It was a beautiful day, 60+ degrees, light wind, and almost empty range. Just finished cleaning up my ’43 Tula sniper, so I thought let’s see what it can do. WELL it can do a lot better than I can. At 50 yards I was only about 3 inches to the right and low, with both wheels set to 0. I turned the elevation up to 1, and about 2.5 marks to the -. Next 3 shots were close enough to center for me, so I tried it out on a 8†shoot-N-see at 100yards. A little playing here and there and I think I found the SWEET SPOT.
AMMO;
I have a can of the Bulgarian circle 10 “Silver Tipped†in a sardine can that I have not used yet. I did open and use a zinc soldered can that had 22 wrap packs (of 20 rounds) in it. The markings on that can were rubbed off, but the guy at the (LGS) local gun store said it was 147 grain steal surplus? From the information I found on the below link, I believe I have Russian surplus 147gr lead core with “17†/ “??†stamped on rim of copper washed steel case. From the pictures on the link it appears to be Russian (has “17†stamped on rim), but there is no “RED seal around bullet-case junctionâ€. I have seen the “Silver Tipped†that I have and it has the RED seal. Does the fact that the ammo I am using NOT have the RED seal, mean it is actually “lead core†vise “steal core†like I was told? I know the case is copper washed steel because I picked up the spent cases with a magnet. I’ll get some pictures later when I open the Bulgarian to show a comparison of the two.
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmoID.htm
Like I said it shoots better than I can. I did manage to get this respectful 5 shot group. Let me know what you think.