Recoil junkie's unite!

[Wagguy80]

     Another fun day of shooting to double check everything was on.  My .444 Handi was cutting ragged holes out to 50 yards.  Also got to shoot a CVA Scout in .35 Whelen a friend brought out.  Was told by my buddy that when I first shot the .444 everybody watching said "Dang" (Ok really they said the other word).  One of them asked if it hit me in the eye.  Recoil is far from brutal even with just a t-shirt on.  Was easy shooting from an operating perspective.  Heavy enough to know you've been out shooting, but nothing to cry to momma about.
     However it did give me a side by side comparison of the two rifles.  I really liked the CVA Scout and can't find any negative's to it.  Also it did not suffer any FTF's at all with the .35 whelen, buddy said he hadn't run into that problem.  Accuracy wise he was shooting from a led sled, and I was shooting from a sitting position on the ground.  Both rifles shot right in there with each other.  As a side note my Handi is 100% factory, and has no mods to date.  Both rifles shot 100%, I could not tell 10 cents worth of difference in their accuracy either.  Neither are match rifles but for hunting I would take which ever I got the better price on.


     Still getting used to the trigger however as you do have to account for the trigger break vs the hammer strike.  I can tell if your not careful it is easy to pull a shot with it.  I did pull a couple.  I don't think lightening it would fix it, and I know a trigger stop is not an option as it must come all the way back.  Just something that takes some getting used to like shooting a sidelock muzzle loader.  Really it'll just tell on you real bad if you have a flinch.


    Anyway a fun day of shooting, putting up stands, and 4-wheeler riding.  85 degree's though and season starts the day after tomorrow.   Crazy weather.

[Wagguy80]

     An interesting note I didn't bore sight this rifle.  I simply made sure the base was tight.  Took the base off, and added my home brand of lock-tite, then mounted the scope.  Was 4" low, and 1/2" to the right at 25 yards.  In fact I've never bore sighted a rifle.  I find at 25 yards with the scope set at the factory center.  A rifle should be on paper at 25 yards or something is way off with the mounting.



I've got some plans for this rifle in the future.  Might try dipping, and I'm going to glass bed the fore-end.  Right now she's stock with a Tasco 3x9x50 bucksight mounted on weaver rings.  Can't remember the name but they're steel and have two top bands on each mount to hold the scope.  I used these on my .30-06 and last year even after falling on it hard enough to break 2 ribs, and bend the eye-piece on my Tasco worldclass scope they did not budge.  The rifle was still dead on, however the eye-relief left a little to be desired. lol

It sits pretty close to my eye about 2½" enough to scare others into not wanting to shoot it.  However it hasn't hit me...yet.  I say yet because you know that crazy off-handed shot is going to come when it's early, and freezing with heavy gloves, and POW!  Right in the eye. lol

[gcrank1]

If thats the ragged hole cutter at 50yd.s I wouldnt mess with bedding anything! (ie, If it ain't broke, dont fix it)  .

[Wagguy80]

True I'll wait until I get a chance to really stretch it out there and see how it does.  However I did notice that where I held the front stock affected my point of impact.