A couple of others that I'll add:

9)I have a 2.5x7 Cabelas Pine Ridge scope on my Kodiak, it is the first scope I have owned. Windage adjustments are responsive and easily accomplished. Elevation adjustments are elusive, at least for me. It always seem to take a lot more "clicks" than it should to get the desired effect. On the bright side, the optics seem good so far.

10)Here are the load combinations I tried and some comments:

270 gr. Speer Gold Dot softnose flat point/Knight green sabot/100gr. RS and 90gr. 777 2f- takes two hands on the ramrod to load with a lot of pressure. I really want to find a combination that works with this bullet as I think it has a lot to offer. I ran out of sabots before finding the correct elevation adjustment to get me where I wanted to be at 75 yds. Will produce sub-1" three shot groups and 1-1/2" five shot groups if I do my part but I started getting vertical stringing when I adjusted for elevation. The green Knight sabots are very stiff and the bullets do not seem to "seat" comfortably inside of them, but they were all I could find for .44 bullets. Recovered sabots are only about 1/3-1/2 open.

Same bullet paired with a TC Mag Express sabot (black). I was thinking that the Cheap Shots and XTP's that come with this sabot were .430 bullets, but they must be .451. Bullet fits beautifully in the sabot but simply falls down the barrel, too scared to shoot more than two of them!

TC Mag Express 240gr. XTP with black sabot/90gr. 777 2f- grouped about 2-3"@75yds with some flyers. Didn't appear too consistent, but then again, I didn't shoot many of them either. Recovered sabots were at very inconsistent distances and conditions. Some were 10 yards, some 25. Some were flared wide open, some were nearly closed.

Knight 260gr. all lead/black sabot/90gr. 777 2f- found these in my Dad's old BP stuff purchased in the late 80's and decided to try them. They load hard but produced a 1-1/2" group 4" high at 75 yds. I only have a handful of them, but they look promising. They make a larger, ragged hole in the target- could they be keyhole-ing? The recoved sabots were within 1' of each other five yards from the gun, all in the exact same fully opened condition. Pretty sure you can't buy these anymore.

240gr. TC Cheapshot/90gr. 777 2f-last load of the day/night. Three shots, sub 1" group, 1" high. Loading not bad, but a little more difficult than I remember. They were the first sabots I bought when I got the Kodiak and I had gotten 1-1/2" groups at 50 yds with them with open sights and 85 gr. RS. I'm going to hunt with this one.

270gr. Buffalo Ball-et/85gr. 777 2f- shot three of these for effect as I was considering using them as an easy loading follow-up shot while hunting. They shot 4" low and 4" left but produced a 1" three shot group. Don't need a short starter with these! I wish I could find more of them but my normal suppliers are sold out.