Russian Steel Ammo 500 yd. accuracy?

[alleycat]

I'm no scientist but I have tried a few tests with different ammo at 600 yds and with different rifles too. Seems that all of my milsurps prefer one kind of ammo over the other, but on average my rankings from that day were (based on accuracy, consistent groups,and general smoke&smell):

1-hand loaded match ammo (russian factory 188 from spam can)
2-russian factory 188 surplus 7n1
3-factory 10 bulgarian silver tip
4-tula modern ammo
5-factory 188 surplus 147gr
6-albanian surplus

I fired 5 rounds of each from my PSL, SVT-40 sniper, Vepr w/23" barrel, Finn m39 SOV, and a Remington m-91. Newer rifles generally shot tighter groups than the older ones, and i had to let the psl and svt-40 cool down between tests because their accuracy varies greatly when the barrel gets hot. The tightest groups that day were while using my Vepr with 7n1 ammo

 

[bulletpaluza]

I'm doing a test today at riverbend after work out to 200 using 308

 

[bulletpaluza]

None were really great. I shot

Colt steal case (zinc) 168gr.
Wolf military classic 168gr.
Wolf poly performance 145gr.

@50 yards the wolf pp 145gr. Was one jagged hole wolf 168gr was slightly worse with 3 touching and 2 just out side the group the colt 168gr was a 4in group.

@100 yards the wolf pp145gr was 3in group the wolf 168gr was a 5in group and the colt 168gr. Was not even on the paper.

@200 yards the wolf pp 145gr was a 5in group the wolf 168gr was a 3in group and the colt 168gr the two that hit the paper were 8 inches apart.


All shooting was done from a savage msr10 308 with a vortex strike eagle 1-8 from a sitting position just resting the rifle on the mag so not the best for getting great groups, I forgot my rifle rest. These were all 5 shot groups.