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On a different forum a member posted about a new rifle he just got. It was a military rifle. And that got me thinking about my military rifles. I realized I had not shot them in over 10 years. So I decided to do something about that.
I have a Chinese made SKS 7.62x39mm semi auto rifle. I also bought a lot of cartridges for it, thinking how fun it would be to shoot it. Somewhere along the line I acquired a scope mount for the rifle. So I put the scope mount in it and mounted a 1x32mm T/C scope. No magnification but then I never considered it a long range rifle.
So I started at 25 yards to see where it would hit. All shooting was done from a yard chair and with shooting sticks.
It was hitting low right. So I cranked it up to where I thought it would be hitting. And shot three more. Well that looked about the right height, so I made an adjustment and shot two rounds (#3) and couldn't figure why it hardly moved. Reading the lens cap it said 1/2 inch at 100 yards.. so at 25 yards that meant it needed a lot of adjustment. So I really cranked it over. (#4) I fired once and realized I might have over done it. So I went back to the right and down a little and shot a group. Not too bad, I took my time. And then just to prove I could do it, I shot low.. and it did hit the bull.
Here is where I really got confused...
I moved back to 50 yards, verified by my range finder. Shot #1 was my mistake. See I was shooting off shooting sticks since I wanted to be sure to stop these shells and my range bench was set at 100 yards. So I just took a chair and my shooting stick. As I fired #1 the rifle slipped in the stick.
I then shot group #2 at 50 yards and was kind of surprised to see it hit so high above the bull. Granted I was a little high at 25 yards but I never expected this. So I made an adjustment. #3 group was a little better, so another minor adjustment was made and then I shot #4 group. I really was not upset over the size of the group. This would be more then enough for a deer hunt. Especially in my area.
I then put up all sorts of junk and was blasting things with the rifle. And of course I had to put a 10 rounder rapid fire through it, just to wake the neighbors up. But over all I dumped 70 rounds through it pretty quick. No recoil, the see through sites work well for this rifle. The iron sights are on, as is the scope now.
This is an impressive little gun. I hunted with it for a couple days one year, when I was making drives in the swamp. But have never shot a deer with it. I have been told by a friend of mine who's niece shot a deer with his, that they do take deer out real well. She took a nice 4 point at 30 yards with his. I probably will put it back on the shelf and it will sit another ten years before I shoot it again. But it was kind of fun today shooting it.
I have a Chinese made SKS 7.62x39mm semi auto rifle. I also bought a lot of cartridges for it, thinking how fun it would be to shoot it. Somewhere along the line I acquired a scope mount for the rifle. So I put the scope mount in it and mounted a 1x32mm T/C scope. No magnification but then I never considered it a long range rifle.
So I started at 25 yards to see where it would hit. All shooting was done from a yard chair and with shooting sticks.
It was hitting low right. So I cranked it up to where I thought it would be hitting. And shot three more. Well that looked about the right height, so I made an adjustment and shot two rounds (#3) and couldn't figure why it hardly moved. Reading the lens cap it said 1/2 inch at 100 yards.. so at 25 yards that meant it needed a lot of adjustment. So I really cranked it over. (#4) I fired once and realized I might have over done it. So I went back to the right and down a little and shot a group. Not too bad, I took my time. And then just to prove I could do it, I shot low.. and it did hit the bull.
Here is where I really got confused...
I moved back to 50 yards, verified by my range finder. Shot #1 was my mistake. See I was shooting off shooting sticks since I wanted to be sure to stop these shells and my range bench was set at 100 yards. So I just took a chair and my shooting stick. As I fired #1 the rifle slipped in the stick.
I then shot group #2 at 50 yards and was kind of surprised to see it hit so high above the bull. Granted I was a little high at 25 yards but I never expected this. So I made an adjustment. #3 group was a little better, so another minor adjustment was made and then I shot #4 group. I really was not upset over the size of the group. This would be more then enough for a deer hunt. Especially in my area.
I then put up all sorts of junk and was blasting things with the rifle. And of course I had to put a 10 rounder rapid fire through it, just to wake the neighbors up. But over all I dumped 70 rounds through it pretty quick. No recoil, the see through sites work well for this rifle. The iron sights are on, as is the scope now.
This is an impressive little gun. I hunted with it for a couple days one year, when I was making drives in the swamp. But have never shot a deer with it. I have been told by a friend of mine who's niece shot a deer with his, that they do take deer out real well. She took a nice 4 point at 30 yards with his. I probably will put it back on the shelf and it will sit another ten years before I shoot it again. But it was kind of fun today shooting it.