My 1st lever gun
Just got it this past week.....shot it for the 1st time today.
Hey all, new to this forum. I have a small assortment of long & handguns...one other Mossy besides the 464....it's a bolt-action 12 ga. that was my Dad's farm truck gun, but that's for another forum.
The 464 is my 1st lever gun & my 1st 30-30....bought it primarily for wild hogs on our farm. It was a heck of a lot of fun shooting it today. I don't know why I waited so long to get one! After having a little trouble(explained below)with it out of the box, I was very happy with it at the range today. Very smooth & easy to shoot with open sites. I'm definitely no marksman, but the indoor range is 25yds, so even I can hit the target! Here was my 1st 7 out of the gun...
The next few groups I did some adjustments to the rear sites, & had some trouble getting used to the trigger pull(had a few wild shots). By the 5th group it settled down pretty well....
We''l see next weekend if I can hit anything further out. I used a variety of ammo at the range today...Federal core-lokt 150g, Winchester jacketed hollow points 150g, & a Serbian brand 150g flat-nosed. Both groups pictured above happened to be the Serbian ammo.
Earlier in the week I was having problems w/ the cartridges hanging up pretty often at the mouth of the magazine tube when 1st cycling rounds thru the action. Also, some were hanging up between the bolt & ramp. Must be a break-in issue because I had only one temporary hang up today.
Jeff
