Range Report, M38 and Bulgarian Surplus

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Range Report, M38 and Bulgarian Surplus

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Here's a group I managed to shoot from the bench with Bulgarian surplus 7.62x54r.

Rifle: 1944 Izhesvk M38
Range: 75 yards; sandbag rest
Ammo: Bulgarian Light Ball, 147GRFMJ (headstamp 10 over 80)
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You got him, if he wasn't made of paper that Nazi would be looking for his bowels someplace behind him :vcool: :vcool:
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Good shooting! :vcool:
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Nice, he won't be othering you anymore :lol:
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Good shooting, dead paper.
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Izhevsk762 wrote:Nice, he won't be othering you anymore :lol:
If the bullets didn't kill him, the noise and muzzle blast would....
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Nice shooting tj! That's either 1 very dead enemy or 10 wishing they were!
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Nice shootin 8-) 8-)
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Looking good.
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If you were aiming for his head you are a little low, but now if you were aiming for his "business" :beek: you are a little high! If the circle was pre-drawn on the paper....... nice shooting> :P
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bunkysdad wrote:If you were aiming for his head you are a little low, but now if you were aiming for his "business" :beek: you are a little high! If the circle was pre-drawn on the paper....... nice shooting> :P
I was actually taking a six o'clock hold with front sight at the bottom of the target/silouette. The circle was not not there before the shoot. This gun has been shooting about six inches high at 100 yards with the Russian light ball surplus. i'm finding the point of impact about 4 inches lower with the Bulgarian milsurp. I think with this means I can take a more "dead on" hold with the Bulgarian. I need to do some more shooting with this gun, as I am trying a variety of loads, including my own handloads. By the way, this is a quarter size silouette target and the group I shot measures just under 4 inches; I don't think that is too bad for a carbine.
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