Allright, had my first rangetrip with the Marlin yesterday,
which was a mixed blessing. First, I love shooting it! Shot it with S&B .357 FMJ, and the recoil was a breeze. It was really comfortable, and enjoyable to shoot. But, downside of it, I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn.
The iron-sights weren't calibrated for correct windage at all, and every shot hit about 2-2.5 FEET (!!) to the left at 100m. As if that werent enough, the elevation on the ironsights really bothered me. At the "notch" I used, I hit low. I tried elevating it, and then hit equally high as I had hit low. Sigh..
So, using iron sights at 100m was really disappointing. Perhaps it was just me, but I usually do a much better job at shooting than that.
It really annoys me that there are no ranges less than 100m in these areas as well. I went to the gunshop today and ordered a weaver-base, and I'm stealing the scope from my CZ452. That gun has great iron sights anyway.
Im really excited about trying the Marlin with a scope
The irons just werent that good, Imo.
I managed to save my day by shooting clays and hitting 23/25 on my second outing ever shooting clays, last time I got 16/25, so atleast something went right