Pistolero
Well-Known Member
7.62x54R has plenty of power, no doubt.
But, IME, the accuracy from sample to sample is highly variable, and the production was in many
different factories in different countries (Westinhouse, Remington in the USA, Sestroryetsk, Izhevsk, Tula in
Russia and some in France. And they were built in peace time, and war time.
Huge variations in how accurate they are. An accurate version will be entirely adequate. But
my M38.....good to maybe 50 yds, the bbl is no prize. But I have another 91/30 that is a really
good shooter. My Finn M39 is a tack driver, I have shot 1" groups at 100 yds with some Soviet
surplus target ammo.
I imagine and hope that this rifle wouldn't have been chosen if it wasn't one of the more accurate ones.
Bill
But, IME, the accuracy from sample to sample is highly variable, and the production was in many
different factories in different countries (Westinhouse, Remington in the USA, Sestroryetsk, Izhevsk, Tula in
Russia and some in France. And they were built in peace time, and war time.
Huge variations in how accurate they are. An accurate version will be entirely adequate. But
my M38.....good to maybe 50 yds, the bbl is no prize. But I have another 91/30 that is a really
good shooter. My Finn M39 is a tack driver, I have shot 1" groups at 100 yds with some Soviet
surplus target ammo.
I imagine and hope that this rifle wouldn't have been chosen if it wasn't one of the more accurate ones.
Bill
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