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7.7 jap sporter
chorkie
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I picked up a sporterized 7.7 Jap today. The metal work is pretty good and the stock is a so-so homemade job. It came with a Bausch & Lomb Elite 3000 4x12 scope, sling , hard case and 67 rds of reloads (in Norma brass). I went to the range and shot the 7 loose rds into a group that measured 1 3/8" center to center at 100 yds. Do all of these things shoot this well? I bought it to sell and am wondering if I should part it out or sell it as a is? Which way do you think I'll get more $?.
Chorkie
Chorkie
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I have a friend up in Morenci Michigan who has one of those. It is very accurate and has recoil somewhere around a 30.06. He pays about $25.00 a box for the Norma ammo.
My 7.7Jap using buddy moved out of state, so I have no more use for the dies & bullets, if you want to reload. Brass can easily be made from 30-06 cases, but it will be about .003 undersize at the base (in the chamber is "jugged" even the proper brass will have problems).
His was shooting around 1 3/4" groups as I remember.
Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
I added an old side mount scope & a slip on recoil pad to lengthen the stock & had a surpriseingly good rifle for a total investment of about twenty-five dollars. (I said it was a long time ago & I did also have to buy a set of reloading dies as there was no ammunition available at that time but it was easy to make from 30-06s.)
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