OK Old Thread but I thought I would keep this in one place:
So I decided to remove the scope from my Savage 340 30-30 ( Just thought I was missing out on the fun of shooting a Receiver sighted target gun!)
Anyway I had turned in some good groups with it with the scope after all the work I did to modify this rifle so I just decided to see what I can do with my old eyes, Receiver rear and Aperature globe front sights again after a long hiatus.
This Morning was the first day out with it sans the scope. Wasn't a pleasent morning; Cold and windy and cloudy.
It took 4 rounds to get it back on the bull @ 50yds after I put back the Williams receiver sight. For my sight radius I use a Black 3.5" bull at 50 yds.
I shot 4 ten shot groups 2 with the SAECO 315 and the last 2 were with my Modified Hollow Point, Lyman 311291 that I got from Ben.
I have been playing with the HP pin design to come up with a good shooting "Target bullet" The ones I used have quite a large and long HP.
I was very happy with how this new design shot My 4th target rivals all of the scope sighted groups I have shot! This tells me My old eye still may work and the rifle can shoot if it has a good bullet!
These are Powder coated with Smoke's Clear PC Even though they are Gas Checked bullet I have found that with PC coating they shoot better than plain base ( Ian's tip!)
In the target below out of 10 shots there are 8 into 1/2" so I think it works!
Jim