Hello everybody:
I owned this 1939 Kar 98 rifle that I really really love and adore (seriously!). I am very sad, however, that whenever I go to the range to shoot this piece of history, I can't seem to hit what I am aiming at.
Example:
100 yards distance, 7.5" diameter black target on 24" x 24" white paper, six o'clock aim (at the bottom of the black target) using '78 brass cased Yugo ammo (I think).
Result: 3" group about 12" high from point of aim.
Everything is the same as above, but using steel cased ammos (origin unknown):
the middle of the "group" was about 3" above the point of aim, slightly to the right. The problem, is, this so called group covered an area about 8" in diameter.
What is funny is that I don't have problems shooting beer cans off-hand from 30' or so with it.
I got various results with various other 8mm ammos comming from Lord knows what countries, but none of them are satisfactory. They either shoot too high, too low, poor grouping, etc, etc, etc. What's up with that?
I should iterate here that my bore is in a superb excellent condition. No pitting at all actually (I think this barrel was never been issued, IMHO).
Can anybody tell me what's going on here? I really don't want to get rid of this rifle due to its VG condition and it is still in its original military configuration (not sporterized)with the swastika and all. By the way, I dont flinch from recoil. I did not have as much trouble as this from my Lee-Enfield, FAL and M1A.
I'd appreciate any help and apologize for the long winding post. I have a big mouth
Johannes
I owned this 1939 Kar 98 rifle that I really really love and adore (seriously!). I am very sad, however, that whenever I go to the range to shoot this piece of history, I can't seem to hit what I am aiming at.
Example:
100 yards distance, 7.5" diameter black target on 24" x 24" white paper, six o'clock aim (at the bottom of the black target) using '78 brass cased Yugo ammo (I think).
Result: 3" group about 12" high from point of aim.
Everything is the same as above, but using steel cased ammos (origin unknown):
the middle of the "group" was about 3" above the point of aim, slightly to the right. The problem, is, this so called group covered an area about 8" in diameter.
What is funny is that I don't have problems shooting beer cans off-hand from 30' or so with it.
I got various results with various other 8mm ammos comming from Lord knows what countries, but none of them are satisfactory. They either shoot too high, too low, poor grouping, etc, etc, etc. What's up with that?
I should iterate here that my bore is in a superb excellent condition. No pitting at all actually (I think this barrel was never been issued, IMHO).
Can anybody tell me what's going on here? I really don't want to get rid of this rifle due to its VG condition and it is still in its original military configuration (not sporterized)with the swastika and all. By the way, I dont flinch from recoil. I did not have as much trouble as this from my Lee-Enfield, FAL and M1A.
I'd appreciate any help and apologize for the long winding post. I have a big mouth
Johannes