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I wanted to see if my jungle carbine had the fabled "wandering zero".
After shooting 14 rounds and getting the barrel smokin' hot, it still shot into 2 inches at 50 yards.
Even though it got very hot , the point of impact remained the same,
now it's time to bench test and see if I can shrink the groups a bit.
Either way it's going to make a good backup rifle to have while my son hunts for his first deer. He is going to be using a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle in 7x57...............:ninja:
 
I think the wandering zero thing is way overblown. I've shot a few and known people who've done the same experiment as you, and never seen it or heard first hand from anyone who has seen it.
 
It's a collector's legend, you know: from now on, any J.C. possessed by "the wandering zero syndrome" is going to sell higher because it has "that authentic and distinctive characteristic"...
PP.::p :evil:
 
Thats what I got with my M-44. These high powered carbines sure are a blast to shoot.

I wonder if mad minutes with a lee enfield would be better.
 
I talked to a guy who was in the British Army stationed in Burma after the war. He said they had #5s and had to qualify with them and target shooting there was done with them. He did not remember any issue about a wondering zero, but did say that the kick could cause flinching. That would sure open a group up.
 
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I talked to a guy who was in the British Army stationed in Burma after the war. He said they had #5s and had to qualify with them and target shooting there was done with them. He did not remember any issue about a wondering zero, but did say that the kick could cause flinching. That would sure open a group up.
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The No5 does have more felt recoil than a full dressed No4 for sure, but I think of what it's doing on the receiving end.:shotgun: The 2 lbs less and the shorter overall length on the No5 makes it alot easier to push through the jungle (no pun intended)on this end of the Island.:)
 
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I took the No5 out again after adjusting the front sight down a tad more, it grouped the factory 180's into 1 inch.The handloaded 216 grain Norma's grouped 3/4 inch, and the best of all was my handloaded 150 Hornady's, I put 2 into the target at 1/4 apart.:eek: No wandering zero here.......:ar15:
The shooting was done off couple of sand bags at 75 paces, so I guess it would be 60 yards. Not bad for a 60 year old battle rifle with open battle sights with an old fart behind the trigger..............:cool:
 
I htink the wandering zero myth is BS...I've posted many times pictures of 100 yard 1" groups fired form my JC, using several different loads, factory, handloads and different bullet weights- all ended up in about the same place on the targets.
 
i suspect it was a non-existent problem, probably to discredit the idea of issueing another bolt action when the writting was on the wall about semi-autos and even things like the StG44 were being fielded.
 
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