Dave Markowitz
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It was a lousy rainy day in SE PA today, but Ron in PA and I went shooting anyway.
On 8/30/03 I picked up a Century C91 Sporter ("G3") at Surplus City. I got it out for the first time today, and in short, I am very pleased.
We brought 100 rounds of 7.62 NATO along with us to Water & Wings. I had a 50 round bandoleer of Australian F4 Ball (M80 equivalent), along with 30 rounds of FNM Ball. Ron in PA brought along another 20 rounds of FNM.
We shot it first at about 25 yards to see where it was printing. A little low with the rear sight set on 200 M, the lowest setting. (It has a French style rear sight.) After putting about 20 or 30 rounds downrange, we moved the target to 50 yards. It was easy to keep all my shots in the area of a pie plate shooting offhand. There is some slop in the rear sight which affects windage. I need to see if I can fix this.
The rifle functioned perfectly. I had one failure to fire with an FNM round. It went off on the second attempt, so I think it was a bad round. Ejection was vigorous, as expected. The emptied went about 30 - 40 feet to the right front. The recoil was quite mild, due to the rifle's weight, the muzzlebrake, and the delayed-blowback roller-locking action.
I noticed towards the end of the 100 rounds that the forearm and the front of the receiver were starting to get a bit warm. When I ripped through the last 20 rounds in a few minutes, it got downright toasty. I'll have to see if there's a way to rig up some sort of heat shield between the forearm and barrel.
The next time I take the G3 out I'll probably shoot from the bench at 100 yards to see what it can do. Assuming it continues to work well and shows good accuracy at the longer range, I will probably scope it.
After finishing up with the G3, I took out my 1943 vintage Turkish Mauser. I picked it up at a gun show a couple of years ago but this is the first time I shot it. I had a bandoleer of Turkish 7.9mm which was made in 1940.
Following the G3, the Turkish Mauser's recoil was a bit of a jolt. The rifle itself functioned fine, but the ammo was problematical. About half of the 30 or so rounds we tried to shoot required a second hit on the striker before going off. One round failed to ignite even after a second hit.
I shot the Turk at 50 yards offhand and again was able to keep them on a pie plate, although it shot a little bit high.
Aside from the rifles, Ron in PA brought along his Ruger KP-95 9mm and S&W Model 64 4" .38 Special. We shot the pistols at about 10 yards. I ran 20 rounds through the Ruger and a cylinder-full through the Smith.
On top of the fun of shooting a new gun, I found the Spyderco Delica that I lost right before Father's Day. I was really upset when I lost it so I am overjoyed that I have it back again. When downrange at the 50 yard target frame I looked down and saw it sitting there, just exposed in the sand. When I picked it up I saw that it was totally encrusted with sand but there was little rust. The blade is made of AUS-8 steel. I am in the process of cleaning it up and after I do, I'll post before and after pics in the Non-firearm Weapons forum. But I am glad to have an old companion back and apparently not too worse for the wear.
On 8/30/03 I picked up a Century C91 Sporter ("G3") at Surplus City. I got it out for the first time today, and in short, I am very pleased.
We brought 100 rounds of 7.62 NATO along with us to Water & Wings. I had a 50 round bandoleer of Australian F4 Ball (M80 equivalent), along with 30 rounds of FNM Ball. Ron in PA brought along another 20 rounds of FNM.
We shot it first at about 25 yards to see where it was printing. A little low with the rear sight set on 200 M, the lowest setting. (It has a French style rear sight.) After putting about 20 or 30 rounds downrange, we moved the target to 50 yards. It was easy to keep all my shots in the area of a pie plate shooting offhand. There is some slop in the rear sight which affects windage. I need to see if I can fix this.
The rifle functioned perfectly. I had one failure to fire with an FNM round. It went off on the second attempt, so I think it was a bad round. Ejection was vigorous, as expected. The emptied went about 30 - 40 feet to the right front. The recoil was quite mild, due to the rifle's weight, the muzzlebrake, and the delayed-blowback roller-locking action.
I noticed towards the end of the 100 rounds that the forearm and the front of the receiver were starting to get a bit warm. When I ripped through the last 20 rounds in a few minutes, it got downright toasty. I'll have to see if there's a way to rig up some sort of heat shield between the forearm and barrel.
The next time I take the G3 out I'll probably shoot from the bench at 100 yards to see what it can do. Assuming it continues to work well and shows good accuracy at the longer range, I will probably scope it.
After finishing up with the G3, I took out my 1943 vintage Turkish Mauser. I picked it up at a gun show a couple of years ago but this is the first time I shot it. I had a bandoleer of Turkish 7.9mm which was made in 1940.
Following the G3, the Turkish Mauser's recoil was a bit of a jolt. The rifle itself functioned fine, but the ammo was problematical. About half of the 30 or so rounds we tried to shoot required a second hit on the striker before going off. One round failed to ignite even after a second hit.
I shot the Turk at 50 yards offhand and again was able to keep them on a pie plate, although it shot a little bit high.
Aside from the rifles, Ron in PA brought along his Ruger KP-95 9mm and S&W Model 64 4" .38 Special. We shot the pistols at about 10 yards. I ran 20 rounds through the Ruger and a cylinder-full through the Smith.
On top of the fun of shooting a new gun, I found the Spyderco Delica that I lost right before Father's Day. I was really upset when I lost it so I am overjoyed that I have it back again. When downrange at the 50 yard target frame I looked down and saw it sitting there, just exposed in the sand. When I picked it up I saw that it was totally encrusted with sand but there was little rust. The blade is made of AUS-8 steel. I am in the process of cleaning it up and after I do, I'll post before and after pics in the Non-firearm Weapons forum. But I am glad to have an old companion back and apparently not too worse for the wear.
