accuracy

[vikinghank 0]

i am thinking of getting a saiga 308, i am wondering about accuracy. will this be as accurate as my bushmaster m4 was out of the box? what can i do to increase accuracy? what is a good weapon scope combination (with out doubleing the value of the gun)? thanks for the help.

[Rhodes1968 1,638]

Welcome and get busy reading all these have been done to death.

[Mephis 82]

For optics try a POSP for now and see how you like it.

 

As far as accuracy... Well, I've never missed what I was shooting at, at 100 yards or so.

 

 

It's not a bench rest gun, but if you do shoot it from a bench, you will be surprised by the groupings.

[kresk 10,063]

Try a bunch of different ammos, i.e. bullet weights and powders, to see which one your rifle likes best.

[vikinghank 0]

thanks

For optics try a POSP for now and see how you like it.

 

As far as accuracy... Well, I've never missed what I was shooting at, at 100 yards or so.

 

 

It's not a bench rest gun, but if you do shoot it from a bench, you will be surprised by the groupings.

[vikinghank 0]

thanks for the tip, most people just say do your own research.

[Scott Kenny 144]

As accurate as an M4gery? well, it depends. I would expect 2" at 100 yards from a saiga .308. I would be happy with 1.5", and ecstatic with less than 1".

 

I have found a lot of rifles to be picky about ammo, my PSL and a friends M4gery among them. Buy one box of everything .308 on the shelf (no, I'm not kidding), shoot a couple groups with each box, and see what *your* gun likes.

 

For improving accuracy, 90% of that is shooting practice. The other improvements you can make is ammo choice and maybe optics (if your eyes can't see the target well, your grouping will suck, period).

 

POSPs are good-quality inexpensive scopes, although the Simonov reticule takes some getting used to. I have a POSP clone (Romanian TIP2), and it's quite nice. I wouldn't buy more than about a 2.5-10x, and would strongly consider a 4x fixed for most shooting. You certainly don't need a 6.5-20x44 Vortex Viper PA like I have... but it is fun to scare the neighbors with at the range!

[Dudethebagman 222]

I would expect 2" at 100 yards from a saiga .308. I would be happy with 1.5", and ecstatic with less than 1".

 

In my experience, that's about right.

 

With ammo it likes, I've shot a couple of (barely) sub-MOA 4 round groups at 100 yards. But honestly, I'm probably a 1.5 - 2 MOA shooter at best and the smaller groups were probably as much of a fluke as a testament to the gun's accuracy or my shooting.

 

I've shot a ton of groups under 2", and a fair amount under 1.5". I've also shot lots of terrible groups in load development or because I sucked that day.

Edited September 18, 2011 by Dudethebagman