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Started off with 62 grains of IMR 4831 and the 286 gr Woodleighs. Since the range closed early I had to improvise on a target stand so the conditions sucked. Iron sights are bright but seem sort of crude for serious work. I sat at the bench and put a pad under my arms and tried to shoot one shot from each barrel as quick as possible. With the sun in my face I was getting about 2 inch groups so I moved up to 63 grains and the groups tightened about 1/2 inch. Next trip out I will load up some 64 and 65 to see what happends. None of the loads are crossing.
First day at the range with the new rifle. It seems to be ok and the point of impact is reasonably close to where I am trying to hit. The rifle was shooting just a tad to the right so I tried to move the rear sight to the left with a brass hammer and I could not budge the sight. I ended up cracking that orange disk inside the rear sight. How do I get a replacement? Is there a trick to getting the rear sight to move?
I may add the scope for the load developement. I did not purchase the claw mount. Do you just remove those nasty skinny screws holding the blocks in place on top of the barrels?


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What distance were you shooting and what primer did you use?


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30 yards and Fed 215's.


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I would not worry about adjusting the sights until I found the proper load.

Contact JJ Perodeau at Champlin Arms in regard to replacing the orange inserts on your rear sight.


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