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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