There was no zero set on the elevation turret so after you slipped your scales the turret could continue to rotate counter-clockwise, causing the sniper to lose his zero-point. The solution we were given by Crane? Stick a cleaning rod in the bolt carrier and jamb it forward.Īnother major failure of the M110 is not the fault of the rifle, but rather the Leupold scope provided with it. This is where a forward assist can be of critical importance to the sniper in making sure his first round is properly chambered. In this scenario you are not going to have your semi-automatic sniper rifle loaded inside your drag bag and will need to chamber a round, slowly and quietly, once at your hide site. Many shooters will no doubt tell you that they never use their forward assist anyway, so who cares? It is a different situation for snipers who may very well stalk into their hide site. Crane's Subject Matter Expert in sniper systems was giving a class on the rifle when I blurted out, “Where is the forward assist on that thing?” My SR-25 had one so what was the issue? The instructor responded that Colt was the patent holder for the forward assist design and it would have set the entire M110 project back years and millions of dollars to license the design or start from scratch to create something new that performed the same functionality. The first time I laid eyes on the M110 was at the SOF armorers course in Crane, Indiana.
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