SVD range report 2

I started testing PPU Leader surplus ammo. It has steel case with cupper plating and 148gr bullet. There are several different case markings and some of the ammo's primes and bullets are seald with pink lacquer.

Altough PPU is the cheapest 54R ammo in the Finland it gives a firm performance, all the groups are under 2,5 MOA this includes fliers. This might not sound like much but the ammo is only 0,35€/piece and my Dragunov has old russian 4x scope on it. Best 5 shot group that I get was 1,25 MOA.

The best results gave cardridge with numbers 71 and 66 stamped in the rear. Some of the different case markings hits different place than the rest, so its important to arrange the cases. Last photo shows how high 69/19 hits compered to 71/66.


 I know there is potential to SVD, but there are no other hard primer ammo available in Finland and hard primers as CCI #34 are not available for reloading. One possibility is to start reloading berdan type of shells, berdan primer should be harder than boxers.


 I found out that it is relitvely easy load a dragunov single shot style. After last shot the boltcarrier is left in rear position, then it's easy to load a single cartridge in the magazine when it's still on the gun. This way I can test western ammo like S&B and Lapua without worrying the rifle been blown in my face.