Of course I had to be away when mine arrived. Was out of town for four days before I got to open the box. Well worth the wait. Man, what a fun rifle. Few things to say: First off, whoever made the comment about "pot metal" appearance was way off base. Couldn't be further from the truth. Just look at it. Gorgeous rifle. Secondly, yes, it's heavy. That is because it is being true to the original rifle in most ways possible excluding the calibre. Surprise, surprise. I like the feel and heft of this rifle. Nicely balanced.
Will I be carrying it through the bush all day hunting grouse, bunnies, etc.? Unlikely, but it's accurate enough to do the job. I have a nice little 10/22 for that.
What I will be doing with it is shooting the blazes out of it every chance I get! First day out I put about 300 rounds through it. It likes Remington and Federal Auto Match. Will have to test others soon. I like the sights on it and will be very unlikely to scope it. I had one of those orange ball targets which I pushed all over the range for an afternoon. It's a long time since I had so much fun with a .22. Not a rifle I would necessarily take every time I went to the range but if I was in the mood to do some fun plinking with clay birds, steel and reactive targets this is the first gun I would uncase. Everyone wants to shoot it as well.
Thanks Ryan for making sure this got out to me as fast as you did. Great service as always.
Pot metal. Yeah, right.
I didn't have the most secure of rests but the rifle is clearly accurate.
) just curious, was shooting today and it's freaking accurate BUT then I started to wonder what it would shoot like with some different sight on top. Maybe a narrow tube to get that WW2 feel? 
