Cg-63

[ROMAK IV]

I picked up my Layaway Yesterday. A CG-63. For those of you that don't know what I'm talking about, it's a M-96 Swedish Mauser converted to a 300 meter target rifle. The stcok and barrel were replaced, and work was done on the trigger and bolt, and a competition sight was added. The caliber remains 6.5 x 55. Mine started as a 1906 manufactured Carl Gustav, M-96. I am not positive, but I believe the receiver was restamped with a crown and 69, which could reasonably be the year it was remanufactured. The barrel is heavy, but around medium size for a match barrel. The barrel is floated and is about 28" long. For the most part, the rifle is in excellent condition but has a bit more than its fair share of dings in te stock. Overall, at less than $600, I think it was a great deal, and better than most of the beat up Russian Olympic rifles I have seen, and they're in 22lr. I was planning on an M-96 Swedish Mauser, but I think this is a step up. Somebody was telling me about a possible source for match grade amunition, but I didn't write it down. If anyone is interested, Sarco sometimes has these available.

 

[USSR]

ROMAK IV,

I had one of those. Nice rifles, but they have EXTREMELY long throats. The match grade ammo is made in your reloading room using Lapua brass.

Don

 

[groda]

Nice purchase! That'll probably be the next rifle I buy.

 

[roo_ster]

Did you get it from Sarco?

 

[ROMAK IV]

No, but probably yes indirectly.

I had one of those. Nice rifles, but they have EXTREMELY long throats. The match grade ammo is made in your reloading room using Lapua brass.

Don

Am I correct in assuming that the bullet height is a bit higher than normal, producing a longer overall cartridge? I don't currently reload, so this might be a good time to start.

 

[USSR]

Am I correct in assuming that the bullet height is a bit higher than normal, producing a longer overall cartridge? I don't currently reload, so this might be a good time to start.

When you're reloading, you determine just how deep in the case you are going to seat your bullet. Unless you are doing some type of target shooting in which you are allowed to single load your ammo into the chamber, you will want to be sure that the ogive of your bullet does not make contact with the rifle's leade (throat) when chambering. In most cases (no pun intended), I like to seat bullets about .010" off the leade. With the 142SMK bullets I was using in the CG-63, you could seat those bullet out as far as you wanted, and there was no way you were going to get anywhere's near the throat.

Don