Soo we got the good Virus to drag his elderly father to the range... .. To test out the .223 RAC Rifle he had purchased.
First Impression: It looks exactly like a Chinese Type 56 A 2 (but for the thoughtful “Jamshed” carved on the butt of the weapon. ) The balance and feel is pretty good as well. I charged the weapon, popped three rounds in the mag and fired her at a target placed at 10 yards... They grouped well. No evidence of tumbling... Only she was full auto.. off her own volition. That was a bit of a shock. But I switched to one round per mag after that. At 15 yards , again, no evidence of tumbling. And she was grouping nicely. Also there was no evidence of any breakage of the rounds in the barrel. Unlike my old rifle, the weapon was shooting where it was aimed.
Nor did it chew up the rounds in the barrel and spray them like a ‘paan kee peek’ ( no idea how to translate that one). At 25 yards, I did get a decent sized group of around 4 to 5 inches. But I was too scared of it to aim properly. I am willing to bet that had Deathrow being there, the group would have been much tighter. But the increase in distance had also increased the tumbling effect. And yes the rounds started key holing. Not all of them, but one in 3.
I was not able to check her at 75 yards due to the large number of people present there. But , I am sure that she can tag a man sized target around 100 yards or so. The mags need a bit of sanding cause the rounds were a bit loose. In short, it had the typical teething problems of an average local.
At 40k she was slightly more expensive than many locals. I would have pegged her at 35k. But then RAC did give original greet tip ammo for 55 a pop when the current market rate is 75 a pop. So it ironed out overall.
In summary: It’s a million times better than my local .223 that was not able to do 5 yards. But is it as good as a cqa? No! But then it does not cost 400k either. It’s a decent buy.... for its price… We took the liberty of getting in touch with RAC and they are willing to take care of whatever is wrong with the spring that is making it go full auto. They are willing to change the barrel as well.
I decided to take a risk and I have now placed an order for a Saiga shaped .222 (5.45x39) weapon from them and sent em the payment. I have also asked them to make me a .45 acp as well. And for good measure a .22lr super sub compact too.
I hope my trust in their products pays off.
They are doing their own version of the CQA as well as the AR 15 with prices starting from 200k upwards. And yes they did a Draganov chambered in . 308 Winchester and its asking is 75k. If the .222 i ordered works out. .I have that Draganov in my wish list as well.
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