Ok, let me first say that this is not my rifle, and I am not sold on the caliber. I was zeroing it for a friend. He had a Sig Buckmaster 3x12x44 scope on it. I had read a lot about these rifles a year or two ago, never saw one, but he got a deal on it at Wal Mart, with several boxes of ammo available, Hornady and Winchester, both 180 sp. I got it on paper right away, 3 shots, went to 100 yds,2 more shots, zeroed. I shot a 3 shot group about .600 center to center, with the Hornady ammo. Then holding the same zero, the Winchester hit 3/4" higher, dead on left and right. These 3 went into 3/4". I consider that pretty dang good, for a factory rifle, and 2 different brands of ammo, no barrel break in, just clean the barrel good before shooting. Also, even with the soft recoil pad, the round had a little more recoil than I thought it would, due to me not holding it tight enough to begin with. I dont see it replacing the .357 Maximum, nor a .35 Remington, 30/30 for that matter either. But it fed great, ejected great, shot fine and recoil was not too bad if held tightly. This is a niche caliber, and should do nicely to fill that niche. Afterwards, I compared it to a 38/55 and not as long or as big a case, smaller bullet, .355-180 gr versus .380-265, with about the same recoil, no question to what I would use. That and a dollar.
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