USMCM16A2 0 Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Gents, I am very happy at the thought of picking up my Saiga .223 rfile 5/7/2007, but one thing bothers me. I got a closer look at the sheet that shows that it proofed out at extreme spread of 142mm, (5.6 inch) !!!!!. Is this typical?. I am half tempted to hand pick another rifle with a better proof sheet. I know the rifle passed all factory tests, but 5.6 inches is terrible. I do know that there are many factors involved, like who is doing the shooting, ammo, and so on. I do not expect match accuracy, but his seems terrible. ALL in put is welcome. Thanks, USMCM16A2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MD_Willington 11 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 mine says 81mm @ 100m... 3.x something inches at 109 yards IIRC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JK-47 33 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 mine was 97mm or somthing like that. I dunno its probably done with cheap steel cased ammo by a factory worker who could care less. I guess they put it in a vice or stand of some sort, but we don't know much about the conditions. I'm hoping my rifle is capable of better than 3.8" groups, I dunno. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 (edited) They are likely doing the test with wolf ammo or something like that, take the gun out and see what it does. The test is only done to confirm that nothing is horribly wrong, if the barrel is good and nothing is messed up it will shoot inside of 6 inches. But if they get a 12 inch pattern they will side track the gun to look it over to see what is wrong. Basically the little form is meaningless because they are not trying to prove anything other than the gun works, this is not the same kind of thing that you get with a match grade target rifle. Edited May 7, 2007 by csspecs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MD_Willington 11 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Maybe his was done on a Friday during last shift... couple shots of vodka followed by a couple shots from the Saiga rifle... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bvamp 604 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 personally, I have test fired some personal defense ammuniton, and it has fired groups of magnificent size, and one batch (hungarian I think it was), fired like a shotshell at close range... you should keep about 100 rounds of the ammo your gun likes, ands just shoot off the rest, when you go out to do that type of thing..... just my opinion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dyi 0 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Got mine on Monday. 95mm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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