Carlsen Highway
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- South Island, New Zealand
Gentlemen,
A range report for the Chinese M14, which is new to me a couple of weeks ago. Hearing much about disparities in accuracy due to a lack of parts quality, a lack of materials quality, a lack of assembly quality, and a lack of quality control, all over the bloody interweb, (mostly it seemed, from owners of expensive American M1A rifles) I had low expectations for this rifle.
I considered that I would be relatively happy with 2.5 - 3 inch groups.
For my first range session I did indeed acheive group sizes in this range, using barnaul Russian steel cased ammo, and so was satisfied both with the rifle, and with the accuracy of reports from the interweb of what I should expect.
I have largely amended this opinion after a visit to the range today, and shooting the rifle with a 5 x scope and a handful of different handloads at 100 metres, using 150 grain Corelockts, Ballistic Tips and Interlocks using Varget and IMR4895.
The photograph attached will suffice. The largest group shot with Varget came in at exactly 1.5 inches, the Ballistic Tip loads were all just under 1.5 inches. The smallest group was shot with 150 grain interlocks and 43.0 grains of IMR4895, and measured a
hair over half an inch.
All were just three shot groups, as an indication of where further investigation should develop, but plainly I can state that the rifle shoots; further, that it shoots well.
It must be stated that the rifle is in some kind of fibreglass stock, and I am told it has a replacement operating rod (?) and spring.
As far as function goes, I canot complain. As far as fit and finish goes, well, I have not seen an American M14 so cannot make any comparison, but it seems fine to me, and I have had a lot of rifles.
Bear in mind that although these are all three shot groups, I actually shot six groups of three rounds, with different bullets and powder charges in each group - and all of them came in at 1.5 inch or less.
Cant really find anything wrong with this Chinese M14.
A range report for the Chinese M14, which is new to me a couple of weeks ago. Hearing much about disparities in accuracy due to a lack of parts quality, a lack of materials quality, a lack of assembly quality, and a lack of quality control, all over the bloody interweb, (mostly it seemed, from owners of expensive American M1A rifles) I had low expectations for this rifle.
I considered that I would be relatively happy with 2.5 - 3 inch groups.
For my first range session I did indeed acheive group sizes in this range, using barnaul Russian steel cased ammo, and so was satisfied both with the rifle, and with the accuracy of reports from the interweb of what I should expect.
I have largely amended this opinion after a visit to the range today, and shooting the rifle with a 5 x scope and a handful of different handloads at 100 metres, using 150 grain Corelockts, Ballistic Tips and Interlocks using Varget and IMR4895.
The photograph attached will suffice. The largest group shot with Varget came in at exactly 1.5 inches, the Ballistic Tip loads were all just under 1.5 inches. The smallest group was shot with 150 grain interlocks and 43.0 grains of IMR4895, and measured a
hair over half an inch.
All were just three shot groups, as an indication of where further investigation should develop, but plainly I can state that the rifle shoots; further, that it shoots well.
It must be stated that the rifle is in some kind of fibreglass stock, and I am told it has a replacement operating rod (?) and spring.
As far as function goes, I canot complain. As far as fit and finish goes, well, I have not seen an American M14 so cannot make any comparison, but it seems fine to me, and I have had a lot of rifles.
Bear in mind that although these are all three shot groups, I actually shot six groups of three rounds, with different bullets and powder charges in each group - and all of them came in at 1.5 inch or less.
Cant really find anything wrong with this Chinese M14.
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