, here's a breakdown:

M25 receiver: $1,235
TRW bolt: $350
Kreiger barrel:$550
GI wood stock, refinished: $300
Trigger group: $250
Unitized gas system (built from new in the tube GI parts): $250
Sadlak NM vented gas piston: $60
Operating rod: $200
Flash suppressor: $75
NM spring guide: $40
Hand guard: $35

Total for parts alone with the GI wood stock and without glass: $3,345
Basic assembly would be $300, so a finished rifle before glass and cheek rest would be $3,645

The Vortex scope, cheek rest and the kevlar stock upgrades would push the total up into the $7,000 range. The scope is 2/3rds the cost of the rifle alone, but man is that glass clear! The guy who hosted me at the range was awestruck at the glass clarity.

Tony.

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Tony,

That's some shooting! Even if it was with my rifle...

Kinda sorry to sell it, but at least you'll get some use out of it. Enjoy!

It already look like it's going to be a shooter.

Wes

Yes Wes, this is going to get shot... A LOT! Will be shooting it at a match next Saturday. I might start getting some XTC data for it as well. It should do well.

Tony.