Thread: Availability of Type 97 semi-auto

I did some shooting with the military version in Beijing a couple of years ago, one with iron sights and the other was a 'sniper' version with a scope. Reliability was fine, ergonomics were so-so, accuracy was mediocre. The iron sights had a very large front sight that made accurate shooting very difficult. Groups at 80 metres were all in the chest area of the target, iron sights about 200mm for 20 shots, scoped rifle about 100mm for 20 shots. Shorts bursts opened things up a lot more.