I don’t know anything about the penetration of the 5.8 chinese cartridge
But this is how it shoots in a gun brand new fresh from the factory.
This is a target with three bursts
(finger-controlled, not using the burst feature of the selector)
from a Type 95,
NOT 97, few years back. 25 meters, open sights.
In spite of the point of aim being the same for all three bursts,
you can distinctively see them on the target,
and this makes me believe once again
that the back sight being too close to the eye.
Too better judge that target, these are other targets
from the same session by the same shooter
with different other chinese military guns.
Type 79, finger controlled bursts.
It has bursts of about 5-6 shots each with a lot of time between them for reloading, etc.
Long time ago, in the early 90’s I had a Type79 in a "waterhole" (and safe heaven) which I have somewhere in Europe.
I messed with it about a year and I couldn’t make it shoot well.
Frustrated, I traded it for a toy I wanted badly at the time.
Sometimes, if I feel sorry that I got rid of that 79,
I look at this Type79 targets and I remember
what nightmare it was to keep it on the target
Type 79 in uninterupted string of FA.
Some AK (chinese), it was actualy a hybrid of different chinese models.
No compensator or muzzle device.
3-6 shots bursts.
All the above targets were shot from the shoulder at 25 meters.
Same shooter, Chinese Dragunov,
225 meters, prone, gun rested on backpack.
10x scope, if I remember correctly.