I suggest you find someone locally to trade their slower powder for your R15. Quite often, someone has a powder they purchased and didn't work out for them and is just sitting on their shelf..
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I suggest you find someone locally to trade their slower powder for your R15. Quite often, someone has a powder they purchased and didn't work out for them and is just sitting on their shelf..
I don't have any RL-15.Quote:
Originally Posted by BJung
All my loads have been with W-748 and BLC(2).
W-748 is one of the Hornady recommended powders for 150gr+.
This may actually be the solution to my original question regarding the 139gr bullets.
Looking at Hornady load data for their 125gr .323 bullets, perhaps I need to try a faster powder, they recommend N-135 for their lighter bullets.
It certainly worked for me. and I like that I have made no permanent modifications to my rifle. The mount is well machined and rock solid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ovidio
I've shot iron sights my entire life, but glasses are really no substitute for young eyes. :)
Turns out the powder I was using for those 139gr bullets was too slow.
I was looking at some load data for Hornady 8mm Mauser 125gr bullets and noticed all the powders listed were different than the ones for 150gr+
Switched to IMR 3031, working my way up from 47gr and the groups kept getting smaller.
just need to see if I can tighten these up a bit more.
Apparently the Kar98k can shoot lightweight bullets.
~2" group @ 100yds
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...08/139gr-1.jpg
In the end, I decided to take my diopter off the K31 and install the BadAce mount.
Feels very solid.
I hope to be able to try it out next week-end.
Attachment 119518
That looks sweet. I will be interested in seeing a range report on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ovidio
7.5×55mm Swiss?
My Father-In-Law gave my son a K31 and I think he would like to put on a scope for hunting/long range shooting.
The Swiss are known for accuracy.
My Kar98k w/scout scope:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...IMGE6476-1.jpg
She shoots very well. I'll try maybe this Saturday, but most probably the next one. I have a mountain climb made up with my Military School pals on the Peralba on Saturday, and the range ist just plan B for this week.
I just know that You will need to slug your barrel so they can make the correct diameter bullet.
Horrible results Saturday... I made a great zeroing at home, shooting within 2" from the bullseye at 100 metres with my first shot, but I guess the mount was not fixed right, because after that I had very erratic results.
The loads were my usual few, so I'm sure they are ok.
I took everything off and returned the rifle to her original configuration, with the standard iron sights.
A close friend of mine used one like that for hunting for many years with great success. It had been brand new surplus in 1980 and he put a scout scope mount on it. He loaded cast bullets...Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyDollar