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different story. We eventually figured out that something to do with
the dust cover on the rifle was causing a double feed; we solved a lot of
the problem by leaving the dustcover down. There were other issues
with the weapon, however, and personally it was never one of my
favorites.
.300 Win Mag
The .300 is in another class entirely.
As I’m sure many readers know, .300 Win Mag (pronounced
“three hundred win mag”) refers to the bullet the rifle fires, the .300
Winchester Magnum round (7.62 × 67 mm). It’s an excellent allaround
cartridge, whose performance allows for superb accuracy as
well as stopping power.
Other services fire the round from different (or slightly different)
guns; arguably, the most famous is the Army’s M-24 Sniper Weapon
System, which is based on the Remington 700 rifle. (Yes, that is the
same rifle civilians can purchase for hunting.) In our case, we started
out with MacMillan stocks, customized the barrels, and used 700 action.
These were nice rifles.
In my third platoon—the one that went to Ramadi—we got all new
.300s. These used Accuracy International stocks, with a brand-new
barrel and action. The AI version had a shorter barrel and a folding
stock. They were bad-ass.
The .300 is a little heavier gun by design. It shoots like a laser.
Anything from a thousand yards and out, you’re just plain nailing it.
And on closer targets, you don’t have to worry about too much correction
for your come-ups. You can dial in your five-hundred-yard dope