Akdal 1919

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Picked up an Akdal 1919 from Make Ready and with being busy as hell, have not had a chance to put it through its paces.





Took it out a month ago and it ran through 200 rounds of LV Federal 1250fps shot without failure. Sat in the safe until yesterday.

I removed the front sight and carry handle, mounting a cheap red dot that will project a dot in full sun.

Went to the range without any sight in. We have a clay thrower on a post, and I had to pull the rope, acquire the target in the RD from the not ready position, and shoot.

Let me say this, no clay bird is safe. Watch the bird for an insane length of time, and break it. Its that easy. The bird never leaves the sight.

Walmart winchester ran ok with a few FTE. Federal dove loads ran without fail. More on this later. (Both 1 1/8 oz.)

Moved to the 50 yd range, and set up for slugs and buck.

I picked up some loaded Rem LV 1 oz slugs from the High Plains match when we were cleaning the ranges, so started at 25 yds off hand in a 25 mph wind.

I was about 4" low on the bull. with two holes adjacent to each other. Picked up the hull to confirm a slug, and then it kicked in the wad was the second hole. Ran perfectly.

Without adjusting the RD, switched to Federal Flight Control LV 1 oz slugs.

FTE with a couple of rounds, but the slug hit higher than the Rem.

So, without chrono'ing the rounds, relying on what my shoulder told me, was that the Fed slugs has less recoil vs the Rem, no matter they say the same velocity. Powder burn rate probably has a lot to do with it. I'll put them across the chrony and see how they actually run.

Federal buck shot LV ran perfectly.

Interesting day. I've never ran that much different ammo across a semi-auto before.

as a last test, found a 3" turkey load in the back floor board.
1 7/8 oz 1400 fps.

It hurt. Hull ended up almost 15' away.
 
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well considering i haven't shot a 3gun match in 9 months due to ammo!!! i may not even know how to shoot anymore!
 
Send it off to Firebird and let them work their magic and you will really enjoy it. I hope your cheap red dot fairs better than mine. It didn't last 200 rounds before it shook apart. Aluminum C-more fixed that. :triniti:
 
Benjamin you can use mine any time you want to just let me know.


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Feegee Matlock said:
Benjamin you can use mine any time you want to just let me know. Sent from Feegee's iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks, but it is my fault i didn't stock up and not going to take someone elses ammo that was prepared... looks like things are slowly coming back in stock, so hopefully it won't be long!!!
 
benjamin-benjamin said:
well considering i haven't shot a 3gun match in 9 months due to ammo!!! i may not even know how to shoot anymore!
B2, i got 5.56 ammo, got specifically for fellow BSers, i dont even have an AR to shoot it out of.
 
Get with Firebird, You be So happy you did.
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Holly crap I want one of those big sticks!! How many rounds dose it hold and how much?


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