Just a quick range report on some hand loads I'm working up for my Mosin M44 Carbine w/4x scope.
Random, unknown, Mil-Surp ammo leads to typical groups sizes for this gun, at mostly 6-8 inch groups at my 125 yard range. Not that bad, really..for a WWII battle carbine.
I figured I'd try some hand loads just to see if I could get any more out of it. I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised.
Sierra Match King HPBT .311 174g / 45.5 grains of Varget. 2.2" group
Sierra Match King HPBT .308 168g / 46 grains of RL15. 6.0" group - not surprising, just tried 308 for grins because some have had success with .308 in some Mosins
Sierra Pro Hunter .311 150g / 43.5 grains of RL15. 1.38" group - The winner..yeah baby!
Still some more work to do to see if I can squeeze out any more. That 1.38 group might be as good as I can hold with the 4x scope though.. We'll see. Can't complain about 1.1 MOA for this gun though. If only those poor Russians had these modern bullets (and a scope!).
Required evidence:
174 grain SMK
.308 SMK group in the middle. 150gr .311 SPH in the lower right corner. Sweet!
Random, unknown, Mil-Surp ammo leads to typical groups sizes for this gun, at mostly 6-8 inch groups at my 125 yard range. Not that bad, really..for a WWII battle carbine.
I figured I'd try some hand loads just to see if I could get any more out of it. I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised.
Sierra Match King HPBT .311 174g / 45.5 grains of Varget. 2.2" group
Sierra Match King HPBT .308 168g / 46 grains of RL15. 6.0" group - not surprising, just tried 308 for grins because some have had success with .308 in some Mosins
Sierra Pro Hunter .311 150g / 43.5 grains of RL15. 1.38" group - The winner..yeah baby!
Still some more work to do to see if I can squeeze out any more. That 1.38 group might be as good as I can hold with the 4x scope though.. We'll see. Can't complain about 1.1 MOA for this gun though. If only those poor Russians had these modern bullets (and a scope!).
Required evidence:
174 grain SMK
.308 SMK group in the middle. 150gr .311 SPH in the lower right corner. Sweet!