Finally shot a rifle after more than 3 months...

[majspud]

Well with the move, life, and the heat I've stuck with pistols so far. Since they forecast a cooler day today, I thought I'd take a rifle. Boy, someone got it wrong; it touched 91F during the drive and it was 86F at the range. The rifle sweated, I sweated, and I'll go change my shirt in a minute. Since I've a large WW2 event the beginning of September, I brought my zf-41 and 45 rounds of '53 Yugo surplus. One double tap and three skip-bangs. I don't know where my range scope is, so I walked down the 100 yard range at 5 and 15 rounds. I was shooting 8:00 in the 8/ 9-ring, so I covered the target with the front sight and started hitting green. Instead of trying to re-sight this beast, I'll dial the elevation to 200M and we should be fine. With all my injuries, thank God I can still play - and this little 1.5X scout scope makes it much easier.

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[mac1911]

Stop shooting that old inconsistent ammo. Plenty of good 8mm out there even that new production Yugoslavia ammo is 100% better than that 50s shit

 

[majspud]

I have 360 rounds left of boxed '53 Yugo, maybe a 100 of '53 and '78 on strippers, and then a 900 round sealed tin of '99 Yugo. When that's done I can switch, but I've got at least 3 years on ammo on hand.

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[majspud]

But pretty good for 50's $#@!

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[mac1911]

If you can find some of the 80s-90s 8mm sniper ammo.

 

[majspud]

As I said I have an unopened tin of 900 rounds of '99 M75 as my special reserve

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[greencobra]

all I know is i'm liking that rifle.

 

[majspud]

Only way I could afford was get a RC rifle and find a scope for it.

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[majspud]

all I know is i'm liking that rifle.

Here's some pics of the scope. The covers are reproduction. I forgot to put on the rear sun/rain cover but really didn't need it as I was under cover. The scope can is a reproduction that attached to my belt if I take it into the field in a re-enactment.

I moved the sight up to 150M to compensate for the low grouping.

I'll have to take the K43 out for it's yearly spin with some new 200gr PPU match ammo.

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[mac1911]

Is that the scope you had restored

 

[daekken]

Nice shooting and nice rifle. Having recently gotten to fire a rifle for the first time in six months due to a move, I can commiserate.

 

[majspud]

Is that the scope you had restored

No; this is another one I got for short money on eBay. The first one is still at L&K scope repair; it's been more than two years. Last time I checked before the move, they were kind of nasty about it.

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