Lets see some PE90 Swiss Arms photos...

I've got the Varget, and some Berger bullets. Just need some brass. They were out at the local shop. I need a tumbler as well for the once fired stuff I've saved.

From my limited shooting of my PE-90 I found it shot 55 grain Winchester with embarrassingly poor accuracy. The local Fudds had a smug look on their faces. That started to fade when I shot the 62 grain American Eagle. I'm looking forward to what it'll do with quality ammo. I may even break down and order some of the Ruag 63 grain stuff just as an accuracy baseline/fall back round.
 
Epoxy7 said:
I've got the Varget, and some Berger bullets. Just need some brass. They were out at the local shop. I need a tumbler as well for the once fired stuff I've saved.

From my limited shooting of my PE-90 I found it shot 55 grain Winchester with embarrassingly poor accuracy. The local Fudds had a smug look on their faces. That started to fade when I shot the 62 grain American Eagle. I'm looking forward to what it'll do with quality ammo. I may even break down and order some of the Ruag 63 grain stuff just as an accuracy baseline/fall back round.
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Now, what kind of set up do you use for shooting groups? Bipod? Rest? Bag? Take your time between shots?

I got some free match ammo with mine, 64 and 77 gr. stuff. I'm going to sight in with some cheap 55 grain stuff and than see what she can do. I'm a couple weeks away before I can get set up to load out .223, and even than I'll need to find a good load.

When I shoot for groups with mine I plan on using some bags (front and rear) and than resting between shots, making sure the barrel is nice and cool. I might even load the rounds one at a time if that'll make any difference.

The fudds at my range can't shoot for sh*t so I won't have to worry when I get things sighted in with the cheap stuff :D
 
I've been using a front bag and a flat bean bag for the back. I found this to be fairly good. I use my left hand to squish the back beenbag slightly to hold it's position. I don't directly touch the back stock. Unfortunately someone stole the front bags from the range so I'll be bringing out my Caldwell bench rest front support. When I get the right ammo for it, I'll test out the bipod. That being said the bipod would be good for varminting but I can't see it being great when shooting for groups.

Shoot slow. The rifle doesn't seem to get too hot when doing slow controlled 5 round groups. Waiting for calms between any wind seems to be enough time. I mount my targets sideways and staple the sides down while leaving a bit of a flap. If I don't feel any wind on my face, and the flap on the target isn't moving then I'm 99 percent of the time good for the shot. Sometimes even at 100 yards I'll feel wind on my face but there's nothing down at the target and vice versa. Further than 200 yards and I'd consider setting up wind flags.

After a 5 round group I'd make sure the barrel was cool. But between each shot didn't seem to be necessary. The slow pace of shooting for groups seemed to work out perfect. I fed them using the magazine rather than single shot. Seemed to be ok. However I haven't shot match ammo through mine yet.

Finding the right ammo seems to be the biggest challenge. Just look at the .22 threads and you get a clear idea of how the right round can do magic while the wrong one can be embarrassing.

I'm an amateur at this, but I've had some decent results for a beginner. The above has worked pretty well for me with these types of rifles.

Here's an example of what the wind can do to your round. This was a 5 shot group at 100 yards from my DPMS LR-308 (AR-10) with 167 grain Lapua match ammo (I only had 8 rounds of it, 3 were used for sighting and were touching, I used the remaining 5 for this group). We were getting 10-20 km/h wind gusts. The wind was going mostly downrange with a very tiny bit to the right. When I shot the 4th round the gust just hit. I screwed up my timing. The one round outside the group was actually raised almost half an inch and also a very tiny bit to the right.

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Sorry I don't have pics of the PE-90 targets. The 62 grain ammo showed promise but it's clear that it can shot a lot better when I get the right ammo for it.

Also keep in mind that the .223 ammo is a lot more susceptible to wind.
 
nickorette said:
Hmmmmm nobody has pics of PE-90 groups :confused:

Best I've seen is the electronic test targets.
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It's not that surprising when you factor in the cost of the rifle, the fact that most aren't set up for shooting groups and the difficulty in getting quality .223 ammo in the 62 grain range. Also keep in mind that the "target" model isn't as common as the service rifle or carbine versions.
 
Just ordered some 63 grain Ruag ammo. The shooting Edge has 1000 rounds for $600. I think you'll start to see more target pictures with the PE-90 soon now that the ammo isn't as expensive.

Nice rifles guys.
 
Nice score with the 5/20 mags. I've been waiting a year for them. I have 2 of the 5/30 mags. But I'd like the 5/20. I'm not so sure about the Bayonet though :p
 
nickorette said:
TSE has them in stock, same with TSC. Did you get to test out the Ruag ammo yet?
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-40 with windchill. So nope not yet. But I did get mild frost bite on my thumbs already from going out to plug the truck in :redface:. I can only imagine how miserable I'd be shooting in this stuff. Hopefully it'll warm up a bit soon. -10 would seem like a summer day right about now.
 
The cold doesn't bother me... it's the wind. Messes with my groups :D

I really appreciate the swing out trigger guard when I'm shooting in the cold though. I don't know how anyone could shoot out there without gloves on.
 
-45 right now with windchill. I'm not going shooting unless it's pistols or .22 rifles inside :D. Call me old fashioned but I hate freezing.
 
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