With the Lyman 17A front sight, the Marbles tang sight allows just enough elevation adjustment to successfully engage my 6” steel disk at two hundred yards.

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Results with this Stevens Favorite using a thin post front sight insert in its 17A and LAPUA Biathlon Xtreme ammunition were satisfying. Virtually no wind. There are 5 hits, if you count the one on the right support cable. The tang sight elevation was set at 9 turns plus 3 clicks.

The best (most expensive) European-made .22LR ammo can be expected to regularly keep 50 consecutive shots within about 4 inches at 200 yards out of the best rifles with the best scopes under the best conditions. (See https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1129343) And, random 5 or even 10 shot groups at 200 yards can be spectacularly small. Unfortunately, as pleased as I am with this Stevens Favorite, with its light weight, skimpy stock and heavy trigger, it is most unlikely to produce such results. Sure is fun trying, though.



Every day’s an adventure.