Well I got the scope mounted and had a chance to shoot it a little bit. It has been raining on and off all day. I took some pics as well
This is the pretty version:
This is the tactical version:
And I would not want to be on the buisiness end of this sucker! :
It took me three shots to sight it in after bore sighting it. I fired one shot at 25 yards and it was way low so I had to shim the rear mount. Next shot at 50 was a bit low. I turned the scope the apropriate number of clicks to compensate and the next shot was dead on 2 inches high at 50 yards.
I did not get a chance to shoot for groups or anything, but from what I can tell it is pretty accurate. Every shot was pretty much dead on for windage, and both the adjustments I made did what they were suposed to do. So this leads me to believe the scope tracks pretty well and the gun should group decent. It was a bit windy so I did not even attempt a 100 yard shot.
Recoil was not that bad with the 2 3/4 inch light field hybreds. Nothing like my turkey loads! Simular to my muzzle loader with 95 grns of 777 fffg and a 350 grn bullet. My muzzle loader is fairly heavy as well and handles recoil nicely.
This rifle is HEAVY! I weighed it with the scope, bipod and 5 rounds of ammo and it weighed 12.5 lbs on our digital bathroom scale. Deffintately not a mountain rifle or something you would want to use on a drive. Good thing I hunt from an enclosed elevated blind for gun season. And I don't use the bipod for deer hunting.
Maybe I will get to shoot it more later, if I can afford the ammo! That is one draw back to this weapon. It is not cheap to shoot. Of course once it's sighted in I shouldn't have to shoot it more than 3 or 4 times a year. I am sort of curious what it would do to a woodchuck though.
And the best part, when I'm done I can just wipe it down, run a swab down the barrel and put it a way. I don't have to rip the whole gun apart and scrub it with hot water, let it dry, lube it and re-assemble it. And I didn't choke on that nasty smoke once
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Paul