Originally Posted by Blacktail53
Shot mine in 6.5 CM the other day - Finally !

I did the black webbing paint job and clear coated all.
Cleaned bore and chamber, tightened everything, bore sighted and off to the range I went.

Factory Hornaday Whitetail 129 gr Interlocks were chosen to play with.

Three shots at 25 yards and minor scope adjustments - then out to 100 yards where she put two touching 3" high and a smidge right. Dialed down to 2" high and center.
Shot the rest of that box at rocks at 200 yards to rough check the 200 yard zero and cuz it's just plain fun!

I haven't even touched the trigger on her yet and may not. It has to be right at 3# and very clean.

Recoil... way less than I expected. Not even close to what my heavier .270 deals out. Sort of .243ish.... That made it very easy to control and a lotta fun to shoot!

I'm liking this rifle a LOT and can hardly wait to turn it loose on a blacktail this month and a cow elk later. I'll stick with the 129's for now.

The Hunter version may not be for everyone, but I can seriously see me picking up another ( .243 / .223 ) in the future.
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Nice paint! How did you do that or did you have it done?

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Last edited by dpr64; 11/21/16.