Got to shoot the gun today, and the intention was to sight it in and shoot some groups. That was a fantasy as there was an event going on at the Range and the wind was blowing hard at 40 MPH sideways!
I might add that this was a trip I was seriously loaded for. I had all my shotguns and all my loaded shotgun ammo with me which required the big truck to haul. I also had my chrono and the bench rest etc etc. Now I have to go out and unload it all and put it all away.
So I only got to shoot a few rounds. Results were encouraging!
First: The gun goes bang every time. It also runs like advertised, which is a big win for me, as it means that I can disassemble and reassemble a Browning A5 correctly!
I had the Miroku Smoothbore Slug barrel on the gun so no bore sized slugs today. I also had to shoot offhand as the bench was already taken by someone else. This was the first day anyone has been able to shoot at the Ojai Valley Gun Club Range for months so there was alot of people there.
Second; I can also Eyeball the set up of Sights pretty close,,, as the very first shot went dead center on the Hanging Silhouette Chicken at 50 M I was aiming at! 6 of the next 7 shots also hit said chicken. I shot the last two Lee Slugs I had loaded at the 100 Meter Hanging Pigs and was close, but no hits.
In all the gun shoots well and is easy to run and will get easier the more I play with it. Can't wait to shoot the Hastings barrel! but I still need to actually put the gun on paper and see what is happening. Might go to the Santa Barbara Range next week and sight it in there. That range is shielded from the wind and is more conducive to 50 and 100 yard shooting that mine is.
Here's some pics of the chickens.
Randy