Thread: omark 44

its a target rifle it will be barreled for longer pills
mine also shot the south African milsurp that you could buy 160rnds for $80 but ya cant buy that now I sold all my 308's when that dryed up as not worth owning one when you have to hand load anyway and there's better cals such as 6.5 out there but the omark is one I should of kept

If it has an original barrel it was set up to shoot the 144gr projectile in vogue at the time. More than OK to stabalise 155gr.
If it is a 44B it will have the larger diameter pin locking the bolt head. The smaller pins in the first 44 are a safety issue - a reported history of them breaking and potential for the bolt head not being retained. The pins can be fractured by dry firing.

This doesn't help with a date but gives I think a sequence of manufacture
Sportco serial numerics
I have one with DL in the serial number. The old fullbore shooters probably knew the significane of the nubers off the top of their heads