Finally got me a used classic green to play with to see what one of these can do.
Rifle: Shooting Edge Classic Green mid 2000's serial # OEM as issued. 1:10 Barrel.
Ammo used: American Eagle AE223J (Black box) 55gr FMJBT.
Conditions: BC, Mountain valley (elev unknown), zero wind, shooting slightly uphill.
Targets: Fig 11.
Range: 200, 278 and 100 meters.
All shooting was done from the prone unsupported (on elbows) holding at top part of magazine ( like holding the mag well on C7 or AR).
Decided to sight her in at 200 meters since the peep sights start there. So I set Ivan up at 200m up the hill.
I then set the drum to 2 and shot off 10 rounds to see where the sights were at. Result was a 10 shot group the size of my fist on Ivan's right shoulder. High and left. After a few adjustments and some messing around I had everything zeroed in and was hitting just above the sight post.
Once dialed in I fired 2 five shot groups, slow fire prone. One at Ivan's face, the other at center mass (Fig 11's wrist).
One went a bit low. Knew I pulled one before I even walked up to check.
Was much happier with my center mass grouping (the flyer was a bad trigger pull on my part) .
The trigger on this rifle was outstanding for a stock service rifle, wow
Next I moved the target all the way up the hill to the treeline as far back as I could get it. It lased at 278 when I got to the bottom and moved the mat back a bit more. Set the drum to 3 and fired off 20 rounds then hiked it back up there. 19 out of 20, all spread through the center. Nice rifle!!
I then brought everything down to 100m (drum back to 2) to see what I could get out of her for a grouping. Fired two 3 shot groups.
The first: Just over 1 1/2"
The 2nd: Just about 1 1/4"
In closing this rifle shot really well and with cheap ammo at that. I will have to get some of that RUAG stuff and see just what its capable of. I had read about forend pressure affecting accuracy so decided not to bother with the bipod.
Would be interesting to see how the actual stgw90 lays down fire using the bipod though hehe
Craftsmanship is amazing, built like a tank, very, very nice rifles indeed!! I also love how it launches brass 20 feet into the bush, never to be seen again haha.
10 shot group update
Tried shooting some 10 shot groups at 100m today with the Classic Green. The result: Fail. My 10 shot groups at 100m were similar in size or worse than my 5 shot groups at 200m. When examining the targets it became clear the problem was me not being able to hold the exact same position and point of aim after the mag change. All my attempts ended up as two 5 shot groups halfway overlapping each other. I decided this experiment was best left to the benchrest shooters and moved the target back to the usual 200m mark. I now have a few mags for this rifle so I fired off 50 rounds at a rate of about 1 every 2 seconds and counted 49 holes in the target afterward. Was a little grumpy about missing one but it was a fun day nonetheless. If it helps for a comparison I find I shoot about the same with this rifle as I do with the C7. Was going to hike the target way up to the 320M point on the other hill but it was getting dark so I packed it in.
So as usual when shooting for groupings: 3 shot groups are spectacular, 5 shot groups are good, 10 shot groups look like buckshot.
Rifle: Shooting Edge Classic Green mid 2000's serial # OEM as issued. 1:10 Barrel.
Ammo used: American Eagle AE223J (Black box) 55gr FMJBT.
Conditions: BC, Mountain valley (elev unknown), zero wind, shooting slightly uphill.
Targets: Fig 11.
Range: 200, 278 and 100 meters.
All shooting was done from the prone unsupported (on elbows) holding at top part of magazine ( like holding the mag well on C7 or AR).
Decided to sight her in at 200 meters since the peep sights start there. So I set Ivan up at 200m up the hill.
I then set the drum to 2 and shot off 10 rounds to see where the sights were at. Result was a 10 shot group the size of my fist on Ivan's right shoulder. High and left. After a few adjustments and some messing around I had everything zeroed in and was hitting just above the sight post.
Once dialed in I fired 2 five shot groups, slow fire prone. One at Ivan's face, the other at center mass (Fig 11's wrist).
One went a bit low. Knew I pulled one before I even walked up to check.
Was much happier with my center mass grouping (the flyer was a bad trigger pull on my part) .
The trigger on this rifle was outstanding for a stock service rifle, wow
Next I moved the target all the way up the hill to the treeline as far back as I could get it. It lased at 278 when I got to the bottom and moved the mat back a bit more. Set the drum to 3 and fired off 20 rounds then hiked it back up there. 19 out of 20, all spread through the center. Nice rifle
!!I then brought everything down to 100m (drum back to 2) to see what I could get out of her for a grouping. Fired two 3 shot groups.
The first: Just over 1 1/2"
The 2nd: Just about 1 1/4"
In closing this rifle shot really well and with cheap ammo at that. I will have to get some of that RUAG stuff and see just what its capable of. I had read about forend pressure affecting accuracy so decided not to bother with the bipod.
Would be interesting to see how the actual stgw90 lays down fire using the bipod though hehe
Craftsmanship is amazing, built like a tank, very, very nice rifles indeed!! I also love how it launches brass 20 feet into the bush, never to be seen again haha.10 shot group update
Tried shooting some 10 shot groups at 100m today with the Classic Green. The result: Fail. My 10 shot groups at 100m were similar in size or worse than my 5 shot groups at 200m. When examining the targets it became clear the problem was me not being able to hold the exact same position and point of aim after the mag change. All my attempts ended up as two 5 shot groups halfway overlapping each other. I decided this experiment was best left to the benchrest shooters and moved the target back to the usual 200m mark. I now have a few mags for this rifle so I fired off 50 rounds at a rate of about 1 every 2 seconds and counted 49 holes in the target afterward. Was a little grumpy about missing one but it was a fun day nonetheless. If it helps for a comparison I find I shoot about the same with this rifle as I do with the C7. Was going to hike the target way up to the 320M point on the other hill but it was getting dark so I packed it in.
So as usual when shooting for groupings: 3 shot groups are spectacular, 5 shot groups are good, 10 shot groups look like buckshot.
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