No pics of the rifle?
That's just cruel!

 

No pics of the rifle?
That's just cruel!

As requested. My USMC 40X.

 

I just picked up up a CMP 40X and got a rough zero on it this past weekend.

I hope mine ends up shooting that well too.

Very nice shooting.

 

No pics of the rifle?
That's just cruel!

Will try to remember to take a picture of it tomorrow.

I just picked up up a CMP 40X and got a rough zero on it this past weekend.

I hope mine ends up shooting that well too.

Very nice shooting.

Thank you for the kind words. It probably will, just have to find the right ammo that it likes.

 

Will try to remember to take a picture of it tomorrow.



Thank you for the kind words. It probably will, just have to find the right ammo that it likes.

I just had a little time and could only shoot at 25 yards at the indoor range. Showed some promise with several really tight one hole groups with a good lot Eley Club. When I get a nice day I'm looking forward to stretching it out.

 

I have 3 of these rifles wish I had 15 they are all respectful shooters just my kind of rifle good shootin .try eley blk box you will like it

 

Are these still available through the CMP?

 

You can call the store in Port Clinton. I was up there 3 weeks ago and they had 5 or 6 40Xs, 4 or 5 Kimber 82s and about a dozen Winchester 52Bs when I left.

 

How are they running on prices?

 

Here you go sir.

https://forums.thecmp.org/forum/cmp-general/cmp-south-store/291544-cmp-current-rifle-prices-updated

I picked up this gem in December

Not all have sights, this one was missing the front sight. CMP sells sights separately, and they are not hard to find her, eBay, wherever.
Mine's still on the bench, a few projects ahead of it.
IMG_4346 by John Hassard, on Flickr

 

There is probably a thread on prices for each store. This one relates to the SS.

https://forums.thecmp.org/forum/cmp-general/cmp-south-store/291544-cmp-current-rifle-prices-updated

 

40x is a great rifle. I use mine (40XB heavy barrel) in 3 position competitions. Just switched to Eley Team and shot a 283. 90 offhand, 95 kneeling and a 98 prone.
With this rifle I’ve won the leagues most improved shooter 3 years in a row, clubs 1st place shooter, and clubs championship trophy 2 years straight. So I’d definitely say these rifles can shoot.

 

40x is a great rifle. I use mine (40XB heavy barrel) in 3 position competitions. Just switched to Eley Team and shot a 283. 90 offhand, 95 kneeling and a 98 prone.
With this rifle I’ve won the leagues most improved shooter 3 years in a row, clubs 1st place shooter, and clubs championship trophy 2 years straight. So I’d definitely say these rifles can shoot.

You da man shooting that XB standing! but at least you only had to struggle through 10 rounds standing. We shoot 60 shot postal matches in the winter on the A-17, but sitting instead of kneeling. Last one I shot w my USMC 40X (taper barrel) in January; 199-12X prone, 194-10X sit, 144 standing. I shot standing last, and last thing I did that morning, so was probably a bit worn out, but that was horrible, really struggling. 90 is a great score.

 

No, club shooting here locally. I just shoot for my own enjoyment.

 

My USMC 40X is boringly accurate with my Unertl but with irons it’s challenging fun.

 

Gorgeous rifles and wish I had one. Great group and love the Barber dime to show relative size...may pull out some of my old coins and follow your example.

 

The coins I find make it easier to judge the relative size of the group. Thanks for the kind words.

 

Love all of my CMP surplus .22LRs!
My USMC 40X standard bbl.

 

Nice looking stock. Better than most.

 

Mac Attack’s is likely the best I’ve ever seen!

 

Nope, I like yours better, but both are very nice, what has been done to the wood finish?

 

I have been neglecting my USMC 40X for a while. So today I took it to the range for some exercising. Only fired about 50 rounds through it. Was cheating and used a Lyman Super Targetspot in 25X off the rest. This was the last group that I fired. By this time the wind was a 9 MPH with gusts to 15 mph. May have to put it in the rotation more as I shoot rifle once a week.
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As requested. My USMC 40X.
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Forgot to mention that the day I shot the above target was an anniversary for me. It was 56 years to the day that I first started down the yellow brick road by placing my feet on the yellow footprints at Parris Island.

 

 

Shooting at 25 individual targets on a card is much more challenging than shooting 10 shot groups. IMHO

 

You are welcome to your opinion, Gunner. Come on down and we can shoot them anyway you would like. We can use my 10 Meter Air Rifle targets at 50 yards with iron sights, no Gehmann or Vard apretures though.

 

I hope to get mine out tomorrow. Just got my Redfield 3200 back from Iron Site.

 

Well, blowing 30+ with higher gusts....not today

 

Maybe tomorrow

 

Here's mine, gonna finally shoot this weekend. Looks better in person. Not sure about mounting the Lyman STS to the rear of the action, I MIGHT use the front of the action.
Semper Fi!

 

Thank You, Kind Sir.
I really cannot say, I received it in great condition, albeit very dusty. One place on the cheek of the stock was a bit “frosty”, but a soft cotton patch and some Iosso polish restored the luster.

 

Was able to get some testing done today. Was switching a little but I think it have a pretty good idea what it wants to eat. It likes the fast stuff for sure.

 

That is surprising to me that it likes "Fast Stuff". How fast is the "Fast Stuff"? Every 40X that I have ever owned preferred standard velocity. Usually Eley or SK. The last target that I posted was SK Rifle Match, it is advertised at 1073 FPS at the muzzle and 1006 FPS at 50 yards. Many years ago I did find some Remington Sub Sonic that worked well for the price, then you could not find it for a while. When I finally found some more they had changed something and the pretty little groups were long gone. The fast stuff is usually less pricey then the standard velocity. So the $24 question is which brand of the fast stuff are you using.

 

I didnt try cci sv. My best groups were with 28spd Midas and R50 which is unobtainable. It didn't like sk, black box, and some others....

 

Those are pretty much all standard velocity ammunitions. I have a few boxes of Midas L & M and R50 on hand, but they do not shoot well for me. Still have a case of SK Rifle Match and a couple of bricks of SK Standard + on hand.