what kind of accuracy do you get out of your long barrel Saiga x39?

[guncats 4]

is the long barrel x39 Saiga more accurate than the short barrel ones? What kind of MOA to expect?

[Frankyoz 15]

I get much better accuracy out of my 20in than my 16in and when I go out and shoot with others that have the 16in they all remark about the improved accuracy. I have not gone to the range and sat down and bench shot the two side by side to do a comparison. However its enough of a difference to be noticed not only by myself but by others as well. Hope that helps.

[The Glorious Tachikoma 1]

Is the barrel the same profile? Because one would think that a long-barreled Saiga would have the same issues the PSL has, barrel harmonics throwing accuracy off. Perhaps the sight radius and extra muzzle velocity are compensating enough to notice and improvement?

[Frankyoz 15]

It is I beleive the same contour, however the PSL barrel is 4.5in longer than the 20in saiga. Also the barrel on the PSL which I have as well holds groups very well and only strings verticaly roughly 1.5-2 as the barrel warms at 100yrds, also I beleive the PSL was never designed to perform suppresive or sustained fire with high accuracy.

[555JM 10]

It probably depends on the gun and the ammunition more than on the barrel length. My 20" 7.62x39 isn't any more accurate than my 16". Both 3-4 MOA at 100 yards.

 

OTOH, my 20" .223 Saiga outshoots both my 16" .223s and my 187 series Mini-14. It's close to 2 MOA at 100 yd....about the same as my 580 series Mini.