If the price is right, I'd say GFI, you won't be dissapointed with the accuracy. The other caution I would give you is to watch that skinny barrel, mine is generally only good for about 5 rounds, (dependent on ambient temp) before it's time to go scrounge brass for awhile. I mean I think you could hang a plumb bob between top & bottom. It measured around 2.5", perfectly strung vertically. I've been messing around w/some 225415 boolits, but have yet to settle in a nice load, though one group I shot last weekend shows quite a little promise. The rifle tube shoots j-words like a champ, generally one ragged hole w/one flier regardless of what I feed it. I sort of use the elev turret as a rib/bead and managed to hit around 60% or so of the clays my buddy was chucking I'm sure I'll come up with a better method given more practice. 222/20 ga with a Lyman All American 4X on top the scope does make hitting anything with the shotgun tube a little different. It doesn't look any better than the original finish which was almost paint.īret- I concur with the new plastic stocks, they make the damn thing feel like a club. I sanded off the finish and used some cherry stain on the stock. Probably the reciever sight helped more than anything else. Lots of grumbeling from the guys with rifled barrels and expensive slugs. I won a slug shoot at my club quite a few years back. If I was only allowed one long gun, this would be it.
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The shot gun patterned OK, then I took a straight reamer and took a few thousands out of the end of the choke. If you can buy an older one, you will probably be better off, but this is just my opinion. I had a williams peep sight installed on it which was a huge help. I would never shoot over 50 yards anyhow, my eyes are not that good. For lead, I did find a load that would shoot. This one shoots great even though the 222 barrel is terrible looking and I can't reach the rifling with any boolit. He sent it back again and I got a new gun.
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They said nothing wrong with the gun and returned it with the same problems. I am lucky, I bought it from a gunsmith and he send it back. Changing to a rear peep and Firesight front made it easier to shoot for me at least.
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It also had a crack in the chamber of the 222. My first one would come open upon firing. At the end of the day, I usually have something to eat. When deer hunting, I do all the driving and let the other guys sit. I prefer to hunt partridge instead of deer, but I have shot both with it.