Interesting. It shot the first load of Power Pistol (28 grain IIRC) pretty well at 50 yards - about 2" - nothing to brag about. Then I tried the next level up and the groups opened up. Again, these were with star-line brass, WLR primers and 350 grain Berry's plated bullets. The star-line calls for LR primers BTW.
Recoil for the Power Pistol loads was about like a 12 guage. Not too bad really.
While I was shooting the second load, I noticed that the reticle on the Weaver 1x3 scope was canted a bit to the right... weird as I had thought I had it pretty straight. Shot some more.... more cant. The scope was rotating in the mounts. OK.... The rings I have on this are about 1" wide and aluminum and I thought I had them torqued down pretty good -but certainly not gorilla tight. I've stripped screw holes out before being too enthusiastic with the torque...
Well, after shooting the rest of the 10 rounds of the second Power Pistol load, I got out the Tightgroup loads just to see if they showed any promise. Hmm -they were supposed to be in the same velocity range as the Power Pistol loads but man they were much lighter in recoil and printed about a foot higher and slightly to the right at 50 yards! They were about the same in grouping as the second Power Pistol load (4" or more at 50 yards - so pretty bad). But I don't know if it was the scope moving around or the loads...
After returning, I cleaned the rifle's bore and then loosened the scope rings and straightened the scope again. Then, I tightened to orangutang level - not quite gorilla
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Interestingly, while dry firing my rifle at home - I noticed that the reticle in the scope jumped a little with the hammer fall
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I'm going to try some loads with H110 at slightly higher velocity for the next trip.