Range Report - 1948 FAZ No. 4 MK I

[kscchtrainer]

About a month ago, I was given a 1948 Fazakerly No.4 MK I by a friend who had rescued it from a pawn shop in Delaware. Aside from some really beat up wood, the rifle is in fine shape with a clean sharp bore that looks mostly unfired. There wasn't any decent .303 British ammo to be had in Wichita, other than some very expensive 180 grain soft point hunting loads, so I ordered some Serbian PPU 174 grain FMJ ball.

It arrived about noon today, so I grabbed the rifle and was off to the range. We have a nice indoor, combined 25 yard Pistol and 100 Yard rifle range not too far from where I live. Great for checking out rifles without worrying about wind conditions.

They provide some nice big blocks of very heavy closed cell foam for rests and video cameras at the 50 and 100 yard points so you don't need a spotting scope. The monitor sits right at the firing point.

Got set up, hung a 100 yard sight-in target on the trolley and ran it out to the end (100 yards). Pulled a 6 o'clock hold on the red bull and fired the first 5 rounds using the standard peep battle sight. Decent group, pretty much centered and about an inch low.

To raise the group, I flipped up the long-range sight and ran the peep all the way down. This brought the group up into the bull and still about the same spread with a low flincher where I sorta jerked the trigger. My fault, certainly not the rifle.

Really great shooter for a 1948 battle rifle! Certainly worth well more than the price I paid for it!!!

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[Badger]

Really great shooter for a 1948 battle rifle! Certainly worth well more than the price I paid for it!!!

Congratulations partner ...

That's some really nice groups for that old girl....

Regards,
Badger

[kscchtrainer]

Congratulations partner ...

That's some really nice groups for that old girl....

Regards,
Badger

Thanks Badger, and I've done a bit of cleanup work on the old warhorse since the last trip. Found some decent wood and got it all properly installed after a bit of work. Applied a couple of coats of boiled linseed oil to hydrate and seal the wood. Followed the book and got the forestock properly bedded. Made up some handloads with 150 grain bullets and just used the starting charge of Varget powder, figuring to work up from there, but as you can see from the target pix, I think I'll leave it alone

Had to shoot this one at 50 yards 'cuz the 100 yard target area lights weren't working on our local indoor rifle range, but 5/8" center to center at the largest point even at 50 yards ain't too shabby. Might could get the group a bit tighter if I could see better. With tri-focal glasses, kinda hard to see the front sight and the target at the same time

[Badger]

Had to shoot this one at 50 yards 'cuz the 100 yard target area lights weren't working on our local indoor rifle range, but 5/8" center to center at the largest point even at 50 yards ain't too shabby.

Not to shabbly at all partner ...

I don't think I can shoot that well with old irons like that, 50 yards or not...

Regards,
Badger