Mr. McCloy. Is it as accurate as the Springfield 1906 ammunition?
Mr. Simmons. I am not familiar with the difference between the M-14 in its accuracy and the 1906 Springfield. These are very similar in their dispersion.
Mr. McCloy. At a hundred yards, what does that amount to? What is the dispersion?
Mr. Simmons. Well, at a hundred yards, one mil is 3.6 inches, and 0.3 of that is a little more than an inch.
Mr. Eisenberg. You tested this with what type of ammunition, Mr. Simmons?
Mr. Simmons. The ammunition was labeled Type Ball, and it was made by the Western Cartridge Co., Division of Olin Industries.
Mr. Eisenberg. Was that a 6.5 mm.?
Mr. Simmons. 6.5-mm. Mannlicher-Carcano.
Mr. Eisenberg. In the course of this test from a machine rest, Mr. Simmons, did you also attempt to determine the muzzle velocity?
Mr. Simmons. Yes; we also measured muzzle velocities for approximately 10 rounds of the ammunition. We gather from these measurements that the nominal velocity, the nominal muzzle velocity is of the order of 2,200 feet per second, and the velocity at about 200 feet from the muzzle is approximately 2,000 feet per second. And there is some variation in velocity from round to round as there is with all small-arms ammunition. But the variation is relatively small, and within the same order of magnitude as for conventional ammunition.