M25 w/ SAGE First Range Report
Been plinking with my LRB m25 for a few months in the wood stock. I was
on the waiting list since October of last year. Well sixth months later
I happened to be on their website and saw they had their new shot show
rifles listed. So in early May I picked up the perfect rifle; it was a
m25 with a medium weight 18.5" chrome lined barrel, NM spring guide, LRB
muzzle device, and a Boyd's walnut stock (its the last one on the
rifles page). Turns out a few days later LRB called and said the
reciever I had been on the waiting list for was ready, some other lucky
guy ended up with that one.
My goal was always to drop it into a SAGE stock, so a month later, I dropped the coin on a Mod1 from ustactical and got the last one on the showroom floor. I think I got lucky as they were scarce at the time, and I see Clyde's still doesnt have any in stock. Just last week I got the rifle all stripped, and cleaned, and had a few hours so I finished the installation.
Installation took a while but went smoothly. The oprod guide block was the peskiest part. The barrel had a knurled surface, so it was snug. Put on some TV, and spent about an hour gently tapping the new block on with a delrin punch and a soft blow hammer. My stock came with a crush washer, which was 0.085" thick, replacing a front band that was 0.063" thick. I tried to put it on straight away, but the gas lock was tight at 12 oclock, a full 180 degrees from its final position. As a crush washer I assumed it would deform into position, but one must really have to wrench on them, and that was not something I was willing to do. So with a file I took it down to 0.073" and snugged it down from there. It seemed to deform from there as well, just not as much, so I felt better about not abusing the parts or tools. As it was, the gas lock timed to 4oclock when hand tight.
I took a little off the top handguard to clear the m25 rail, and everything else went together very well. Finally got to take it out to the range yesterday, and was very please with its performance... but first some pictures:
I shot a couple nice groups at 100 yds. Didnt even have to adjust the zero that much:
Didnt measure it but its close to 1MOA with iron sights off of sandbags. Speaking of which, on one shot I had a sandbag release the lever on the M4 stock, which naturally send the tail of the reciever into my nose . So dont say you havent been warned.
That was done at 200 yards. There is one shot in the bottom in the pink, so I'd call it a 3" group or so with a flier im blaming on the yellow jackets.
Took it out to our maximum range, 275yards, and shot a real nice group:
It measures out to 1.2MOA.
Then played around on some steel at 275yds with some fast-ish string of four shots:
The plat is 9x13" in size.
Im extremely please how well the gun shoots. All groups were done using American Eagle OTM 7.62x51, which I must say has surprised me in value/dollar. Even out of my bolt gun it does not shoot much worse than FGMM. My only complaint with the setup is the grip and trigger orientation. Seems that if my hand is high on the grip, the trigger is too near the grip, and if my hand is lower, the angle to the trigger is very uncomfortable, and the bottom of the trigger digs into my finger. I must say the Boyd's stock was much more comfortable to shoot.
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My goal was always to drop it into a SAGE stock, so a month later, I dropped the coin on a Mod1 from ustactical and got the last one on the showroom floor. I think I got lucky as they were scarce at the time, and I see Clyde's still doesnt have any in stock. Just last week I got the rifle all stripped, and cleaned, and had a few hours so I finished the installation.
Installation took a while but went smoothly. The oprod guide block was the peskiest part. The barrel had a knurled surface, so it was snug. Put on some TV, and spent about an hour gently tapping the new block on with a delrin punch and a soft blow hammer. My stock came with a crush washer, which was 0.085" thick, replacing a front band that was 0.063" thick. I tried to put it on straight away, but the gas lock was tight at 12 oclock, a full 180 degrees from its final position. As a crush washer I assumed it would deform into position, but one must really have to wrench on them, and that was not something I was willing to do. So with a file I took it down to 0.073" and snugged it down from there. It seemed to deform from there as well, just not as much, so I felt better about not abusing the parts or tools. As it was, the gas lock timed to 4oclock when hand tight.
I took a little off the top handguard to clear the m25 rail, and everything else went together very well. Finally got to take it out to the range yesterday, and was very please with its performance... but first some pictures:
I shot a couple nice groups at 100 yds. Didnt even have to adjust the zero that much:
Didnt measure it but its close to 1MOA with iron sights off of sandbags. Speaking of which, on one shot I had a sandbag release the lever on the M4 stock, which naturally send the tail of the reciever into my nose . So dont say you havent been warned.
That was done at 200 yards. There is one shot in the bottom in the pink, so I'd call it a 3" group or so with a flier im blaming on the yellow jackets.
Took it out to our maximum range, 275yards, and shot a real nice group:
It measures out to 1.2MOA.
Then played around on some steel at 275yds with some fast-ish string of four shots:
The plat is 9x13" in size.
Im extremely please how well the gun shoots. All groups were done using American Eagle OTM 7.62x51, which I must say has surprised me in value/dollar. Even out of my bolt gun it does not shoot much worse than FGMM. My only complaint with the setup is the grip and trigger orientation. Seems that if my hand is high on the grip, the trigger is too near the grip, and if my hand is lower, the angle to the trigger is very uncomfortable, and the bottom of the trigger digs into my finger. I must say the Boyd's stock was much more comfortable to shoot.
Submitted By nately
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