More Romak Fun
November 12th, 2008Youtubes
I got a comment saying the results I’m getting with the PSL/Romak III are as good as they’re going to get, because the gun is intrinsically inaccurate. I find that hard to believe, not because I have faith in the gun, but because I have little faith in my own ability to shoot well enough to take the gun’s accuracy to its limit.
He said I was focusing on the target instead of the reticle, which is true.
I said I would post a video of a guy shooting the PSL and getting better groups than mine. The video guy uses some sort of Bulgarian crap ammunition; I use 7N1 Russian ammunition, which everyone raves about. Here is the video.
Needless to say, this guy only fired 5 shots after sighting the gun in. If I had stopped after 5 shots, my results would be better than his. I was popping a lot of rounds into a pretty small hole. What does this mean? I do not know.
Here is another video, where he shoots at 600 meters.
It occurred to me tonight that I had completely forgotten to think about where my finger was contacting the trigger, so I am sure I was all over it. I also had a problem with the scope fogging up from time to time, which ruined some shots.
They say these things open up when they get hot. Mine was certainly getting hot when I shot the last bunch of rounds.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Off Topic…
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The Manly Grub Forum seems to have been invaded by Spam Bots…
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Thought you should know.
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Good luck blocking those d**n things.
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Also, I’m going to try the Raspberry Cheesecake recipe this week 🙂
November 12th, 2008 at 11:39 PM
They don’t open up as much if you cryo the barrel, typically.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:44 PM
6″ at 600 yards is one MOA, not six. But congratulations on hitting paper at 600 with a rifle with a stamped steel receiver and a 4x scope.
US Marines do that every day, with open sights at 500 yds. with a standard issue M-16A2.
More accurate than a hunting rifle…yes. A sniper rifle by US standards? NOT.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:39 AM
I think this thing is supposed to be a “designated marksman rifle.”
November 14th, 2008 at 11:25 AM
They’re capable of pretty good accuracy. You’re correct, they’re not a purpose-built sniper, they’re like the Designated Squad Marksmans Rifle the Army is using: something issued to one guy in a squad to give them a longer reach than the standard rifle.
From what I’ve seen, they do tend to wander when they get hot. One problem seems to be that on some the forend can bind on the barrel, causing deflection; that can be corrected.
Had a chance to fire one a while back. The guy had made a pad for the stock so he had a cheek rest that helped line his eye up with the scope(zip-tied on), and it would put 3-4 shots into about 2″ at a hundred yards, then would open up if you kept shooting. Let it cool a bit, back to 2″. This was with Czech light ball, the silver-tip 150-grain stuff.