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Just picked up this sweet thing last night. Built (re-assembled on a different reciever) at the Cugir plant in Romania. Numbers matching kit. Probably paid too much, but I "needed" it lol
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Fun rifle to shoot. If it's still there keep an eye on the bolt hold open tab. It's a fragile design, I'd even say an afterthought.
I'm still on the hunt for a good cheek pad to move my face further out.
I purchased one in defiance of our Governors ban on such rifles. I know it is not a sniper rifle. I have tried every reload with disappointing results. I even attached a 1X9 Combloc scope in hopes improving accuracy. It shoots pretty accurate with Yugo 180 grain but it is not recommended.
Here's mine. https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=55958
Same here, and the rifle simply tore my brass up. I didn't get too deep into loading for it though because of the brass. I've got thousands of rounds of surplus to blow through and I'm happy with minute of man accuracy out of this rifle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip
Skip, what kind of shape is your bolt hold open in? just curious.
The BHO works fine on the two mags I have
It's not that the mags are the problem. The only thing holding the BHO in the receiver is a little tab and spring pressure. On mine it's barely holding on and pops out every so often. I've stared at it trying to figure a way to shore it up but,,,,,,,
Just fine. The rifle functional well. No distorted rims but the occasional bent case mouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by WarPig1976
My son had one. He wasn't happy with the accuracy. He sold it and moved on to a Colt 901 then an M1A. Somewhere along the line he also got a HK91. He likes to sell and trade stuff off. Finally, he came back to the AR15 due to the cheaper ammo. Ooops, I forgot.....his first rifle was an AR15 that he put together himself.
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Aloha, Mark
Remember do NOT shoot heavy ball or any bullet over 150grs in the PSL. It will break if you do. I could never find any ball ammo that shot well in mine but reloads using 150 soft points would go into 1 1/2 inches at 100 yards IF I did my part in shooting.
I lucked into this earlier this week.
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Aloha, Mark
I bought a can of that when it was first offered for sale. Paid $99 delivered for it. I also bought a can of late Polish ball too. My PSL did not seem to like both of them but really seemed to like the Polish ball a little bit better. Under 2 inches at 100 yards but not up to my reloads which did not set the world on fire at 1 1/2 inches. These rifles are not sniper quality and I don't think they ever were designed to be. Just to get close enough to make someone duck.
Yep, that’s correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce McAskill
Romania developed the PSL because the Soviet Union stopped exporting military equipment to them after they refused to join the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
They still wanted to follow the soviet doctrine of having one “marksman” per squad who could reach out beyond the effective range of their assault rifles (AK’s) and hit a man size target.
The PSL is basically a cross between an SVD and an AK. Some people claim it can deliver one MOA under the right conditions. I don’t dispute that. I just think those conditions must be pretty rare. If you are getting 1.5 MOA, I’d say you are doing well.
The way I see it, the ability to quickly deliver follow up shots makes up for the accuracy.
I agree with you. I think the more a barrel heats up the bigger the group seems to become. NO matter what I tried I could not get a group smaller then an inch and a half. Good quality bullets did make a difference using Sierra and Speer 150 SP. But again not able to get to the one inch size group. It was a fun rifle to shoot but did damage brass cases a bit.