Disappointed in the Privi bullets

[mj1]

Now that I can't afford OR find sierra SMK's I bought some (K's) of the Privi .308", .310" and 6.5 FMJBT's thinking I would get some cheap trigger time. Well you get what you pay for. I shot two rifles today that always shoot MOA or less in five and ten round strings. I could not keep anything under 2" so I just got PO'ed and burned them up in 5, 10 and 25 round strings so I could go home and sulk.







...........MJ..............

[FMJBT]

I think the scope on your Enfield is holding you back. I'll take it off your hands if you decide to upgrade

Seriously though, I'm kind of surprised about the grouping using the 168's. I havent tried the other Prvi stuff for accuracy, but their loaded rounds of 168 HPBT have always been very accurate for me out of both a Savage 10FP and an AR-10. They normally group at about 1 to 1.5 moa out of those rifles. I have had some issues with their loaded 175gr HPBT 308. My best guess is that the bullets are not balanced well, as the groups really open up past 200 yards. Surprisingly though, they do manage to stay supersonic out to 1000 yards.

Have you tried any of their 174 grain bullets in 303?

[mj1]

174g Sierra's all go in the same hole most of the time.


If you weigh the Privi they ar all over the place 144g~156g.

..MJ..

[Darklyte27]

I got some 175 gr *sniper bullets* from another calguner here to test out, I beleive they are made by prvi but im not sure. They are listed here

http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=8442

I havent shot them yet but they vary in weight from 174-176. not very consistent.. but they will shot im sure..

[FMJBT]

I got some 175 gr *sniper bullets* from another calguner here to test out, I beleive they are made by prvi but im not sure. They are listed here

http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=8442

I havent shot them yet but they vary in weight from 174-176. not very consistent.. but they will shot im sure..

Those look identical to the bullets I've pulled from Prvi 175gr Match ammo. Let us know how they shoot once you get some loaded up.

[mj1]

174~176 is great. How many did you test? 2? 10?

..MJ..

[Army GI]

Have you tried the Hornady FMJ? They're not match bullets but they're really nice for FMJ.

[mj1]

I have ordered Hornaday from three places. They take the order then tell me they are out of stock each time. I know people who love the .312" in their Enfield's and Mosin's.

[Agustav]

I am using Prvi .311 150 gr FMJ in my PSL and shot the same grouping as you (maybe a little better 2moa 5 shot). Since this is the only bullets I used so far besides Hornady .310 150 gr SP, I thought the result was decent for a semi-auto. Sorry you didn't have good results with them.

PS. I will take them off your hand if the price is right!

[FMJBT]

174~176 is great. How many did you test? 2? 10?

..MJ..

I agree. Plus or minus 2 grains is pretty good consistency. Try setting them down on a perfectly level surface to see if they tend to roll and settle on a particular side of the bullet. I have a suspicion that a lot of the 175gr bullets from Prvi are not well balanced.

[mecam]

Now that I can't afford OR find sierra SMK's I bought some (K's) of the Privi .308", .310" and 6.5 FMJBT's thinking I would get some cheap trigger time. Well you get what you pay for. I shot two rifles today that always shoot MOA or less in five and ten round strings. I could not keep anything under 2" so I just got PO'ed and burned them up in 5, 10 and 25 round strings so I could go home and sulk.

That's the best you'll get out of them, they are inconsistent. I have about 250rds left of the Privi 175gr match. I get the same results with them on my 26" Rem700. I saved the brass for my Nosler 175s which shoots sub MOA groups with 43.5gr of Varget.

[Darklyte27]

hey Mecam, you shoot at usi dont you?
Werent we talking about meeting up and shootin? haha

[mecam]

hey Mecam, you shoot at usi dont you?
Werent we talking about meeting up and shootin? haha

Yep, I shoot there at least once a month. Can't afford every weekend anymore. I usually shoot Saturday mornings and I always run into MrNiceGuy. I try to save my ammo for the Chabot matches. You should shoot the Sunday Tac rifle match, lots of fun.

[Darklyte27]

Ill see what I can do. Friends bday this wednesday and im trying to get him to come along to shoot this weekend, either chabot or concord. we will see though.

[odysseus]

I don't have a link or the copy\paste, but someone on arf.com posted about the Prvi .308 168gr. Match rounds. In an email back and forth with Sierra, it was confirmed by Sierra that Prvi is buying Sierra matchkings from them - so the 168gr Prvi Match seems to be Sierra bullets. People are reporting good results with it. Found that interesting - I ordered a bit and will be shooting some next time I am out throwing .308 around.

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