Lousy Accuracy

[mpmarty]

Well I took my 16" .308 Saiga to the range yesterday and "zeroed" the scope if you can call moving the center of a ten inch group to the middle of the target at a hundred yards zeroing. :banghead: I was using Indian surplus ammo from the seventies. Honestly it was shooting into about eight to ten inches. Anyone else have experience with this Indian '70s stuff? Can I expect to do better when I start reloading my empties? I noticed that some empties went flying ten or fifteen feet off to the one-thirty or two o clock and some just fell on the bench beneath the rifle.

 

[Jackal]

Indian ammo, compared to most all other .308 surp, is pure ****. If you are testing for true accuracy, just buy a box of decent commercial ammo, such as some Federal blue box for testing. You kinda shot yourself in the foot testing accuracy with Indian surp.

 

[Firehand]

Second that. I've heard that some of their 70's production was good ammo, but all I've seen has been crap. Personally, I don't even save any of those cases to reload.

 

[mpmarty]

thanks guys, I feel better already. I've got some commercial brass and some 150 gr Sierras that will sit over 44 grains of H4895. Hopefully I can get these groups down to at least an inch and a half or so.

 

[EricTheBarbarian]

maybe the shooter?

 

[Sniper X]

I think ammo related as well. Try a box of wal mart Remington ot federal just for accuracy, and to settle your stomache andIll bet the groups shrink to 2in moa or better if you are bench resting it nd have a decent scope.

 

[Afy]

You were using Indian surplus ammo? As in from India i.e. marked KF on the brass?

I didnt know they did .308 ammo in the 70's. .303, 7.62x54, .22 and 12 Ga, aside from 9mm Para is about what I thought KF's repitoire was in the 70's.