So, I took my new CZ 858 (folding) to the range today. Despite the rain and fog, it was ~+9 (warm for Ottawa) and was a great day to be outside.
The gun is new. I gave it a good clean yesterday with G96 all thourhgout to get rid of the factory residue (there was quite a bit - so much so that my wife was wondering what that foul smell was...) I was using some Romanian surplus 7.62X39 copper fmj. All of this was done at 50 yds as there was too much fog to shoot 100 yds.
I started shooting off the bench supported with both hands, std 2 hand grip sort of thing. This was ok, but soon after got our my barrel rest and used it for most of the time. The iron sights were actually pretty good in terms of alignment. When I got it lined up and shot what I think was "correctly" it seemed to be pretty close (well, to some extent I was just hapy hitting the target...).
It functioned perfectly, no issues with misfires (aka gremlin) - fyi I do not have a tab.
Couple of things I learned:
1) the cases get sent flying quite a ways and more often than not, straight up. This was a bit of a pia as they kept hitting the roof and bouncing back down either on me, near me or near the poor guy next to me. Need to get a deflector for this thing for sure.
2) my right eye is definitely not as good as my left. I don't notice it as much with guns with scopes and diopter adj, but with iron sights, crap I really wasn't seeing much of the target. Time for either a scope (most likely) or maybe a pair of glasses. Good thing I'm going to the eye doc next week.
3) The folding stock is too short. I have long arms and found I was getting a little nose rub from the back end of the stock. I have a fab def buffer and stock on the way, hope it will give me a little more length to stop the annoying tap on my nose.
4) 5 round mags are really annoying. I'm def going to get the B&T magwell adapter and some lar mags to be able to use 10 rounds.
5) The pistol grip IS too small. Going to have to get a larger, prolly FD one.
Once I got home, I gave it a really good cleaning with g96 nitro and then reg g96. It was not really that dirty for having gone thru 200 rounds of corrosive. Not sure if the g96 fromyesterday helped make some of the nasty crap a little easier to clean or not, but it seemed to.
Question for anyone with a CZ 858:
What scope mounts are you using for a decent scope (magnifier, not red not)? I was looking at the one Zahal have that replaces the rear cover - anyone have that and have any feedback?
Here's my 2 targets from today:
first one was brand new, 50 yds, both hands initially, then barrel rest:
2nd one, mostly barrel rest, also 50 yds, about 20 rounds standing, not other support:
Overall, lots of fun today.
The gun is new. I gave it a good clean yesterday with G96 all thourhgout to get rid of the factory residue (there was quite a bit - so much so that my wife was wondering what that foul smell was...) I was using some Romanian surplus 7.62X39 copper fmj. All of this was done at 50 yds as there was too much fog to shoot 100 yds.
I started shooting off the bench supported with both hands, std 2 hand grip sort of thing. This was ok, but soon after got our my barrel rest and used it for most of the time. The iron sights were actually pretty good in terms of alignment. When I got it lined up and shot what I think was "correctly" it seemed to be pretty close (well, to some extent I was just hapy hitting the target...).
It functioned perfectly, no issues with misfires (aka gremlin) - fyi I do not have a tab.
Couple of things I learned:
1) the cases get sent flying quite a ways and more often than not, straight up. This was a bit of a pia as they kept hitting the roof and bouncing back down either on me, near me or near the poor guy next to me. Need to get a deflector for this thing for sure.
2) my right eye is definitely not as good as my left. I don't notice it as much with guns with scopes and diopter adj, but with iron sights, crap I really wasn't seeing much of the target. Time for either a scope (most likely) or maybe a pair of glasses. Good thing I'm going to the eye doc next week.
3) The folding stock is too short. I have long arms and found I was getting a little nose rub from the back end of the stock. I have a fab def buffer and stock on the way, hope it will give me a little more length to stop the annoying tap on my nose.
4) 5 round mags are really annoying. I'm def going to get the B&T magwell adapter and some lar mags to be able to use 10 rounds.
5) The pistol grip IS too small. Going to have to get a larger, prolly FD one.
Once I got home, I gave it a really good cleaning with g96 nitro and then reg g96. It was not really that dirty for having gone thru 200 rounds of corrosive. Not sure if the g96 fromyesterday helped make some of the nasty crap a little easier to clean or not, but it seemed to.
Question for anyone with a CZ 858:
What scope mounts are you using for a decent scope (magnifier, not red not)? I was looking at the one Zahal have that replaces the rear cover - anyone have that and have any feedback?
Here's my 2 targets from today:
first one was brand new, 50 yds, both hands initially, then barrel rest:
2nd one, mostly barrel rest, also 50 yds, about 20 rounds standing, not other support:
Overall, lots of fun today.
I used the boiling water cleaning technique (that Romanian stuff is FILTHY) but this post has reminded me I neded to check it out now that it's been a few days and check for corrosion.
