Howdy all,
One bit I failed to mention about my sighting in process with the presence of fouling in the bore prior to shooting. My rifle was NIB and still wrapped in the factory plastic. When I cleaned the bore pre-shooting there was absolutely fouling in it, both copper and powder residue. My assumption is that it was test fired and not cleaned. I use Butch's Bore shine and actually never got it 100% clean before shooting it. I never got it 100% clean afterward either, despite 10-15 min of scrubbing. I though it was pretty odd. Now, this is a minute of deer vitals gun and its fine for that but I wondered if anyone else noticed something like this pre-shooting.
Phil