I recently acquired this carbine while on vacation. The rifle is in decent shape, nice patina and good wood. Never counter bored. All number matched except the bolt. The lands look very good the groves were packed with debris, etc. It had taken over 100 patches to remove all crud and copper from the barrel. The trigger pull is around 2# 3oz. The front sight was too short so I added (glued) an extention to bring the bullet impact down a bit.
The firearm is just not grouping well using chinese 7.62 X 54R ammo that I've had a number of years. I've shot 50 yards; 75, and 100 bagged up indoor range, bayonet extended.
I was try to figure out what I could do without spending too much money on this cheap firearm to improve the groups. I thought about having the barrel crowned. I found somebody locally and via email he would charge $55 to "cut the crown even".
What are your thoughs?
John
The firearm is just not grouping well using chinese 7.62 X 54R ammo that I've had a number of years. I've shot 50 yards; 75, and 100 bagged up indoor range, bayonet extended.
I was try to figure out what I could do without spending too much money on this cheap firearm to improve the groups. I thought about having the barrel crowned. I found somebody locally and via email he would charge $55 to "cut the crown even".
What are your thoughs?
John