Float Pilot
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I took the Polish under-folder out to the range today with my limited ammo supply.
She functioned flawlessly... It even fired with the end of a broken pencil floating around in the action. ( I was using it as a bolt hold open to make the other folks at the range more at ease while we went cold. )
Originally she was shooting 2 feet to the left and two ft high.
I now have her shooting in the black ( 8 inch black circle at 100 yards) , but I ran out of ammo before I cold get here where I want her to shoot. I am now 2.5 inches to the left of point of aim....at 100 yards.
My sight tool had a hard time moving the new parts over for windage. This sight is super tight.
The Tapco trigger is only 3.5 pounds, but it just slides along and then goes off. There is no stage before break.
Plus the folding stock leaves much to be desired for a proper cheek weld. I ended up folding my gloves over the rail as a cheek rest.
I noted that this rifle (carbine) has a real problem with throwing the first and last rounds from the magazine to a different place on the target.
I shot some TULA 122 grain ball, some Wolf 122 grain HP, and some old Chinese Ball ammo with a weird copper powder wash all over the entire cartridge.
At 100 yards the 122gr FMJ TULA was the best, the group was 1.25 inches excluding the first and last rounds which went 4 inches away..
The Wolf 122 grain HP did a 2.5 inch group with the two flyers (1st and last) 5 inches away. (in the same direction as the Tula.)
The Chinese stuff gave me a 3 inch group with the 1st and last round flyers 5.5 inches away.
I fired 60 rounds of the Chinese stuff to make sure the rifle would function. It works alright, but the Chinese ammo has a large velocity spread due to inconsistent powder charges. So every now and then one round would hit 10 inches low and another would go 6 inches high...
The primers on the Chinese ammo were much softer than the Russian primers.
I think I need to try to polish the Polish feed ramp, that usually helps the 1st and last round flyer problem. Also another mag might shoot better.
She functioned flawlessly... It even fired with the end of a broken pencil floating around in the action. ( I was using it as a bolt hold open to make the other folks at the range more at ease while we went cold. )
Originally she was shooting 2 feet to the left and two ft high.
I now have her shooting in the black ( 8 inch black circle at 100 yards) , but I ran out of ammo before I cold get here where I want her to shoot. I am now 2.5 inches to the left of point of aim....at 100 yards.
My sight tool had a hard time moving the new parts over for windage. This sight is super tight.
The Tapco trigger is only 3.5 pounds, but it just slides along and then goes off. There is no stage before break.
Plus the folding stock leaves much to be desired for a proper cheek weld. I ended up folding my gloves over the rail as a cheek rest.
I noted that this rifle (carbine) has a real problem with throwing the first and last rounds from the magazine to a different place on the target.
I shot some TULA 122 grain ball, some Wolf 122 grain HP, and some old Chinese Ball ammo with a weird copper powder wash all over the entire cartridge.
At 100 yards the 122gr FMJ TULA was the best, the group was 1.25 inches excluding the first and last rounds which went 4 inches away..
The Wolf 122 grain HP did a 2.5 inch group with the two flyers (1st and last) 5 inches away. (in the same direction as the Tula.)
The Chinese stuff gave me a 3 inch group with the 1st and last round flyers 5.5 inches away.
I fired 60 rounds of the Chinese stuff to make sure the rifle would function. It works alright, but the Chinese ammo has a large velocity spread due to inconsistent powder charges. So every now and then one round would hit 10 inches low and another would go 6 inches high...
The primers on the Chinese ammo were much softer than the Russian primers.
I think I need to try to polish the Polish feed ramp, that usually helps the 1st and last round flyer problem. Also another mag might shoot better.