I have the NewEnglander in both .50 cal.and 12 gauge. Started with the .50 rifle and then added the 12 ga. barrel, then a camo synthetic stock, and finally bought an extralock so I would have two complete guns.
My rifle barrel likes Lee REAL bullets (325 gr.) ahead of 80 to 90 grains of ffg Goex. I have it set up with a fiber optic front sight and a T/C tang mounted peep. I shot it the other evening at 25 yards to check the sights and had one ragged hole for a group. At 50 yards the group opened up to just overa couple of inches, but with the heat & breeze that was blowing I wasn't upset.
I'd have to say the NewEnglander is a pretty dependable "no frills" gun.

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Almost forgot to mention that I did buy a scope base for the rifle barrel. I mounted it and put a Leupold 2-7x scope on it to see what the barrel was really capable of accuracy-wise. At 100 yards groups under 2" were easy with the Lee REALs. Somehow the scope just doesn't seem to "fit" the style, though, so I took it off and went back to open sights.