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Ok, I got my PPsh41 on Sunday. The barrel was just filled with crud, and there was no crown- (WLA claims a crown is not necessary) Is a crown necessary? I cleaned it a bunch, but it was still pretty dirty. I thought that maybe the crown was screwed up because it caught little fibers from my cleaning patch.
Made it out to the range on Monday, was shooting Romy surplus off the bench at 50 yards. Went through 10 rounds and everything functioned perfect. I had heard about others having problems and I was relieved. Until I went down to check the target.
I was shooting at an 8x11 pice of white paper with a black circle painted on it. There were no holes in the paper. So I shot some more- about 40 rounds and I had my dad watch to try to see where they were going. He said some were hitting the dirt several feet in front of the target and they seemed to be going everywhere. Had other people shoot it, same thing. Perfect function, very poor accuracy.
I'm no expert marksman but I did manage about a 407 on my last Garand service rifle match with a K31.
So is this kind of accuracy normal? I intend to try out S&B ammo soon.
Is it because there is no crown/messed up crown?
Just so everyone knows, I am very happy with fit, finish and overall appearance of the PPSH. I think that WLA did a great job, but they may have cut a couple corners with the barrel.
Edit to add:
I should have said earlier that I could see holes scattered around the cardboard target stand several feet around the target.
POA was always the center of the paper. after shooting about 50 rounds at the paper, it had 3 holes in it.
Made it out to the range on Monday, was shooting Romy surplus off the bench at 50 yards. Went through 10 rounds and everything functioned perfect. I had heard about others having problems and I was relieved. Until I went down to check the target.
I was shooting at an 8x11 pice of white paper with a black circle painted on it. There were no holes in the paper. So I shot some more- about 40 rounds and I had my dad watch to try to see where they were going. He said some were hitting the dirt several feet in front of the target and they seemed to be going everywhere. Had other people shoot it, same thing. Perfect function, very poor accuracy.
I'm no expert marksman but I did manage about a 407 on my last Garand service rifle match with a K31.
So is this kind of accuracy normal? I intend to try out S&B ammo soon.
Is it because there is no crown/messed up crown?
Just so everyone knows, I am very happy with fit, finish and overall appearance of the PPSH. I think that WLA did a great job, but they may have cut a couple corners with the barrel.
Edit to add:
I should have said earlier that I could see holes scattered around the cardboard target stand several feet around the target.
POA was always the center of the paper. after shooting about 50 rounds at the paper, it had 3 holes in it.