Hi there VG. I have mine scoped with a Sightron 8-32x56 which is far more glass than I need, but it works great. The load that I shot mostly was 48grains of RL22 behind 100 grain Sierra Gamekings, 95 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips and 95 grain bergers. That powder and those weight projectiles just seemed to gel. The gamekings and nbts were like the hammer of Thor on pigs when head shooting them. Definitely not a walk around rifle for me, but with a bipod I always felt super confident with this rifle in the field. Interestingly the hornady interlock whilst accurate enough, seemed to generate more pressure with that load so I didn’t bother with them. Hope that helps.

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