I intend this revolver to be my deer hunting gun, and practicing at 25 and 50 yards, it seemed like I just couldn't be confident enough using the iron sights.
So I decided to scope the gun, which made for hours of fun, online shopping! ^L^
I finally decided on a Weigand aluminum base, in matte black, with heavy duty Warne Maxima rings and a Burris 2x-7x EER Pistol scope. I was looking at a Weaver 2x-7x scope, but I noticed the exit pupil on the Burris was at least 1mm larger at all magnifications, and now that I have the scope it is very bright, even on cloudy days.
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I didn't bore sight the setup, so I quite pleased with the very first group I shot, off a front rest at 25 yards. I was shooting single-action, using Hornady 240 grain XTP ammo.
A few twists of the sight adjustments and the groups were well centered. Once I shot this group I figured it was time to more the targets to 50 yards! ^L^
I was shooting about 1 inch high at 50 yards, so clicked down four clicks and shot these two groups. The "flyer" was my fault I am sure. I had mowed the lawn and pulled weeds for about three hours before I shot and was a bit tired and unsteady for ultimate accuracy. -L-
Good enough for today, although I moved the target back to 25 yards and shot this group to see how low it would shoot at the shorter distance. Not bad!
Okay, the Deer Hunter is almost ready! I still have to take it over to the benchrest range and shoot it at 100 yards, but that I'll leave for another day. (Hmmm, today is another day! ^L^ ) Thanks for looking!
- Thomas
So I decided to scope the gun, which made for hours of fun, online shopping! ^L^
I finally decided on a Weigand aluminum base, in matte black, with heavy duty Warne Maxima rings and a Burris 2x-7x EER Pistol scope. I was looking at a Weaver 2x-7x scope, but I noticed the exit pupil on the Burris was at least 1mm larger at all magnifications, and now that I have the scope it is very bright, even on cloudy days.
Click for Big Image
I didn't bore sight the setup, so I quite pleased with the very first group I shot, off a front rest at 25 yards. I was shooting single-action, using Hornady 240 grain XTP ammo.
A few twists of the sight adjustments and the groups were well centered. Once I shot this group I figured it was time to more the targets to 50 yards! ^L^
I was shooting about 1 inch high at 50 yards, so clicked down four clicks and shot these two groups. The "flyer" was my fault I am sure. I had mowed the lawn and pulled weeds for about three hours before I shot and was a bit tired and unsteady for ultimate accuracy. -L-
Good enough for today, although I moved the target back to 25 yards and shot this group to see how low it would shoot at the shorter distance. Not bad!
Okay, the Deer Hunter is almost ready! I still have to take it over to the benchrest range and shoot it at 100 yards, but that I'll leave for another day. (Hmmm, today is another day! ^L^ ) Thanks for looking!
- Thomas
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