I've had this rifle for a bit over a month
I purchased it used with a Donny FL can on it.
I'm a bullet caster of many years and a .35 caliber rifle fan so this gun made sense to me.
After trying the lighter pistol type bullets I've found the gun to prefer 200-225g semi pointed rifle type bullets with shorter body and longer nose.
The best design so far is the SAECO #351 plainbase mold.The nose diameter is such that when pushing it in the breech is tends to center nicely. Others of similar shape with smaller noses do not shoot quite as well but still better than the short pistol types.
The gun is shooting about 210 fpe on high power for 6 or 7 good shots and roughly 130 fpe in low power for about 15 good shots.
Accuracy is "usually " 3-4 MOA for 5 at 100 yards . The better 5 shot groups at 50 yards are into 1" quite often.At 25 yards its just a ragged hole.
I found I was getting a slight bit of lead in the bore and accuracy suffered. I now coat my bullets and let them dry with carnauba wax(planet waves wood instrument polish) and accuracy is now reliable.
I'm happy with the rifle and having an Omega compressor and making bullets from reclaimed lead as well as recovering my bullets makes it as close to free to shoot as possible.
These groups are today at 60 yards(in a bit of wind) and are average with the 200g.
Holy cow these guns have hideous trigger pulls!!
I purchased it used with a Donny FL can on it.
I'm a bullet caster of many years and a .35 caliber rifle fan so this gun made sense to me.
After trying the lighter pistol type bullets I've found the gun to prefer 200-225g semi pointed rifle type bullets with shorter body and longer nose.
The best design so far is the SAECO #351 plainbase mold.The nose diameter is such that when pushing it in the breech is tends to center nicely. Others of similar shape with smaller noses do not shoot quite as well but still better than the short pistol types.
The gun is shooting about 210 fpe on high power for 6 or 7 good shots and roughly 130 fpe in low power for about 15 good shots.
Accuracy is "usually " 3-4 MOA for 5 at 100 yards . The better 5 shot groups at 50 yards are into 1" quite often.At 25 yards its just a ragged hole.
I found I was getting a slight bit of lead in the bore and accuracy suffered. I now coat my bullets and let them dry with carnauba wax(planet waves wood instrument polish) and accuracy is now reliable.
I'm happy with the rifle and having an Omega compressor and making bullets from reclaimed lead as well as recovering my bullets makes it as close to free to shoot as possible.
These groups are today at 60 yards(in a bit of wind) and are average with the 200g.
Holy cow these guns have hideous trigger pulls!!
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