Took the new Genesis out today for is virgin run at the range. Set the target up at 25 yds and got the scope close. Then set the target up at 100 yds. That Nikon scope with the BDC is nice and clear. The circles surround the 1" target dot almost perfectly at 100 yds.
The bore was swabbed between shots with Windex w/ammonia and a good scrubbing with Butch's after 3 shots.
Anyway, my first group with the 300 gr XTPs (.429") and Harvester crushed rib sabots measured about 3" with 90 gr of Pyrodex P. But this bullet/sabot combo was a bear to load. I switched over to 300 gr Shock Waves and shot a 2 1/2" group but they were strung out vertically. OK maybe it was me or everything was settling in. Don't know.TheShock Waves were easier to load. Snug but not tight. I did some minor sight adjustment and shot another 3 shot group - again about 2 1/2". I boosted up the charge to 100 gr of "P" and used the bottom BDC circle as my hold on the center dot. The firts 2 bullets formed a figure 8 and the third about 1 1/2" below them. Great.
I had 6 more Shock Waves left so I put up a new target and 1st shot hit 12:00at the top of the bull, second about 1" left and third 1" right. At this point I was getting tired but I still had 3 more bullets left.
I loaded up with 100 gr of FFFg and held at 6:00 on the 6" bull. The first 2 were about an inch apart and the last one about 3" low. (Could have been that I was getting sloppy with my swabbing and the barrel was a bit wet fouling some of the powder).
I think I canget this rifle to shoot even better once I find its sweet spot. Next time out I want to try some FFg and Pyro RS to see how they perform.
(Dave - How hard are the MMP sabots to load with the .458 bullets?)