I had a great little gun I made up using 5.56 x 39 cases and using the same neck and shoulder angle as .22 PPC.
I did this because it was a way to get cheap brass (7.62 x 39 ) and I had just a bit more case capacity over the standard PPC due to the more tapered case of the military case.
I had it built on a CZ mini Mauser action with the trigger moved to turn it into a single shot "Unlimited" handgun for shooting steel silhouette (Half size). It looked just like a Remington XP 100, but was hand made and shot like crazy.
'Cos it used to blow holes straight through the chickens at 50 metres, I had to stop using my normal loads at the close range.
It shot very flat, and with the open sights adjusted for 200 metres, I had a top of leg hold for the chickens; centre shot for the pigs and turkeys at 100 & 150 metres respectively and a centre shot for the rams at 200. It used to hit the pigs about an inch high, and the others were spot on.
Chicken load was with a 50gr HP Taipan (locally manufactured in Australia) and the same powder load pushed the 64 / 65 offerings from Taipan or Hornady, for the pigs, turkeys and rams. It was easy to load, as the powder that I chose, gave me a full case load without compression.
It was just as good on the full size targets, but the ram (55 lbs weight) had to be hit right in the sweet spot for the little bullet to do its job.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this little round.
I did this because it was a way to get cheap brass (7.62 x 39 ) and I had just a bit more case capacity over the standard PPC due to the more tapered case of the military case.
I had it built on a CZ mini Mauser action with the trigger moved to turn it into a single shot "Unlimited" handgun for shooting steel silhouette (Half size). It looked just like a Remington XP 100, but was hand made and shot like crazy.
'Cos it used to blow holes straight through the chickens at 50 metres, I had to stop using my normal loads at the close range.
It shot very flat, and with the open sights adjusted for 200 metres, I had a top of leg hold for the chickens; centre shot for the pigs and turkeys at 100 & 150 metres respectively and a centre shot for the rams at 200. It used to hit the pigs about an inch high, and the others were spot on.
Chicken load was with a 50gr HP Taipan (locally manufactured in Australia) and the same powder load pushed the 64 / 65 offerings from Taipan or Hornady, for the pigs, turkeys and rams. It was easy to load, as the powder that I chose, gave me a full case load without compression.
It was just as good on the full size targets, but the ram (55 lbs weight) had to be hit right in the sweet spot for the little bullet to do its job.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this little round.