Set up a target at 50 yards, got on the paper with the second shot, in the 10 ring the 4th shot and moved out to 100 meters. First 3 shots were all over the paper, about a 15" group.
I then noticed that the rifle had slid back on the rest so the barrel was resting on the pad instead of the forend. I adjusted this, got the forend back on the rest and shot the group you see here. It's about 2 1/4 inches c-c, which is about as good as I can see the iron sights. I really like the tiny bead on the front sight. The range this morning was set up for Lever Action Silhouette, so I shot some offhand, managed 10 in a row on the pigs so decided to quit while I was ahead! 
I had a little trouble with my loads, they were a tad too long, I had 5 rounds that refused to chamber but was able to seat the bullets in a little and they worked just fine. I also had one round a fizzler, just smoked a little and pushed the bullet maybe an inch into the barrel. I used Winchester Large Rifle primers and I have been having trouble with this lot, they wont fire at all in my Marlin 336a 32 Special. There was also quite a bit of unburned powder left in the barrel after each shot. I am going to switch to Magnum primers and see if that cures it. I cleaned the rifle after each 10 or 12 rounds and got no lead whatsoever out of it.
I didn't get to fire all my ammo, there were about 10 or 12 of my buddies there and they all got to shoot a round or two, made me feel good to share the joy a little and they were all duly impressed.
Here a few pics: 
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