itgoesboom
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I brought my new-to-me SKS to an informal range session yesterday, out in the national forest. It was the first time i had fired a rifle in close to six years, and the first time firing my SKS.
I packed up about 140 rounds of Wolf 7.62x39, and my friend brought out his .303 enfield and his 12ga. We setup a couple of small paper targets (12"X12") as well as other more reactive targets, such as cans and bottles.
Since the area we were at was fairly small, all of our shooting was done very close up, about 30 yards was the measured distance, and all the shooting was done offhand. But i figured that would be good enough to get rough idea of where the rifle was sighted in at, and to make sure that it functioned properly.
First off, there were no failures of any kind, and no slam fires.
I started off shooting at the paper targets, to function test the rifle and see where it was hitting. It was hitting high about 2" and slightly right. After a few more rounds, i started to get the hang of the sights, and the hits ended up in a decent little group (even though it was only 30 yards).
We then proceeded to destroy a pepsi can that we had laying around. At thirty yards i had absolutly no problem hitting the moving can as it rolled down the hill, firing fairly rapidily. On my second go around on the can i hit it 8 out of 8 times as it rolled down the hill. I am sure that i would have gone 10 for 10, but my eight shot seemed to disintigrate the can. Most of the can flew off about 20 yards to my right, and a small 1" x1" piece landed back on the hillside.
There were also other targets laying around, such as 2 liters and other alumimum cans that we decided to shoot at as well.
We finished firing after we had put 100 rounds through the SKS, and probably less than 30 through the enfield.
Overall, i was fairly impressed with the rifle. No malfunctions, very little recoil, and easy to get on target quickly.
Can't wait to take it to a more formal range session, to see how it groups at 100 yards. I know not to expect too much for an SKS, but i am sure i will be happy with the results.
I.G.B.
I packed up about 140 rounds of Wolf 7.62x39, and my friend brought out his .303 enfield and his 12ga. We setup a couple of small paper targets (12"X12") as well as other more reactive targets, such as cans and bottles.
Since the area we were at was fairly small, all of our shooting was done very close up, about 30 yards was the measured distance, and all the shooting was done offhand. But i figured that would be good enough to get rough idea of where the rifle was sighted in at, and to make sure that it functioned properly.
First off, there were no failures of any kind, and no slam fires.
I started off shooting at the paper targets, to function test the rifle and see where it was hitting. It was hitting high about 2" and slightly right. After a few more rounds, i started to get the hang of the sights, and the hits ended up in a decent little group (even though it was only 30 yards).
We then proceeded to destroy a pepsi can that we had laying around. At thirty yards i had absolutly no problem hitting the moving can as it rolled down the hill, firing fairly rapidily. On my second go around on the can i hit it 8 out of 8 times as it rolled down the hill. I am sure that i would have gone 10 for 10, but my eight shot seemed to disintigrate the can. Most of the can flew off about 20 yards to my right, and a small 1" x1" piece landed back on the hillside.
There were also other targets laying around, such as 2 liters and other alumimum cans that we decided to shoot at as well.
We finished firing after we had put 100 rounds through the SKS, and probably less than 30 through the enfield.
Overall, i was fairly impressed with the rifle. No malfunctions, very little recoil, and easy to get on target quickly.
Can't wait to take it to a more formal range session, to see how it groups at 100 yards. I know not to expect too much for an SKS, but i am sure i will be happy with the results.
I.G.B.
