New Romak a big disapointment... (AK Site. SVD Discussion Board)

New Romak a big disapointment...
Author: Simon	©	August 6, 2000 at 07:37:28

I picked up my special order Romak from the dealer Friday
and had it cleaned and ready for testing this morning. I
bought this rifle based on the claims of SVD like accuracy
posted on this board. I can only speak for mine, but the
accuracy is just not there. Best groups were with Norma
180gr loads and 5 shot groups were 3 to 3.5 inches at
100yards. A 10 shot group was 4.6 inches. With Russian and
Chinese military ball (both 148gr) accuracy was 3.5 to 5.0
inches at 100yds. Yellow tip heavy ball was worst, at 6.4
inches for 10 round groups. I cleaned the barrel between
groups and kept the barrel cool by slow fire. The fit and
finnish of my rifle is very poor. Coarse machining marks
are everywhere. This is in no way anything like a sniper
rifle. What a joke. At least mine did not blow up and only
jammed once in feeding the heavy ball ammo which is pretty
good considering I shot 260 rounds through it today.

The bore looks nice but I don't think the precision is there. This is no SVD.

Follow Ups

Re: New Romak a big disapointment... Davis 21:02:38 8/11/2000 (0)
My Romak gets 2.75 inch groups with Lapua Match. Randy 08:41:40 8/7/2000 (0)
Re: New Romak a big disapointment... Tomac 17:05:50 8/6/2000 (3)
- Re: New Romak a big disapointment... Sergey S. 10:15:08 8/8/2000 (2)
  - Re: New Romak a big disapointment... Tomac 16:00:40 8/8/2000 (1)
    - Romak test David Fortier 06:29:24 8/9/2000 (0)
Re: New Romak a big disapointment... roger 15:10:43 8/6/2000 (0)
Re: New Romak a big disapointment... ED4 09:20:56 8/6/2000 (0)
Re: New Romak a big disapointment... Branded 09:05:08 8/6/2000 (0)

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> I picked up my special order Romak from the dealer Friday > and had it cleaned and ready for testing this morning. I > bought this rifle based on the claims of SVD like accuracy > posted on this board. I can only speak for mine, but the > accuracy is just not there. Best groups were with Norma > 180gr loads and 5 shot groups were 3 to 3.5 inches at > 100yards. A 10 shot group was 4.6 inches. With Russian and > Chinese military ball (both 148gr) accuracy was 3.5 to 5.0 > inches at 100yds. Yellow tip heavy ball was worst, at 6.4 > inches for 10 round groups. I cleaned the barrel between > groups and kept the barrel cool by slow fire. The fit and > finnish of my rifle is very poor. Coarse machining marks > are everywhere. This is in no way anything like a sniper > rifle. What a joke. At least mine did not blow up and only > jammed once in feeding the heavy ball ammo which is pretty > good considering I shot 260 rounds through it today. > > The bore looks nice but I don't think the precision is there. This is no SVD.
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