Things went much better today, after some initial problems getting the first charge to go bang, I dropped a couple grains of powder under the nipple and that got it cleared out. Fired first try every time for the 10 shots I took, didn't have as mich time as I would have liked.
I've got it sighted in pretty good now and can hit the X ring pretty reliably from around 35 yards on an official 100 yard target. I'll have to upgrade from the stock sites, or try targets other than black to get out to 100 yards I think. Its not real easy to make out the black target over dark grey sights, especially as wide as they are. Don't think its my eyesight, supposed to have 20/20 vision
I also got my older brother in on it. He let out a "holy S#it" when he saw me shoot it the first time, and said it was really cool with the sound and the smell and everything. Then he shot it once and let out a bigger "holy s#it" before walking away with a big grin. I'm planning on taking him and a few first timers out to shoot my marlin .22, and the GPR in the near future to try and get a few more people hooked on shooting
I've got it sighted in pretty good now and can hit the X ring pretty reliably from around 35 yards on an official 100 yard target. I'll have to upgrade from the stock sites, or try targets other than black to get out to 100 yards I think. Its not real easy to make out the black target over dark grey sights, especially as wide as they are. Don't think its my eyesight, supposed to have 20/20 vision
I also got my older brother in on it. He let out a "holy S#it" when he saw me shoot it the first time, and said it was really cool with the sound and the smell and everything. Then he shot it once and let out a bigger "holy s#it" before walking away with a big grin. I'm planning on taking him and a few first timers out to shoot my marlin .22, and the GPR in the near future to try and get a few more people hooked on shooting