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Hello,
I bought a PTR91K about a year ago used and haven't had many chances to shoot it. I put a clubfoot stock and 21e buffer on it, as well as the MFI low profile scope mount. It's got a POSP 6x42 scope right now and a grip-pod.
I'd really like to use the gun in a DMR role, or at least have it be capable of that sort of performance. Say, 2 moa at 100 yards. I'd like it to be able to reliably hit man-sized targets up to at least 600 yards and potentially head-sized targets to 200 yards. I know the G28 dmr is rated to 1.5 moa, so precision even approaching that would be great. I have read other posts about accurizing hk91 type rifles here, so please don't crucify me for asking questions which have already been talked about. This is my first post after all! I don't expect it to be a 1 moa tack driver, I just want to know whether a PTR91k could be a 2 moa rifle.
I took the rifle shooting today and tried out a variety of ammo types. Silver bear .308 140 gr jsp, hornady .308 168 gr hpbt, West german surplus 7.62, winchester military contract overrun fmj, and federal xm80 7.62. I was shooting pretty slowly, say 1 round every 45 seconds in 2-3 round sets. I'm definitely a shooting novice, but I feel like the groups were pretty bad, even considering that. The best groups I managed to get consistently were with the winchester 150 gr overrun, about 4-5 inches.
So my question is, does anyone have ammunition recommendations? I have heard that PTR rifles like lighter bullets, in the 1440-150 grain range. Does anyone have any experience to back this up, specifically in a ptr91k? I feel like ammunition choice (as well as much more practice) is probably the best thing to do the improve the rifle's accuracy.
Aside from ammunition, does anyone have any equipment recommendations? I'm thinking a cheek rest, a better bipod, and trigger improvements are good, pretty cheap improvements. I am thinking of getting either a wide forearm and a light bipod or a harris bipod and weaver adapter. Any recommendations between the two? The grip pod is pretty unstable, so I'd like to replace it asap. I was thinking either a bill springfield trigger job or a set trigger, if I were to get the trigger worked on. Any input between the two?
Lastly, since the rifle plus upgrades is worth probably over $1400, and I could get a pretty nice saiga 308 with that, and have some left over cash, is there really much of an improvement in terms of accuracy between the hk91 platform and a saiga 308 or vepr 308? All I want is a reliable 308 rifle capable of 2 moa, so if an AK can do it for cheaper I'd consider that instead. The cash I could get by trading down can go a long way in college!
Anyway, thanks to anyone who read through this! Know it was a very long post, but if anyone can chime in with ammunition suggestions I'd be very grateful.
I bought a PTR91K about a year ago used and haven't had many chances to shoot it. I put a clubfoot stock and 21e buffer on it, as well as the MFI low profile scope mount. It's got a POSP 6x42 scope right now and a grip-pod.
I'd really like to use the gun in a DMR role, or at least have it be capable of that sort of performance. Say, 2 moa at 100 yards. I'd like it to be able to reliably hit man-sized targets up to at least 600 yards and potentially head-sized targets to 200 yards. I know the G28 dmr is rated to 1.5 moa, so precision even approaching that would be great. I have read other posts about accurizing hk91 type rifles here, so please don't crucify me for asking questions which have already been talked about. This is my first post after all! I don't expect it to be a 1 moa tack driver, I just want to know whether a PTR91k could be a 2 moa rifle.
I took the rifle shooting today and tried out a variety of ammo types. Silver bear .308 140 gr jsp, hornady .308 168 gr hpbt, West german surplus 7.62, winchester military contract overrun fmj, and federal xm80 7.62. I was shooting pretty slowly, say 1 round every 45 seconds in 2-3 round sets. I'm definitely a shooting novice, but I feel like the groups were pretty bad, even considering that. The best groups I managed to get consistently were with the winchester 150 gr overrun, about 4-5 inches.
So my question is, does anyone have ammunition recommendations? I have heard that PTR rifles like lighter bullets, in the 1440-150 grain range. Does anyone have any experience to back this up, specifically in a ptr91k? I feel like ammunition choice (as well as much more practice) is probably the best thing to do the improve the rifle's accuracy.
Aside from ammunition, does anyone have any equipment recommendations? I'm thinking a cheek rest, a better bipod, and trigger improvements are good, pretty cheap improvements. I am thinking of getting either a wide forearm and a light bipod or a harris bipod and weaver adapter. Any recommendations between the two? The grip pod is pretty unstable, so I'd like to replace it asap. I was thinking either a bill springfield trigger job or a set trigger, if I were to get the trigger worked on. Any input between the two?
Lastly, since the rifle plus upgrades is worth probably over $1400, and I could get a pretty nice saiga 308 with that, and have some left over cash, is there really much of an improvement in terms of accuracy between the hk91 platform and a saiga 308 or vepr 308? All I want is a reliable 308 rifle capable of 2 moa, so if an AK can do it for cheaper I'd consider that instead. The cash I could get by trading down can go a long way in college!
Anyway, thanks to anyone who read through this! Know it was a very long post, but if anyone can chime in with ammunition suggestions I'd be very grateful.
