Japanese Ammuntion and Rifle Testing

[jmoore]

Well, due to a rather longer delay than anticipated (going through withdrawal pains and anxiety there for a few hours!) this will be rather shorter than planned:

T97:







Rifle #342, scope #S/N I forgot- will add later, maybe.

Had a hard time for some reason with getting a good view through the scope, so whilst fighting the view there were seven rounds of Hornady on one target and three on another... Phooey! Didn't actually appear to scew the results particularly, but the group surely wasn't stellar- nor was it much worse than normal.



The other three:


Changed the aiming "point" for the preliminary Norma group- The first five went well under 2"- possibly under 1 1/2", but I did nothing but enlarge the group after that. Still, it was better than expected. Perhaps the O-rings helped a little, but overall, I would DEFINITELY recommend NOT trying to combine case forming and group shooting like this! Very distracting- dealing with O-rings, getting the rounds chmbered with the O-rings, checking each case after firing for primer setback, etc.

Anyway:





As mentioned in other threads, I've not yet found a really accurate 6,5mm Japanese rifle or carbine. The T99s do as well or better (if in good shape) -even the really crude fixed sight jobs.
So, this is just establishing baseline expectations.

More details coming- and maybe some new glasses! (gotta quit buying ammo...)

---------- Post added at 09:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 PM ----------

Eh, another reticle photo:


T97 2.5x (for 6,5mm ammo) reticle photo

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