Hizzie
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I have three AK's. I would first need to find the empties before I could measure the distance. It's an AK thing.
How far does you rifle throw brass?
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Stevie-Ray
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I've adjusted the gas on my SAR-48 so that it is just reliable. Sitting at the bench, it puts the brass just to my right so I simply bend over to scoop it up after 10 or 20 rounds. They're all within a foot or so from each other, and there's practically no recoil.
If I had the money, I could shoot that rifle all day.
If I had the money, I could shoot that rifle all day.TexasPatriot.308
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got bunches of autos, you cant beat the Rugers mini 14s and 30s when chunkin brass, dont want to be next to someone shooting one, they got some juice, shot a mini 14 in a deer blind one time, the casing must have hit every side of the blind.
MTMilitiaman
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My AKs chuck with authority. I'd say 15 to 20 feet when I am shooting offhand. The Yugo surplus is hotter and lands a few feet farther.
My M1A with any of the 147 to 150 gr milsurp(ish) fodder I've fed it has been a decent 10 to 12 feet, mostly to the 1 to 2 o' clock position. Sometimes I catch a ding in the neck or shoulder, but nothing too brutal. Haven't started reloading for it yet, so I've never mic'd the cases so check for stretching. Heard the M1A can be tough on brass, but externally to the naked eye, nothing too bad thus far.
My dad's pre-Ranch Mini-14 isn't too bad. I'd say about on par with the AKs shooting anything respectably hot--like any of the M193 stuff out there. My uncle's Ranch Rifle on the other hand, well, there has to be something wrong with it. It launched brass over a trailer once. Never found it. Over the trailer and into the woods...the brass we did find was usually about 50 feet away, split, and mangled.
I would think that a properly adjusted FAL shouldn't be too bad. The roller lock HKs on the other hand are notoriously violent. Casehead separations as well as dings and neck splits seem to be more of a problem with them than the gas operated rifles. This in addition to the longitudinal dents the rifle can impart due to the fluting of its chamber. The design is generally reliable, and most of these aliments don't concern reliability, but it can apparently be tough on brass. Which is fine, I guess, because the rifle really launches them, so by most accounts reloaders just give up.
My M1A with any of the 147 to 150 gr milsurp(ish) fodder I've fed it has been a decent 10 to 12 feet, mostly to the 1 to 2 o' clock position. Sometimes I catch a ding in the neck or shoulder, but nothing too brutal. Haven't started reloading for it yet, so I've never mic'd the cases so check for stretching. Heard the M1A can be tough on brass, but externally to the naked eye, nothing too bad thus far.
My dad's pre-Ranch Mini-14 isn't too bad. I'd say about on par with the AKs shooting anything respectably hot--like any of the M193 stuff out there. My uncle's Ranch Rifle on the other hand, well, there has to be something wrong with it. It launched brass over a trailer once. Never found it. Over the trailer and into the woods...the brass we did find was usually about 50 feet away, split, and mangled.
I would think that a properly adjusted FAL shouldn't be too bad. The roller lock HKs on the other hand are notoriously violent. Casehead separations as well as dings and neck splits seem to be more of a problem with them than the gas operated rifles. This in addition to the longitudinal dents the rifle can impart due to the fluting of its chamber. The design is generally reliable, and most of these aliments don't concern reliability, but it can apparently be tough on brass. Which is fine, I guess, because the rifle really launches them, so by most accounts reloaders just give up.
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My Sig and Fn49 both throw it forward. The Sig about 25 feet and the FN about 10 or a bit under since I have the gas turned down.
Forward ejection is nice, I don't really care where it goes, at a range its out of everyone's way.
Forward ejection is nice, I don't really care where it goes, at a range its out of everyone's way.
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