Prvi Partizan .308 ammo

[Redneck with a 40]

I bought a box of this stuff, the 168 gr match, shot it today, not impressed. I'm getting 2.5" groups at 200 yards and its shooting 2" lower than my handloads. I chrono'd one of these rounds at 2533 fps, from my 20" Remington 700 SPS Tactical. This is weak.

My handload's, with 44 grains of Varget, 168 grain SMK, clock 2650 fps and shoot 1" high at 200 yards, which is fine with me. My handloads will group into an 1.5" at 200 yards. No more prvi ammo for me. Its not all bad though, I've got the brass to reload.

Maybe others have had good luck with this stuff, but my rifle doesn't like it. I still say its pretty underpowered, at 2533 fps.

 

[gvnwst]

IME, Privi ammo only shoots at about 1 MOA, so 2.5" @200 isn't bad.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

I use Prvi Partiszan 75gr. Match Hollow point ammo in my Steven's Model 200,.223 with excellent accuracy. The first very 3 rounds ever fired through it were the PP75s which made one jagged hole at 100 yards. I AM impressed with PP ammo.

 

[Jason_G]

I use Prvi Partiszan 75gr. Match Hollow point ammo in my Steven's Model 200,.223 with excellent accuracy. The first very 3 rounds ever fired through it were the PP75s which made one jagged hole at 100 yards. I AM impressed with PP ammo.

the .223 may be fine, but I believe the .308 is slightly underbored. Seems like someone here put some calipers to the bullets and they were not quite to spec.

Jason

 

[jackdanson]

I bought a box of this stuff, the 168 gr match, shot it today, not impressed. I'm getting 2.5" groups at 200 yards and its shooting 2" lower than my handloads. I chrono'd one of these rounds at 2533 fps, from my 20" Remington 700 SPS Tactical. This is weak.

Doh, I just got 300 rounds of the stuff, hopefully I have better luck. If I can get 1.5 out of it I'll be happy.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

Can't be much underbore to produce 2.5" groups @200yards.

 

[jpwilly]

I've heard mixed reviews. I'm assuming some rifles will like the stuff while others don't. Federal GMM is the standard by witch all others are judged...have you shot any GMM?

 

[gotime242]

Welp, i just bought some more of this stuff (175gr .308) and i will test it this week with my 700 sps-var.

I need to figure out what it groups, but i can say it shoots about 1.25-1.5 inches *higher* at 100 yards than Fed Gold Medal .308 if that means anything.

Ill post some groups soon.

 

[taliv]

i had a thread or two on this last year. it short horrible in my gun. i sold it to someone else and they absolutely love it. shoots great in theirs. oh well.

their 223 m193 is great stuff though

 

[Redneck with a 40]

I'm not going to pay $30/box for Federal GMM, when my handloads with 168 grain SMK's will come very close to their performance, at about 1/4th the price, $8/box.

 

[Pat4x4]

I would not trash it too bad.. Look at what you are paying for it compared to other match ammo's.. And in some guns it will shoot Awsome.. Just like any round some will be great for one and not another..

 

[Bezoar]

It seems to group well enough through the ops rifle. True it may not be as accurate as the ops handloads, but handloads are not the same thing as factory ammo.

Now personally, if the ops rifle made trash can size groups with the prvi ammo, then he could complain. But as it is, if it was expanding bullets, he would have a decent round for deer hunting. probably even for 200 yard shots on woodchuck.

 

[dscottw88]

So your saying this ammo shoots 1.25MOA? That sounds pretty decent to me for factory ammo.

 

[wnycollector]

I have not used the 168gr match ammo by privi but, their 147gr FMJ was very accurate for me.

 

[TexasRifleman]

So your saying this ammo shoots 1.25MOA? That sounds pretty decent to me for factory ammo.

That's kind of what I was thinking. It's made in an old Russian military ammo factory in a borderline second world country and shoots 1.25MOA.

I'm impressed actually.

 

[gotime242]

Ive been saving all the casings of ths stuff, is it worth anything? Can i re-sell it?

 

[hk lover]

priv ammo

maybe its the shooter because the first i shot from ny 30.06 was probably the best groups i'd ever gotten.cold bore shots tend to be dissapointing at best but by the time i had gone thru 5 shots ,it was nearly perfect.is it the hunting round or the fmj

 

[c5_nc]

The same things have been posted on the tactical/precision rifle boards, the stuff is very inaccurate in 308. Not uncommon to hear about 2-4moa groups. The $13.47/20 boxes of Federal 150gn softpoints from Walmart shot .41moa (at 100yds) the first time I tried them several weeks ago... seems like the way to go for budget practice ammo.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

Ammo that is "inaccurate" in one rifle but shoots well in another can't be label as inaccurate ammo. It is well known among shooters that certain rifles shoot some brands better than others. It is important that you find the load that your rifle likes. Many shooters may miss good ammo for their application because someone else said that it was inaccurate. Accuracy is the result of 4 distinct features(1)Shooter skill,(2) rifle,(3)ammo,(4) outside forces, i.e. wind,range,et.al.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Nothing wrong with my shooting, as I said, my handloads consistently group into .75" at 100 yards.

 

[Matrix187]

I'm impressed for the price. I'm more of a practical guy though . All I care is about minute of bullseye accuracy