So I got to go out and shoot some powder today. The good news it he POI seems to be about the same. The bad news is for some reason my scope was off. I shot the powder first and it was about 3" to the right. I thought it must shoot different, but then shot my old load of pellets and it hit the same spot. Made a nice group there. I hope this scope isn't going bad on me. It's a $30 Tasco, but I've had it for years and it's been a great scope. It's the cheapest scope I've got, but it's one of my favorites, and I've had a lot of good times with it. I've actually killed my two biggest deer with this gun with this scope. I'm not so quick to blame it though as it's several other factors that could have messed it up. When I sighted it in, I just did a few shots and 2 hit about 1.5" right and 2 hit in the bullseye. I left it alone as I didn't have time to shoot much more. Then during hunting season I shot a deer with it and hit it exactly where I wanted. Actually shot it between the eyes as I couldn't get a good shot at it. After that, my gun did get bumped around a little in a mule when hauling the deer out, but nothing that should have knocked the scope off. Then I took the stock off when cleaning it. I'm aware this can sometimes change the POI on rifles if the screws aren't torqued exactly the same. So I guess this could have had something to do with it. Other than that, I'm not sure what it was.

I ended up having a little trouble getting it sighted in. For some reason I was having a lot of trouble shooting this though. I've gotten used to the light trigger on my other guns that I mostly shoot. I kept squeezing the trigger on this thing between breathes and it wouldn't go off. So I'd have to take a few more breathes and squeeze it again and harder. I had several times where I went to pull the trigger and it didn't go off because I didn't squeeze hard enough. I used to not be bothered by this, but once I got used to a light trigger, I have a really hard time with these heavy triggers. The other issue I was having is I was pulling some, mostly due to trying to pull the trigger, and some just because I was flinching for some reason today.

I think I may have to go shoot it more another day to get it sighted in. Then I will see if it holds zero until hunting season. I shot one or two good groups with this gun today though. Just not exactly where I wanted. Then I'd adjust the scope, then I'd pull a few shots, so I'd adjust it more, and then see I'd been pulling. It just was a rough day.

I'm glad to see the powder shot the same poi as the pellets though as I can now use both. I didn't think the powder was hard to pour down the barrel, but it was hard to get out of the jug into the powder measure, but I wouldn't do that in the field anyway.