Devonai
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So I finally took my recently purchased #4 to the range this morning. The free range I use is limited to 35 yards, but this was fine since I wanted to see how the rifle was grouping.
Firing from the prone resulted in a 3" group about 10" low and 5" right. I was able to bring the windage over a couple of inches simply by being more careful with my trigger pull, but the elevation correction had to be done manually. Aiming at point approximately 10" above the target resulted in a good group.
When I bought the rifle, there was an almost identical #4 sitting right next to it. It was ten dollars less and I pored over the two rifles, trying to figure out the price difference. Finally I decided on the more expensive one ($199). However, I thought that I'd purchased the rifle with a 0.30 front sight blade. Today I realized that my rifle actually has a 0.60 front sight blade. Time to hit the books and find out which sight to use.
I also discovered that my rifle doesn't like Remington UMC brand .303 for some reason. The bold either won't strip the round from the magazine or it will slip, jamming the round and damaging the case. Sellier & Bellot, however, resulted in no functions problems whatsoever.
Firing from the prone resulted in a 3" group about 10" low and 5" right. I was able to bring the windage over a couple of inches simply by being more careful with my trigger pull, but the elevation correction had to be done manually. Aiming at point approximately 10" above the target resulted in a good group.
When I bought the rifle, there was an almost identical #4 sitting right next to it. It was ten dollars less and I pored over the two rifles, trying to figure out the price difference. Finally I decided on the more expensive one ($199). However, I thought that I'd purchased the rifle with a 0.30 front sight blade. Today I realized that my rifle actually has a 0.60 front sight blade. Time to hit the books and find out which sight to use.
I also discovered that my rifle doesn't like Remington UMC brand .303 for some reason. The bold either won't strip the round from the magazine or it will slip, jamming the round and damaging the case. Sellier & Bellot, however, resulted in no functions problems whatsoever.