Got a used one a few months back that was a commision estate sale in the LGS, it came home with me.
Initially I had some issues with it that turned out to be self induced, suffice to say don't use brass that has been fired multiple times in other rifles.
I spent a little time cleaning the thing as the firing pin was all gummed up but now I have it squeaky clean. I noticed the fore-end wasn't free floated so took the fore-end off got a piece of platic plumbing pipe superglued some 400 grade wet and dry paper and cut the barrel groove out until a sheet of paper slides all the way back to the receiver.
I fitted a nikko-stirling 1x4 boar eater scope to it and sighted it in at 25 yards, it's amazing. I used handloads with bullets from 100 grain Speer plinkers through 130 grain Barnes tsx and ttsx, onto 165 grain speer BTSP and Speer 168 grn bthp then 180 grain gc cast.
The 165 grain speers shot best 3 into a ragged hole, the worst were the speer 168 grn shot into about 1 1/4" again 3 shots with the rest of the loads in between. I am one happy bunny.
For some reason I've lost the images for the better groups but am going to the range again next week and will shoot some more. I've also bought some 180 SP bullets and some Hornady 110grn CX to load up and try.
Initially I had some issues with it that turned out to be self induced, suffice to say don't use brass that has been fired multiple times in other rifles.
I spent a little time cleaning the thing as the firing pin was all gummed up but now I have it squeaky clean. I noticed the fore-end wasn't free floated so took the fore-end off got a piece of platic plumbing pipe superglued some 400 grade wet and dry paper and cut the barrel groove out until a sheet of paper slides all the way back to the receiver.
I fitted a nikko-stirling 1x4 boar eater scope to it and sighted it in at 25 yards, it's amazing. I used handloads with bullets from 100 grain Speer plinkers through 130 grain Barnes tsx and ttsx, onto 165 grain speer BTSP and Speer 168 grn bthp then 180 grain gc cast.
The 165 grain speers shot best 3 into a ragged hole, the worst were the speer 168 grn shot into about 1 1/4" again 3 shots with the rest of the loads in between. I am one happy bunny.
For some reason I've lost the images for the better groups but am going to the range again next week and will shoot some more. I've also bought some 180 SP bullets and some Hornady 110grn CX to load up and try.