It is unlikely that eye protection is enforced in Russia similar to the US, because the civil liability is generally lower. Personal safety standards are culturally different also.
I don't think eye protection is really all that common anywhere but in the US.
Here in Germany, people very rarely wear eye protection on the average shooting range. It's only common at IPSC matches.
I have never used any eye protection in the German military either (active duty 2002/2003, reservist ever since). Neither have the Polish, French, Norwegian etc. soldiers I 've trained with and competed against in military competitions.
Of course, infantry units in combat situations use them, and I am sure many also use them for training nowadays.
OK. I think you both go too far. You convicted a man you never met, of aggravated cluelessness, because he is competing with merely a "marksman's rifle". Seriously. What is so clueless in trying your best rifle, see if you can hold your own?
Dito - isn't it all about having fun?
I was reading on a Russian forum and they were having a debate about SVD accuracy.
One member was claiming the SVD would shoot 3.1 cm R100 (1.12 MOA) and someone else was saying that the official factory was
flat-out lying about the accuracy and that officials at some test said it would typically do 1.8 MOA, then someone else said that was untrue since they don't use MOA officially, then another person came in with completely different figures of 8cm R100 (2.9 MOA) or more...
When I bought my Tigr (in .308) a few weeks ago, I had no idea what to expect accuracy-wise.
I checked several forums, and there were those who claimed 1 - 1.5 MOA accuracy, there were those who said it had "reasonable battle rifle accuracy" (these were the majority), and there were those who said it can't hit the broad side of a barn.
I've now had about 150 rounds through mine, and while I'm generally satisfied with its accuracy, I'm not sure what to make of the results.
Last time I shot it at 100m (109 yards) with a POSP 8x42 scope, my first 5 shots with S&B 147grain ammo formed a 1.5" group (4 of them formed a 0.7" group). Second group was almost as good, then I changed position and suddenly got 3-4" groups.
It might have to do with the barrel getting hot, the way I grip the rifle or the fact that I find it difficult to maintain a consistent eye position relative to the scope because the big cheek pad gets in my way. I think that the latter is the case, since my groups with iron sights have been rather consistent (around 2 MOA).
Judging from my best groups with the scope, I believe that my rifle might theoretically be capable of 1 MOA groups.
From what I read on the Internet, I get the impression that accuracy varies greatly between individual rifles, though.
