accurate but cheap 7.62x39mm rifles?

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cajun47

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im swimming in 7.62x39mm steel case ammo i bought by the truck load at $80 per 1,000 rounds in the 90's. i need to shoot some.

i recently brought the ak47 to the range and while fun at 50 yards i could barley hit a poster board at 150 yards. of 40 rounds shot, the whole left side of the poster board was filled with hits and some misses. pretty big spread imo.

would a sks be much better? i have one but its stashed at a friend's house and i never shot it more than 25 yards.

i like crack barrel/break barrel firearms and im thinking of buying a $200 rossi rifle in 7.62x39mm. anyone have experience this these? are they super accurate? i had a rossi break barrel in .22lr and it wasn't accurate.

any other options for an accurate 7.62x39mm in the $200 - $300 range?
 
**** shooting it lol, sell it to me instead. But my Ak is accurate to 100yards so far with just a red dot. But I love my Ak at 125 yards
 
Before you get too involved for a search for a more accurate rifle, consider the ammo. A lot of the imported steel cased 7.62X39 ammo is not consistently manufactured nor intrinsically accurate. Check out the ammo section on SKS Survivors board. It is certainly possible that you could buy a quality, accurate rifle in that caliber (say the CZ carbine) and find that it wouldn't shoot your ammo much better than the AK.
 
Oddly enough, the Savage 10 FCM Scout is made in 7.62X39. While I'm sure that the Savage is an accurate, dependable rifle, I agree with Doc TH that you might want to consider the quality of the ammunition.
 
makes sense. whats a good cal. rifle round thats cheap to reload for? im looking at midway and the bullets for reloading are expensive.

this is a frugal project. not looking for a super hunting rifle to brag at the camp. i want a rifle with good accuracy out to 200 and 300 yards. i'll probably get a bolt action at a big box store when they have them on sale i guess. question is what cal.?

or maybe a $200 rossi in .223? i see the .243 ones but even reloading for that seems pricey.

if i could find reloading bullets for a 30-06 for cheap. thats what i really want.
 
Ammo could be the problem. My buddy has a century AK and it shoots small groups free handed at 100 yards with open sights
If you want a cheap gun to shoot, I think Rossi makes gund in 7.62x39
 
Cheap and cheaper...

Cajun 47--If "regular" bullets are too pricey for you to reload with, look for "seconds." A bud of mine found some seconds that "are not" Sierra Gamekings, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, and they satisfy him for his hunting purposes.

The other route you might consider is casting and using lead bullets. That is a sub-hobby all its own within the reloading community, and cast, non-jacketed bullets are definitely cheaper than boughten jacketed ones.

Other than that I guess you are stuck with the cheapo, sometimes corrosive, varying quality, increasingly scarce, surplus ammo, and the resulting "accuracy."
 
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SKS have tested surprisingly consistently more accurate than the AK by internet posters, for whatever that is worth.
 
If cheap is your goal, look at pulled fmj bullets.
I haven't had good luck with my Rossi 7.62x39. It's chambered too deep and will only fire consistently with special handloads. I should send it back for a do-over but have to shoot up all the cobbled up loads I made for it.
The scoped SKS rifles I have will shoot 3" groups @100 yards which is about 4 1/2-5" @150 yards with 20 year old Russian HP ammo.
 
I have a Russian SKS that I think is pretty accurate. I have an AR upper in 7.62 that I like as much.
total disclosure: I've never fired an AK nor had a desire to fire one.
 
i recently brought the ak47 to the range and while fun at 50 yards i could barley hit a poster board at 150 yards. of 40 rounds shot, the whole left side of the poster board was filled with hits…
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Adjust the sights accordingly, then the center of the target will be filled with hits. Simple, no?
 
My new Tech Sight not only lengthens the sight distance by a good bit, but with this new rear aperture, it allows the front sight hood's circle to line up perfectly inside this rear circle, with the post's tip in the center of both. The rifle is the typical Norinco SKS with Wolf or Monarch ammo.

Not only is it much more accurate, but it no longer shoots high. With a nine-shot group at 50 yards (no sandbags, just a fairly firm support in front and elbow at the rear), five of nine shots form a 1&1/2" cluster, in the very center of the Shoot-N-See bullseye.

My skills are modest and I could not believe it:). It is hard to even miss a small drink bottle (painted orange) from 30-40 yards, sitting on a river bank.
Why wouldn't this SKS work on a large feral pig with jhp ammo?

There is one big problem with this Tech Sight: your ammo consumption will speed up, but there is also added incentive to delay more between shots, as you Will be destroying more targets.
 
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