Originally Posted by titus2423
I was able to throw some rounds down the tube of this guy and it didn't do too bad. The ammo I had to shoot was Remington Thunderbolts. It was given to me before I had the rifle so it was all that I had to shoot. The guys over on rimfirecentral.com said this was some sub-par ammo. It was so-so.
I fired off 100 rounds and, in the first 30, I had 5 or 6 FTF's. In the next 70 rounds, I didn't have any FTF's. Overall, the action cycled pretty smoothly even after there was a noticeable carbon build up (I couldn't, and still can't, believe how dirty the Thunderbolts are). I didn't have any targets set up to shoot at (I was at our deer camp and the creek was too high to cross) but I did have a piece of plywood to shoot at. It was covered in snow and I knew I was hitting it because each shot would knock off a bit of snow. My "target" was about 60 yards away. Surprisingly, the little scope the rifle came with wasn't all that bad either. Upon shouldering the rifle, I didn't really have any difficulty acquiring a sight picture.
All in all, for the first 100 rounds through this rifle, I couldn't be happier with how it performed. Despite the negativity I've seen in numerous places about the ammo I had, as well as the scope, I've got every reason to believe I've got one heck of a rifle on my hands. Of course, to be completely convinced, I still need plenty more time at the range with a couple other types of ammo. Who in their right mind would have a problem with that? Haha, thanks for reading all