I'm about to buy a Romanian PSL from my favorite dealer and have a couple questions on ammo. I've got a Mosin, so I have some of the old corrosive "light ball" ammo. My best buddy's PSL shoots OK with that, but I havent shot it very much at longer ranges for accuracy ( only pop cans at bottles at about 75 yds). I've heard that the "Dragunov" rifle is the concept the PSL was patterned after, but that the internals are completely different. I've also read that the "Dragunov" rifle is most accurate with the "7n1" or "7n14" ammunition, which is quite scarce. This leads me to five important ammunition questions:
1. Does the PSL need the 7n1 or 7n14 ammo to get its maximum accuracy?
2. If 7n1/7n14 is needed, where can I get some?
3. If I can't get any, what are some good substitutes?
4. If the possible substitutes aren't as good as the 7n1/7n14 stuff, does anyone have loading data that would allow me to replicate it as best I can?
5. What reliability issues do PSL's sometimes present, and how does ammunitioin selection affect this?
1. Does the PSL need the 7n1 or 7n14 ammo to get its maximum accuracy?
2. If 7n1/7n14 is needed, where can I get some?
3. If I can't get any, what are some good substitutes?
4. If the possible substitutes aren't as good as the 7n1/7n14 stuff, does anyone have loading data that would allow me to replicate it as best I can?
5. What reliability issues do PSL's sometimes present, and how does ammunitioin selection affect this?