Slow aimed fire

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I was curious what sort of groups you guys get with your Sterlings. I was involved in a thread on another board about open bolt semis and a guy was claiming you couldn't hit a clay pigeon at 25 yards and I had to laugh.

I remember shooting a sten a while back with no front sight and was keeping it in a 12" circle at 100 yards. I have never had the chance to fire a Sterling and was curious how well others do with them.

State what sort of groups you get with a rifle at 100 yards and with your Sterling. That way we have something to compare to.

[JTinIN]

Hard to hit a clay bird with the Sterling ... when they are in the air (but is a lot of fun trying).

Have not fired the Steling at 100 yards yet (mine is still a tube until later this winter, only get to use the half dozen that friends have), however, like every 9mm round one issue is the bullet drop starts to be a factor for small targets with a 50 yards zero.

My favorite target is a 3 foot steel plate at 135 yards, that like plinking with on full auto (even the MAC10 in 45 can hit the target ... once or twice per mag ;-).

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I was at my dad's this morning watching the new Sterling video and was looking at one of his manuals on it, a British one. The standard for a soldier was a 6" group at 25 meters.

Oh, we were talking about hitting them on edge on the ground.

[L34A1]

With both L2A3 & L34A1 in semi, a 6" auto popper at 100 yds all day.

Double taps at 25/30 yds in a 3x5 index card.

Not bad for an open bolt.:D

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That's more like what I would expect from a competent shooter!

Thanks for sharing everyone!

Anyone ever shot something in 7.62X25? I have shot Cz 26s and they are pretty flat out to about 200+ yards. Where we shoot the targets are across a canyon so we are too lazy to check targets but keeping them in the body of those old plastic "red chinese" half targets isn't hard at all at 200 yards.

I agree with your tagline about skill of the shooter, nothing more important than that!

[tax_monster]

I'm not that great of a shot, but on semi I can cut a 2-3" hole out of the paper at 15-20 yards. I'm not sure I could hit a clay pidgeon at 100 yards unsupported though. If I had a bench or some shooting sticks, I wouldn't see any problem at all. The gun is quite accurate for only having a 7.5" barrel.