Shooting at the range today with a friend. Brought my PTR91, and he brought both a Socom M1a and a standard M1a. Love those rifles.
We have heard all about how the G3 has a bad recoil. Some people claim it is just excessive in comparison to the other offerings such as the M1a and the FAL.
So today we loaded 'em up, and swapped 'em around and all agreed that the Socom and the PTR91 were approximately the same recoil impulse, and concluded that the muzzle brakes on each of them were really handy for keeping the rifles on target. The nod went to the Socom as just barely perceptibly less recoil. The standard M1a had significantly greater muzzle rise than either of the other two. All rifles were shot from standing and kneeling.
The one thing we all remarked is that the PTR91 seemed to twist in our hands in a clockwise direction. None of us remarked upon this effect from the other two rifles.
The only thing I can imagine would impart torque would be a Newtonian equal and opposite reaction form the rifling spinning the bullet as it traveled the bore. But why this wasn't noticed in the other rifles none of us knows.
Any other ideas?
I'm old, and my friend is older, and neither of us has great eyesight anymore. So his college age son shot the PTR91 at 440 yards and shot 3 shots into about 3 inches at that distance, shooting this ammunition. It was amazing to see. That is one accurate little rifle. The 400 yard sight setting shot a little bit low, however.
Every time I go to the range I learn a little something, today was no different. Been a long time since I shot that rifle. Started with the 22 long rifle conversion kit, and it was just right on the money at maybe 25 yards or so. A great way to ease into this point shooting technique.
The changeover to 308 was relatively quick, and the thing shot to the same point of aim. Just excellent. I learned that shooting is just a whole lot of fun and an educational experience, especially with young people around.
We have heard all about how the G3 has a bad recoil. Some people claim it is just excessive in comparison to the other offerings such as the M1a and the FAL.
So today we loaded 'em up, and swapped 'em around and all agreed that the Socom and the PTR91 were approximately the same recoil impulse, and concluded that the muzzle brakes on each of them were really handy for keeping the rifles on target. The nod went to the Socom as just barely perceptibly less recoil. The standard M1a had significantly greater muzzle rise than either of the other two. All rifles were shot from standing and kneeling.
The one thing we all remarked is that the PTR91 seemed to twist in our hands in a clockwise direction. None of us remarked upon this effect from the other two rifles.
The only thing I can imagine would impart torque would be a Newtonian equal and opposite reaction form the rifling spinning the bullet as it traveled the bore. But why this wasn't noticed in the other rifles none of us knows.
Any other ideas?
I'm old, and my friend is older, and neither of us has great eyesight anymore. So his college age son shot the PTR91 at 440 yards and shot 3 shots into about 3 inches at that distance, shooting this ammunition. It was amazing to see. That is one accurate little rifle. The 400 yard sight setting shot a little bit low, however.
Every time I go to the range I learn a little something, today was no different. Been a long time since I shot that rifle. Started with the 22 long rifle conversion kit, and it was just right on the money at maybe 25 yards or so. A great way to ease into this point shooting technique.
The changeover to 308 was relatively quick, and the thing shot to the same point of aim. Just excellent. I learned that shooting is just a whole lot of fun and an educational experience, especially with young people around.