Scorpio 13 inch

Arcosdad

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Just got this from Tenda and took it out to the range. Thought I'd pass on a few impressions. Overall, this is a nice little rifle for $260. After 40 rounds of sighting in at 20 yards I scored a .35 inch group with AE 40 gr LRN. Very positive extraction and ejection, bolt a bit grindy feeling but I was shooting it out of the box, no oil or pre clean. Love the oversized bolt handle. Trigger has no creep, a bit of take up and a clean break. Feels about 6#. Steel mag. Fit and finish looks really good. I was using a $30 4x Bushnell from the pawn shop.

It comes with the std dovetail mount or a dovetail mounted pic rail so that gives you good flexibility. It's not D/T for bases and comes with no sights. That's my only complaint as I like the option of open sights.

Anyway, if you want a cool little carbine take a look at these. I also have a Norinco JW15a and I think I like the Scorpio better.
 
Mine arrived yesterday, I mounted the rail and a scope and toddled off to the range today. Not what I was expecting. The larger bolt handle is a definite plus however I'll have to return to the range to see what ammo it prefers....all in all pretty good at 50 yds but more range time is needed.
 
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Had a chance to shoot mine... was ok with SK RM. Much preferred lapua centerX and XACT. Playing around with the tuner, I was printing 5 rd groups around 1" to 1 1/4" at 100yds in light winds.

Cycling, Ejecting was much better out of the box then the EM322As I have had. Trigger is not very good so I swapped in one from the 322As that I have tuned up. fit and worked great.

NOTE: Trigger on the 332X can be modified to get rid of creep and overtravel. Pull weight can be reduced quite a bit. The cross pins can be knocked out and since all the other parts are held in place, it is easier in some respects to fit and tune the trigger and spring. I have put the 332X trigger back into the barreled action.

In case, you haven't taken it out of the stock, you will be happy to know that the barrel is easily removable. There are 3 bolts that hold the barrel inplace... similar to the CZ and T1X. If you had a willing gunsmith, barrel swaps would be easy... but the factory barrel seems to be shooting quite well. I will confirm once my new lots of ammo arrive.

Very compact and easy to move around. Will do some LR testing when my new ammo arrives.

fun rifle

Jerry

PS, this is the same stock I use on my 322A... the actions seem to very similar dimensionally so I just drop the barrel actions into the same stock. Seems to work well.

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was windy but did get some good hits at 265m.... 290m and 320m were not bad but hard to know if wind or rifle.

anyways, it shoots great at short to moderate distance and I look forward to testing it with the upcoming ammo options.

Jerry
 
Change of ammo... very good results at 320m in the winds. Likes Lapua CenterX and Midas+

Needs a bit more elevation vs the 332A but dope is surprisingly close.

Feeding and ejection is very good ... after a bit of TLC but TLC is needed with all the Scorpios

Jerry
 
Like any bolt action, there are several locations that might need TLC to ease and smooth operation.

polishing the bolt body is usually not one of them... at least, these are well made in the Scorpios.

smooth out all the sharp edges making contact with moving parts... that will be a start

Jerry
 
Arcosdad said:
Anyway, if you want a cool little carbine take a look at these. I also have a Norinco JW15a and I think I like the Scorpio better.
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So they are better then the Norinco’s? I have one of the Norinco and it’s pretty rough.
 
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Like any bolt action, there are several locations that might need TLC to ease and smooth operation.

polishing the bolt body is usually not one of them... at least, these are well made in the Scorpios.

smooth out all the sharp edges making contact with moving parts... that will be a start

Jerry
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Put a light film of tracing agent on your bolt. I use Prussian Blue when I can get it and when I can't "red lead". Put the bolt in and work it back and forth a few times, contact points on the bolt will show up where it rubs off, and high points in the receiver will have transfer on them. Concentrate your "polishing" in these areas. Industry uses this to spot tools, dies and molds together.

During break-in, run a bit of die-makers grease on the bolt (very little).
 
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