Here is his target with the Mexican Match. He put the 5 shots into 1.246 MOA at 200 yards. Here is his target with 5 rounds of Lake City MATCH. Here are the results, to make a long story short.
We will be comparing the factory Lake City Match on the left, with the Mexican Match on the right. I replaced the “not too bad shooter” (me) with a “great shooter”, Boyd. It has been proven a “One MOA All Day Long Rifle” in the One MOA All Day Long Contestīut today I decided to replace the most important part of the equipment on any rifle, the shooter. We decided to place the targets at 200 yards to give us a better idea of the difference in the accuracy of the ammo, if any. We went to the range this morning and it was a beautiful day. Then you just replace the bullet with a Sierra 168 grain Matchking and you have a round of Mexican Match. You can see the asphalt sealant on the bullet. Then lower the round and the bullet will be pulled. I then place a washer on the threads to protect them from damage and grab the bullet with a pair of vice grip pliers. Then you remove the seating die and push the round up through the reloading press. You just set a seating die to push the bullet back into the case, just a little bit to break the seal. You place the bullet in the shell holder. This dried seal must be broken to pull the bullet more easily. These rounds have an asphaltic sealer applied to the bullet to make them more waterproof. To do this, you must first pull the bullet. What they did to make it even better was simply to pull the bullet loaded in the cartridge and replace it with a better bullet. It was loaded with a 173 grain FMJ at 2550 fps. This was very good quality ammo loaded for firing in the M-14.
The ammo Boyd was issued in National Match rifle matches was labeled “Lake City 7.62MM NATO MATCH. As we all should know, the most important part of any accurate rifle load is the bullet. They shot 10 slow fire shots at 200 yards standing, 10 rapid fire shots sitting at 200 yards, 10 rapid fire shots prone at 300 yards, and 20 slow fire shots prone at 600 yards.įirst, let me explain what it is. This consists to shooting an M-14 or other military rifle at various distances. I contacted my old buddy Boyd, who has been a rifle competitor for many years and he brought down some Mexican match ammo for us to test.īoyd has competed at camp Perry in Military National Match contests. Regardless, it became a very common practice and a common term for the ammo. We are not sure where that name came from, but one guy thought that this was first done at a match held in Mexico.
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