The Bear ammo....
Russian ammo is notoriously dirty, and this was no exception. I didn't get any pics of the "after", but trust me, it was alot dirtier than when I shoot my usual American Brass ammo. Bear ammo is laquer coated, and is known to jam up guns with tight tolerances, (1911, SIG, HK USP etc) however with the Glock I experienced no failures of any kind, and the glock had not been cleaned from the previous trip either.
Here are the results from the first 50 rounds or so, some shots fired in quick succession, some slow fired:
As you can see, the ammo isn't bad, and compared to the previous trip I took (see last blog post) I actually did a little better at keeping the shots centered. This is probably not due to the ammo, but me just working on my technique.
After 100 rounds you can see some flyers but all in all not too bad. The ones outside the orange were almost certainly caused when I started doing some double taps. Still have a positive effect on target though so its ok.
conclusion: for glock, the brown bear works fine, if you use 10 round magazines though you'll have to change the followers. The 2183 followers used by the 10 round mags are crap, and I have no idea why they switched to them. The 9mm6 followers are much better. (all my mags use these followers now)
The AR.....
I also brought the AR out. It is zero'd at 50 yards and this trip confirmed it. The bottom 3 shots were done at approx 12 yards. I was aiming at the "5" and as expected they shot low, due to Point of Aim and Point of Impact being offset by about 1.5-2 inches. However, aiming at the EXACT same spot at 25 yards gave me 6 shot group right under the "5". These shots were not done using a benchrest so you can see where I wavered a little bit. But, the shots were about where they should be for a 50 yard zero (1.0 to 1.2 inches below your POA)
These shots were done at about 7 yards, basically point blank range for a rifle. The 5 shots directly below the "5x" were done by aiming about 2 inches high. This is because my optic sits high up, and thus demonstrating that disparity between Point of Aim Point of Impact when using a rifle. The shots that look randomly splattered all over were my snap shots. These were shots made quickly after pulling the sights up on target. The one at the bottom right was just bad muzzle control.
Bottom line: shooting is not as easy as the media/hollywood makes it seem!! There are alot of adjustments that need to be made in your head before you can actually place shots where you want them.
