So I finally got around to shooting some Privi Partizan ammo out of my Mosin. And I gotta tell you that I'm pretty impressed with the results.
Oh, before I go further I also have to add that I broke down and bought some targets to aim at which are "old guy eyes" friendly. I picked up some 8 inch and 12 inch Shoot NC targets that I stuck onto big sheets of white paper which were then stuck on the stands. The hard contrast of the solid black on white is the first time I can say that I've been able to truly see any target with plain iron sights well enough to aim with confidence. The gain in my sight picture accuracy is likely half the reason for my better shooting.
Previously with mil surp ammo and a 12 red painted pizza plate I was getting 8 to 10 inch groups at 100 yards with lots of flyers as well. This being with the rifle shot from a rested sitting position. With the better sight picture and PP ammo this shrunk to around 3 inches for groups shot by myself and a shooting buddy.
At 200 it took a few rounds to get the right elevation change but we had enough to shoot a few for grouping at the end of the box. By this time my shoulder was getting sore so my shots were out around 8'ish inches. But he was keeping the last 6 or so rounds all within a 5 to 6 inch size group aside from a flyer.
These flyers were something else. I'd expected an improvement from the factory ammo and I got it for the most part. But out of the box of 20 we had 3 rounds which were not in any way at all close. Like I mean the shot went from on the black for shots each side of the flyer and the flyer was a good 12 to 14 inches away from center at 100 yards. I know it doesn't take much of a twitch to get a flyer but I didn't feel the gun "pull" in my hold at all. SO I'm wondering at the consistency of even PP ammo.
The other good news is that this was a warmup for reloading my own 7.62x54R. Recently I managed to put together the bullets, brass and dies needed to reload my own.
With my own loads and with some playing around with testing and "corking" the barrel I'm hoping to shrink the groups down even further. I do know that I'm feeling a lot more happy about shooting my Mosin now. And I'm likely going to shoot less and less of the milsurp ammo as a result. In fact out of the two SPAM cans I got I'll likely sell one off since I can see getting to where I just don't shoot any milsurp ammo at all.
Oh, before I go further I also have to add that I broke down and bought some targets to aim at which are "old guy eyes" friendly. I picked up some 8 inch and 12 inch Shoot NC targets that I stuck onto big sheets of white paper which were then stuck on the stands. The hard contrast of the solid black on white is the first time I can say that I've been able to truly see any target with plain iron sights well enough to aim with confidence. The gain in my sight picture accuracy is likely half the reason for my better shooting.
Previously with mil surp ammo and a 12 red painted pizza plate I was getting 8 to 10 inch groups at 100 yards with lots of flyers as well. This being with the rifle shot from a rested sitting position. With the better sight picture and PP ammo this shrunk to around 3 inches for groups shot by myself and a shooting buddy.
At 200 it took a few rounds to get the right elevation change but we had enough to shoot a few for grouping at the end of the box. By this time my shoulder was getting sore so my shots were out around 8'ish inches. But he was keeping the last 6 or so rounds all within a 5 to 6 inch size group aside from a flyer.
These flyers were something else. I'd expected an improvement from the factory ammo and I got it for the most part. But out of the box of 20 we had 3 rounds which were not in any way at all close. Like I mean the shot went from on the black for shots each side of the flyer and the flyer was a good 12 to 14 inches away from center at 100 yards. I know it doesn't take much of a twitch to get a flyer but I didn't feel the gun "pull" in my hold at all. SO I'm wondering at the consistency of even PP ammo.
The other good news is that this was a warmup for reloading my own 7.62x54R. Recently I managed to put together the bullets, brass and dies needed to reload my own.
With my own loads and with some playing around with testing and "corking" the barrel I'm hoping to shrink the groups down even further. I do know that I'm feeling a lot more happy about shooting my Mosin now. And I'm likely going to shoot less and less of the milsurp ammo as a result. In fact out of the two SPAM cans I got I'll likely sell one off since I can see getting to where I just don't shoot any milsurp ammo at all.
