PRVI Partizan .243 ammo? anyone got any experience?

[Addison84]

Hello All!

 

Since i got my .243 variation ive been looking into ammunition.....PRVI Partizan in 100gr .243 comes in at a very reasonable price of £11 at Kent Wool Growers where other more recognisable brands such as Winchester and Remington are twice that price and more!

 

Has anyone used PRVI ammunition is it of a lesser quality round than the branded ones? or is it just as good?

 

Cheers!!

[bedwards1966]

Opinions seem to vary, the only way you'll find out is to try it yourself as different rifles like different ammo.

I know there are many people out there using it very happily, it's excellent value.

[foxnet22]

hello mate i use ppu in 223 with my tikka to very good effect for fox at 55grain but as mentioned your better off buying some to try out and see how they group.

[Vince Green]

I have actually found it often better than a lot of ammo twice its price. Its not inferior as a lot of people try to say, it just doesn't come from USA, shipping and importers add a lot to the price of ammo like Winchester, Remington and Federal, OK, so it comes from Eastern Europe but its actually made in one of the biggest and most modern factories in the world.

 

But, like all ammo there is only one way for you to find out. .243s tend to be a bit more fussy about 100grn and less fussy about 90grn.

[chris_shooting]

its good stuff same price as buying empty cases keep them reload your own

[Frenchieboy]

I have actually found it often better than a lot of ammo twice its price. Its not inferior as a lot of people try to say, it just doesn't come from USA, shipping and importers add a lot to the price of ammo like Winchester, Remington and Federal, OK, so it comes from Eastern Europe but its actually made in one of the biggest and most modern factories in the world.

 

But, like all ammo there is only one way for you to find out. .243s tend to be a bit more fussy about 100grn and less fussy about 90grn.

 

I well second every word of that mate. It is worth trying different types of ammo to see what your rifle likes the best but i personally would start by trying Partizan and if your rifle gets on well with it then stick with it!

I am lucky as my .243 loves Partizan ammunition which often gives me well under a 1 inch group at 100 yards so I don;t see the need to try other and more expensive ammunition which is often almost twice the price. Partizan ammunition is often a little underated purely because it is cheap, don't let the price fool you, in many cases it can perform just as well if not better than many other types of ammunition.

[remy 700]

Thanks frenchie privi does look tempting , do you need to clean more often ? usefull thread . thanks op

[steve_b_wales]

I've used this ammo in my Tikka T3 Lite. I've also used 22.250 and .308. In my opinion, there's nothing wromg with it. It may not be match ammo', but for vermin control, it's perfect. The brass is also good quality, and I keep it for reloading.

 

Steve.

[remy 700]

Great info cheers

[Alpha Mule]

On Steve's recommendation I tried it in my RWS 22-250 and it loves it.

[JBS]

My 22-250 a- bolt is fine with it, not as accurate as the hornady superformance I was using but that's on paper and that's not what I use it for, it kills a fox just as well as the rest and dead is dead

Edited September 27, 2012 by JBS

[Redgum]

My 243 didnt like ppu in 100gr and struggled to get a group less than an inch and a half, put some RWS ammo through it and very accurate,made it well worth reloading at the price of those. As said before on here, you have to try it, you may be lucky.

[Fisheruk]

My Tikka loves PPU in .223.

[Gerry31]

On Steve's recommendation I tried it in my RWS 22-250 and it loves it.

 

Doo sorry all fingers n thumbs. How have toy gone on with your Rws I have one in same cal. Mine was rubbish out of the box but after a bit of tinkering brilliant now

[matone]

Found it to be an excellent round on roe.

[Bewsher500]

mine hated the 100gr Privi

mind you it also hated 100gr Sako so it wasnt a snobby rifle

 

100gr interlocks went through perfectly though so it was the weight

[landrover]

my tikka .243 does not like the 100gr in privi just flies all over, thats with a 1 in 10 twist

[Dekers]

I use the PRVI .223 55g Sp, .243 90g SP and .308 150g SP.

 

They all work fine for me in the field.

 

As others have mentioned, my T3 Hunter .243 is not mad about the 100g ammo (thats any 100g) but is fine with the 90g PRVI.

[vmax55]

used to use this in my 223 aswell and found it great for foxing. tried 60 rounds through my 243 and was great at first but then started going all over the place . couldnt figure it out. out foxing one night and kept missing thought id lost my zero so put gun away. tried to rezero next day and couldnt get it to shoot straight. i pulled some of the heads off and found that instead of being 100gr as labelled the first i pulled was 90gr so i did another 88gr and so on it turned out that not one of the 10 rounds i pulled had a 100gr head on it. used to swear by ppu but know a bit weary so i started reloading my own.

[Addison84]

Wow so there really is a varied experience on use of this round, sounds like its a case of suck it and see! once i get my rifle together i'll by a couple of boxes and see how she likes it! fingers crossed she does as it will save me a lot of money straight away.

 

my next question would be why is it so cheap and if its (in some cases) as good as a 'branded' round, why are the branded ones cheaper?

[Vince Green]

Its not that its cheap, the american stuff is ridiculously expensive over here because the importers add so much on the price. Look on the US websites and you will find you can buy federal for example for about the same price as privi over there.

Edited September 29, 2012 by Vince Green

[Alpha Mule]

Doo sorry all fingers n thumbs. How have toy gone on with your Rws I have one in same cal. Mine was rubbish out of the box but after a bit of tinkering brilliant now

Accurate as an accurate thing. But too heavy for my liking.