I am looking for some insight hopefully from someone who has some experience with both these rifles. I recently decided to thin out the collection and use the proceeds to buy scopes suppressors and all those fun goodies. To most this will seem like a no brainer and it even kinda does to me but I have to ask. I have a savage model 10 fp I bought for some 600-800 yd shooting but was recently given my grandfathers M1A and was curious, what is the realistic range of an M1A. I would still like to do some 800 yd shooting but I am just wondering if someone has maybe had some long range M1A experience and could clue me in as to how it handles. As always thanks for the info in advance.
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When I was younger (and there was a 1,000 yard range available to civilians in Massachusetts), we used to shoot M1s at 1,000 yards. No reason you couldn't do the same with an M1A.
Just accept two things. #1: At 1,000 yards, the target has to be fairly big. 2 MOA @ 1,000 yards is a 20-inch circle. #2: Beyond some point (which is shorter than 1,000 yards), additional factors affect grouping from what you are used to shooting, say, 100 yards or 200 yards. Wind is a big one. Mirage can be another.
All of the foregoing said, I suggest you reconsider the implicit premise of your question, which is that a good bolt gun (such as the Savage) and a military self-loader (such as the M1A) are fungible. In fact, they are different and do different things. I wouldn't part with one because I had acquired the other.
Just accept two things. #1: At 1,000 yards, the target has to be fairly big. 2 MOA @ 1,000 yards is a 20-inch circle. #2: Beyond some point (which is shorter than 1,000 yards), additional factors affect grouping from what you are used to shooting, say, 100 yards or 200 yards. Wind is a big one. Mirage can be another.
All of the foregoing said, I suggest you reconsider the implicit premise of your question, which is that a good bolt gun (such as the Savage) and a military self-loader (such as the M1A) are fungible. In fact, they are different and do different things. I wouldn't part with one because I had acquired the other.
m1a can pull almost twice as much dough at resale than savage 10fp
i have 10fp and i love it. just from mechanics standpoint your savage bolt gun will be inherently more accurate than any semi-auto.
for more reasons than one:
1. bull barrel on savage = more rigidity = better accuracy
2. no crap(i.e. gasblock) is dangling off the barrel = free float = better accuracy
3. something else i can't think off but other people will point it out, i'm sure
always wanted m1a but price bites. someday...
i have 10fp and i love it. just from mechanics standpoint your savage bolt gun will be inherently more accurate than any semi-auto.
for more reasons than one:
1. bull barrel on savage = more rigidity = better accuracy
2. no crap(i.e. gasblock) is dangling off the barrel = free float = better accuracy
3. something else i can't think off but other people will point it out, i'm sure
always wanted m1a but price bites. someday...
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