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Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:46 pm
by Sandgroper
Both 7.62 NATO and 7.62x54R

http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifl ... -98-e.html

or how about trying to get your paws on a TKIV 85?

http://www.gunslot.com/pictures/valmet- ... 62mm-x-53r

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:06 pm
by meles meles
hmmm, those TKIV 85s look intriguing...

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:07 pm
by Sandgroper

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:36 pm
by targetman
I just soooooo tempted.....

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:40 pm
by meles meles
Hmmm, an interesting alternative to a P14/17 conversion... methinks this 7.62x54R idea has a lot going for it...

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:43 pm
by Sandgroper
Nicely done isn't?

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:44 pm
by meles meles
Isn't it just...

I'm thinking of a P14 in a thumbhole stock spitting out cheap Hungarian heavy ball...

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:51 pm
by Sandgroper
meles meles wrote:Isn't it just...

I'm thinking of a P14 in a thumbhole stock spitting out cheap Hungarian heavy ball...
With the price of the Ross, is converting a P14 worth it? Especially, when you consider the rarity of the Ross as a donor rifle. Just the action makes it tempting and the uniqueness of the whole package even more so.

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:58 pm
by ovenpaa
That Ross is very special, sadly the Viking no longer has a spare slot for 54R

Re: 7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:00 pm
by meles meles
Hmm, the snag with the Ross is that it is single shot. We like to have a magazine of canned bangs ready...