I set up at 50 yards and used Federal American Eagle 100 gr JSP. I have previously shot this load in my Ruger LCRX and it was downright painful in that little revolver.
Loaded two in the mag and worked the lever. JAM Cleared the action and the second levered in fine. Unloaded and again put two in the mag, levered and JAM. Did it again and the ctg. Chambered fine. Fired the shot and worked the lever, chambered fine. Okay then....
Continued to shoot the rifle two shots at a time adjusting the scope. Had a few jams but mostly chambered fine. The more I shot the rifle the less problems I had until after a dozen shots or so no more jams whatsoever. Got my scope set and then decided to put 10 in the mag and shoot thru them. 100% reliably both with chambering and ignition. I had no light strikes like Shakey Jake had with his rifle. I did not try any other loads.
The Leupold Rimfire scope I put on it was amazingly bright and clear. I had been shooting an AR with a cheap Vortex (20mm) just prior and the brightness difference was huge.
The first target was shot while adjusting my scope with the three shots in the bullseye the last three I fired. The second is the 10 shot full magazine series I shot and the group opened up some. I will admit I was more focused on the rifles functionality than absolute accuracy with this group and I’m sure the rifle is capable of better accuracy than that group shows. Not terrible however. All shots at 50 yards bagged on a bench.
I’m pretty certain the few jamming issues I had in the beginning was due to the rifle being unfired as suspected as the problem went away quickly with a little firing.
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