- Location
- Saskatoon Saskatchewan
So I got this little badger off of the ee here a couple months ago. My first impression was that it's a fairly well made little single and quite lightweight. My plan for it was to have a fairly compact 22 for gophers while I'm shed hunting and for ruffed grouse while moose hunting. It weighs about 3# with a bushnell trs25 red dot mounted on top.
My first range session showed that it seems to like cci standard velocity and cci mini mags the best with the cci sv getting about .5" at 25 yards and the mini mag getting closer to 3/4". Not benchrest accuracy by any means but adequate for my purpose. It's fun to shoot and has a very nice trigger. I would guess around 2.5-3# but I havent used a scale on it yet. I had a few misfires off the start but havent had any in the last few hundred rounds. Theres sn internal safety that needs the barrel closed all the way and the action release lever needs to be pushed forward. After breaking it in the release lever does go forward on it's own every time now so no more misfires.
I packed it around for about 10km this am while looking for sheds. I didn't really notice it in my pack at all. It fits nicely in the water bladder compartment when folded in half. It folds to about 16x8" and is only about 1.25" wide at the widest.
I happened across a gopher patch while shed hunting and was able to shoot about 20 of them before running out of ammo. Next time I'll pack more than 30rds but in all fairness I was nearly out of gophers too. Inside of about 40yards I got nearly 100 percent hits and out to 70 yards I faired just ok but in my defense it was a bit windy and the light weight of the rifle makes it pretty hard to hold steady off hand. I was also held back by the red dot site which basically covers the whole gopher at 50 yards.
All in all I'm really quite happy with this handy little rifle and can see it being a constant companion while adventuring. It will be staying under the seat of my truck in its case at all times.
My first range session showed that it seems to like cci standard velocity and cci mini mags the best with the cci sv getting about .5" at 25 yards and the mini mag getting closer to 3/4". Not benchrest accuracy by any means but adequate for my purpose. It's fun to shoot and has a very nice trigger. I would guess around 2.5-3# but I havent used a scale on it yet. I had a few misfires off the start but havent had any in the last few hundred rounds. Theres sn internal safety that needs the barrel closed all the way and the action release lever needs to be pushed forward. After breaking it in the release lever does go forward on it's own every time now so no more misfires.
I packed it around for about 10km this am while looking for sheds. I didn't really notice it in my pack at all. It fits nicely in the water bladder compartment when folded in half. It folds to about 16x8" and is only about 1.25" wide at the widest.
I happened across a gopher patch while shed hunting and was able to shoot about 20 of them before running out of ammo. Next time I'll pack more than 30rds but in all fairness I was nearly out of gophers too. Inside of about 40yards I got nearly 100 percent hits and out to 70 yards I faired just ok but in my defense it was a bit windy and the light weight of the rifle makes it pretty hard to hold steady off hand. I was also held back by the red dot site which basically covers the whole gopher at 50 yards.
All in all I'm really quite happy with this handy little rifle and can see it being a constant companion while adventuring. It will be staying under the seat of my truck in its case at all times.
