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I managed to shoot mine and get it sighted in this afternoon. The weather was about 40 Degrees F and misting rain off an on; just cool enough to be uncomfortable. I sighted it in with the point of impact approximately two inches high at 100 yards and then let my 13-year-old daughter shoot it. We used a small amount of older South African .223 (30 rounds) that I was recently given and managed to obtain right at 1 MOA. I had plenty of other ammo to try, but it was just too damned miserable to stay out there any longer than we were there and the mist kept coming and going. (I also sighted in a Ruger 1A in .257 Roberts that I bought from fatjack34 a while ago.)

I'm happy with the initial accuracy and think it might tighten up a little with my handloads and more favorable conditions.

Dude, don't be so hard on yourself.

There's fugly, and there's FUGLY.

Tried to put Feinsteins sour mug up, but it got sensored because it was recognized as [bleep].

I managed to dial my Hawkeye .223 in a little better this evening with a series of five three-shot groups consistently measuring 0.639" at 100 yards. It was the last 30 minutes or so of daylight, precluding any further testing. Load was a 55-grain Hornady FMJ seated to 2.225" OAL over 25.0 grains of WC844 in a Winchester case and WSR primer. It typically produces 3011 FPS out of my 20-inch barreled AR15.

Think of it as a "meat gun". No worries if it gets dirty, scratched up, or the like as long as it drives that bullet deep and where you aimed. Field scars will add character which automatically offset the mis-matched finish(s). Just keep it mostly out of sight when you're taking photos of your trophy deer or elk...maybe a partial view of the muzzle so no one will mistakenly assume you used a sling shot?

Enjoy.

Bob

I've managed to get my Hawkeye .223 dialed in a little bit better since I last posted. I shot this 0.532" group at 100 yards today:




And this 0.998" group at 200 yards:



I don't care what the grays look like.