Another RBL delivery - 11/17/06 04:56 AM
S/N 261, straight grip, splinter forearm, single trigger, 3X wood,assisted opener, case colors and long LOP ordered last September PIF and worth the wait, I'm really tickled with it.
Picked it up this morning and ran a couple boxes of shells through it this afternoon at the plate and backyard clay birds. I'm happy to report the bbls are regulated perfectly, I cant see a hair's worth of difference between them. The stock dimensions put me dead on point of aim at 16 yards. I like to be a little high (meaning the comb could be a little higher for me)but it's still better-than acceptable. It feels good and is very comfortable to shoot and easy to hit with.
The single trigger worked perfectly with live ammo, it's some sort of inertia operation and takes a little hand-bump between pulls when using snap caps. Pull weight is a very consistent 5 1/4 lbs. but is very smooth and feels lighter than that.
The ejectors really fire out the empties. I'm going to have to play around some with the assisted-opening feature to decide if I like it or not. I haven't taken it out yet to see what the opening-closing "difficulty differential" is yet, but am fruit for gadgets and glad I ordered it regardless.
Had no problems with the choke-tubes & wrench set-up. I immediately worked over the threads with never-seize. The coarse, square-shoulder threads zip in and out very quickly. Since I was checking for regulation and POI I shot it with the full and IM tubes and didn't count pellets or anything but it appears to shoot VERY tight, at least with these two tubes. The little leather pouch that the chokes and wrench come in is very cool,as is the whole package with the nice case and all the little trinkets.
Bill
Picked it up this morning and ran a couple boxes of shells through it this afternoon at the plate and backyard clay birds. I'm happy to report the bbls are regulated perfectly, I cant see a hair's worth of difference between them. The stock dimensions put me dead on point of aim at 16 yards. I like to be a little high (meaning the comb could be a little higher for me)but it's still better-than acceptable. It feels good and is very comfortable to shoot and easy to hit with.
The single trigger worked perfectly with live ammo, it's some sort of inertia operation and takes a little hand-bump between pulls when using snap caps. Pull weight is a very consistent 5 1/4 lbs. but is very smooth and feels lighter than that.
The ejectors really fire out the empties. I'm going to have to play around some with the assisted-opening feature to decide if I like it or not. I haven't taken it out yet to see what the opening-closing "difficulty differential" is yet, but am fruit for gadgets and glad I ordered it regardless.
Had no problems with the choke-tubes & wrench set-up. I immediately worked over the threads with never-seize. The coarse, square-shoulder threads zip in and out very quickly. Since I was checking for regulation and POI I shot it with the full and IM tubes and didn't count pellets or anything but it appears to shoot VERY tight, at least with these two tubes. The little leather pouch that the chokes and wrench come in is very cool,as is the whole package with the nice case and all the little trinkets.
Bill
