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Well well well, finally got the lady home an had a chance to get out this morning an shoot a box of rounds down the tube an see how things went.
I'm writing this off the top of my head so bare with me, will try set it out alright.
Keep in mind this Rifle is 2nd hand, although had really only been bought, shot, sold as the funds went into something else. I'm not sure if anything has been done to the rifle/trigger.
Out of the Case and first look there isn't a mark on it bar one bit of a blemish in a corner of the woodwork but fairly un noticeable.
The rifle is really short an points well, it isn't a lightweight but is on par with a win94 full loaded.
I dry fired the trigger an was surprised with its performance, it was a lot lighter than I expected from a Ruger and broke clean. that was a plus straight away.
I purchased 2 boxes of Highland AX 150gr SPBT factory ammo, it was cheap and I had heard the brass is good for Ron.
Time for some Testing
I setup on the Front bonnet for a rest on a Jacket, The target was Shoebox/A4 size at 56m with the range finder, That was close enough to get a feel for the Recoil and hope it would shoot on the paper.
The first shot I sat the front bead deep down in the Buckhorns and centred on the X and thought I'd go from there, Nothing printed on the paper after the first shot, I slipped another Bullet down the tube an aimed similar again. Walked up for a look and found both shots had hit Low into a Truck tyre below the target, I adjusted my Hold an "Aired" the bead out of the Buckhorn a little and Fired Again.
A Hit just below Centre of X, Shot 3,4,5 had all ended up an Inch apart!
I then shot 5 more rounds one after another, only sitting the rifle down to check the Target through the Binoculars, before reloading an firing.
The 10 shot Target -2 low]
I've encountered a slight issue with the Safety switch in the Fire mode, it sits up an as you Eject a spent case it catches an wont allow the bullet to slip out not a big deal for now but could become an issue if you were needing a clean backup shot.
A quick fix would be some time with a fine file , will leave be for now.
Buckhorn sight with White diamond, I like this feature and once elevation is setup better will make things a little easier than matte black buckhorns.
The rear sight is also a Folding setup, So if Scope & mounts were to be added, looks quite fancy.
I find the .303 British a good round to shoot in a compact rifle like this, Recoil is there but it isn't brutal and only a little bit of muzzle jump. Noise wasn't overly loud either.. just another CF round.
Some porn
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Before I packed up for the Day, I sat the Shoebox out by a pile of dirt and came back an ranged the distance, it read 140m and I thought il see how long it takes until I hit the box, first and second shot both a Fraction Low, and the 3rd was a hit, 4 inches from the base of Box...
I am confident that this round will be very usefull an successful in what I aim to do with it, especially out to 150m if on a broadside deer, No doubt a lot more practise to come an a lot more tesing for accuracy, although I think things are looking pretty good.
Thanks for looking an its no Nick Harvey review but I paid for this one
just happy to be out shooting it.
Cheers
WL
I'm writing this off the top of my head so bare with me, will try set it out alright.
Keep in mind this Rifle is 2nd hand, although had really only been bought, shot, sold as the funds went into something else. I'm not sure if anything has been done to the rifle/trigger.
Out of the Case and first look there isn't a mark on it bar one bit of a blemish in a corner of the woodwork but fairly un noticeable.
The rifle is really short an points well, it isn't a lightweight but is on par with a win94 full loaded.
I dry fired the trigger an was surprised with its performance, it was a lot lighter than I expected from a Ruger and broke clean. that was a plus straight away.
I purchased 2 boxes of Highland AX 150gr SPBT factory ammo, it was cheap and I had heard the brass is good for Ron.
Time for some Testing
I setup on the Front bonnet for a rest on a Jacket, The target was Shoebox/A4 size at 56m with the range finder, That was close enough to get a feel for the Recoil and hope it would shoot on the paper.
The first shot I sat the front bead deep down in the Buckhorns and centred on the X and thought I'd go from there, Nothing printed on the paper after the first shot, I slipped another Bullet down the tube an aimed similar again. Walked up for a look and found both shots had hit Low into a Truck tyre below the target, I adjusted my Hold an "Aired" the bead out of the Buckhorn a little and Fired Again.
A Hit just below Centre of X, Shot 3,4,5 had all ended up an Inch apart!
I then shot 5 more rounds one after another, only sitting the rifle down to check the Target through the Binoculars, before reloading an firing.
The 10 shot Target -2 low]
I've encountered a slight issue with the Safety switch in the Fire mode, it sits up an as you Eject a spent case it catches an wont allow the bullet to slip out not a big deal for now but could become an issue if you were needing a clean backup shot.
A quick fix would be some time with a fine file , will leave be for now.
Buckhorn sight with White diamond, I like this feature and once elevation is setup better will make things a little easier than matte black buckhorns.
The rear sight is also a Folding setup, So if Scope & mounts were to be added, looks quite fancy.
I find the .303 British a good round to shoot in a compact rifle like this, Recoil is there but it isn't brutal and only a little bit of muzzle jump. Noise wasn't overly loud either.. just another CF round.
Some porn
]
Before I packed up for the Day, I sat the Shoebox out by a pile of dirt and came back an ranged the distance, it read 140m and I thought il see how long it takes until I hit the box, first and second shot both a Fraction Low, and the 3rd was a hit, 4 inches from the base of Box...
I am confident that this round will be very usefull an successful in what I aim to do with it, especially out to 150m if on a broadside deer, No doubt a lot more practise to come an a lot more tesing for accuracy, although I think things are looking pretty good.
Thanks for looking an its no Nick Harvey review but I paid for this one
just happy to be out shooting it. Cheers
WL
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