The Ideal Cast Bullet Rifle

Dimner

Named Man
True about long-slender rifles. It somehow also makes them feel lighter than they really are, and they "hang" well for stable off-hand shots.

The inverted "V," when not peened into some vague form, I think, are good for fairly precise shooting. Having said that, I'm rememdering 20, 30 year-younger eyes too though. NO idea how they would look to me now, but today, shorter barrels tend to put the front sight in one of those ambiguous zones within the few tiny useful areas of my "blended bifocals." I need to shoot some iron sights on a long barrel and see where I"m at today.

EDIT: I got some PPU 6.6x55 brass in the form of ball ammo when I picked up my first 6.5x55. It was cheap and I needed something to shoot. I had no expectations of that brass, but it chugged along, reload after reload, right alongside a bunch of Norma brass I'd bought for "serious work." I"ve had a few other PPU cartridges since and I've never had a single case split or falter in any way. I think it's pretty good stuff myself.
Same experience here with ppu. A few years ago I was not able to find brass as a component, but loaded ammo was 12.50 a box of 20. I still have 6 unshot of the dozen boxes I bought.
 

todd

Well-Known Member
i like ppu brass, especially the 8x57. i own 7x57, 8x57 and 9.3x57 and most of my is 8x57 ppu.