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Posted: 12/6/2002 10:57:50 AM EDT
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I know I said I was gonna let my son be the first one to fire his new SSR56, but I wanted to avoid any "first trip to the range" problems, so i took the rifle out to the range yesterday. Before firing ANY new gun I field strip and clean them. Glad I did as the bolt carrier tube that the action spring and its guide rod fit into had quite a bit of sand in it. Action spring had sand stuck to the grease that covered it too. I know that this wouldn't have affected function, but not wanting sand in your gun isn't a crime, so... after break cleaner and a thorough lube with CLP, I was ready. Someone let me know if CLP isn't the way to go on these things or if something needs to be greased. I hope not - I love CLP and the primary purpose of my son wanting an AK was to cut down on maintenance - and he love the looks (me too!). The gun ran like a sewing machine, no problems whatsoever - as expected. I thought there was no bolt hold open at all on these things - nice to see that if the bolt is retracted and momentarily held aft, the bolt stays open (I'm learning). The triger take up was smooth and short enough for a military gun and the trigger break was nice - better than my ARs that have stock parts with polished trigger and hammer sear surfaces. I'll need to get out the sockets and C-clamps to move the front sight to the left - poi was about ten inches to the left at 50 yds - too bad since the sight is perfectly centered right now. I will have to say that my ARs beat the hell out of this rifle in the accuracy department - I'm sure it's the sight setup as issued on the AKs. At 50 yds I can keep the ARs group to about the size of a tennis ball just casually putting it up on the bench and bang, bang, bang. The AK grouped in about a 7" circle. You can tell I'm no Lucas McCain, but the difference was marked. Maybe I'll get better as I become more accustomed to the rear leaf sight? I tried to get my cheek weld where the tip of my nose was just touching the aft left corner of the dust cover. (soon covered with snot as it was cold out and my nose was running - HAHA!!!) Bottom line, the gun ran great and I would feel well armed with it for close in defense. Any tips appreciated. |
Really? I guess just a little more practice(it is an AK) You have an AK sight tool? That makes things a lot easier and permanent sighting it in. What were you using as a rest? |
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Ober...has a way of putting things in perspective that's for sure. 7" at 50', I can do with my 4" out of the box hand gun free standing and I'm not a good shot. That's exactly how I see the AK variants as a machine pistol with a little more range. I was so dissapointed with the acuracy of the AK's at the range until I took her to the farm. Whoa! What fun and that's when the real use of the gun sank home. Congrats on your purchase. Take her to the country and really see what she can do. |
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On budget ammo, getting groups twice as big with an ak47 vs ar15 is normal (4" vs 2" at 100 yds) so your tennis ball/7" range is fair. If you prefer irons, you can tidy up the sight picture some, even through the radius is short at about 15". F sight posts can be filed narrower to block less moa, you can fill the rear notch with JB Weld and v-file for a tighter notch, or you can put on a Mojo peep rear sight. But there are some exc Commie optics out there for modest cash. My experience is 4" with ammo the 7.62x39 gun likes, and highly recommend an assortment ammo trial for each gun. |
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This may sound a bit odd, but scrub the hell out of the barrel with a copper brush before you shoot it next time. I have had the same problem with a few new rifles. Sometimes there is a small burr in the barrel causing the problem. Otherwise, just practice, you'll do better. |
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