Well I chopped off 8 inches of barrel, crowned and bead blasted it to a nice matte finish.
Loaded some rounds with 40 grn Vmax and made it to the range to get it sighted in just before dark.
23 grains of 4198 was the ticket for group size, but it was too dark for the chrono to get any readings.
Waited a half hour before heading into the woods and had one coming in about 20 minute later.
It ended up just staring in my direction for a half hour behind some brush about 150 yards away.
When it started to meander away, it made the mistake of going into the only small opening I had.
Dropped it at 130 yards.
Luckily it wasn't at 150 yards, or the projo would've probably bounced off of it.
I loaded another 50 rounds and am all set to see what my new short barreled rifle can take down this weekend.
SJC
