silverlance
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Gun: M39 SAKO
Range: 50
Ammo used:
The CZ was the most accurate of the bunch, picking off 4 out of 5 small oranges. The 7N1 was also very accurate, but at the range I shot at the CZ did just as well. The Norinco left tons of laquer (like the 7n1) and did about as well as CZ. The Bulgarian was the worst in terms of accuracy; 2 out of 5 oranges.
The Bulgarian is headstamped 10 | 53 . The case is brass and very old. Check all necks, about 1 in 5 will have some sort of minor splitting at case mouth. Any cartridges that had actual splits in the neck were discarded. That was about 1 out of 15. (I fired 8 10-round packages). Packages of cartridges were 10 to a small paper package tied up with string. Ammo was fairly clean but obviously old. No failures to fire. Smooth feed and extraction. On paper, accuracy was about 3" at 50 yards.
I use the 50 yard range because I'm a lousy shot and because I like seeing oranges blow up up close.
In any case, at $.99 per pack of 10 the Bulgarian is still a good buy. I bought 120 packs from Outdoor Marksman.
I would suggest that one buy a good supply of the Bulgarian for plinking and the CZ for reliably hitting what you are aiming at.
Range: 50
Ammo used:
- Bulgarian Light Ball. Brass Cased Copper Jacketed, Lead Core. 1953 Magnetic
- Russian 7N1 Sniper. Steel Jacket, Steel Case, Lead Core, Steel Knocker
- CZ Silvertip Lightball. Steel Case Copper Jacket Steel Core
- Norinco 1980s x54R. Steel Case, Copper Jacket, Lead Core
The CZ was the most accurate of the bunch, picking off 4 out of 5 small oranges. The 7N1 was also very accurate, but at the range I shot at the CZ did just as well. The Norinco left tons of laquer (like the 7n1) and did about as well as CZ. The Bulgarian was the worst in terms of accuracy; 2 out of 5 oranges.
The Bulgarian is headstamped 10 | 53 . The case is brass and very old. Check all necks, about 1 in 5 will have some sort of minor splitting at case mouth. Any cartridges that had actual splits in the neck were discarded. That was about 1 out of 15. (I fired 8 10-round packages). Packages of cartridges were 10 to a small paper package tied up with string. Ammo was fairly clean but obviously old. No failures to fire. Smooth feed and extraction. On paper, accuracy was about 3" at 50 yards.
I use the 50 yard range because I'm a lousy shot and because I like seeing oranges blow up up close.
In any case, at $.99 per pack of 10 the Bulgarian is still a good buy. I bought 120 packs from Outdoor Marksman.
I would suggest that one buy a good supply of the Bulgarian for plinking and the CZ for reliably hitting what you are aiming at.
