Given the woodchuck population has been pressuring my garden and around the house again, live trap is getting set off by chipmunks, (have a trap set for them too, it works, bucket of water, with a ramp and sunflower seed floating and on the ramp !) and what I have for a rimfire rifle, the marlin 783 I got on the cheap, it was time to finally take it out and see how it shoots.
At 50'-0", using a Leupold 100 yd target, it shot 2" high, and 2" to the right, so I raised the rear sight, and that appeared to change the elevation, barring any human influence, not at a real solid rest, just a rolled up shelter half on a bench. I can work with that. However, I have never experienced having a windage problem, with a fixed open sight, so maybe I am a bit clueless LOL! To move the trajectory over 2" I had to tap the front blade sight over to the right, and literally off the front sight base or ramp, to zero it, and it did work, just does not look right, I am wondering what would be a likely cause. There is no adjustment on the rear sight for windage, and of course the front sight does have a dovetail for removal, maybe something is damaged, off or what, its just odd.
I shot at the lower left black box in the target, and the shots grouped under 1" in the bulls eye ! That was comical, 'cept, thats not where I was shooting, but good groups to start with, looks like it would do the same much further out, but instead of wasting any more ammo, I need to see what I can do with this.
With the above, I think a scope would be easier to deal with, my only question is the base or mounts for this rifle. It does have 2 very small grooves on top of the receiver, and would appear though small, there is a mount, (no drilling or tapping needed) that should work and is common, just that I literally could not find a match on the web, but have seen the 783 with a scope, so it has to be something I am missing.
At least it seems to group nice with CCI target rounds, have not tried the hollow points or the Remington ammo, and of course wally world nearby is always out of 22wmr, there has to be another source. I'd like to comment on our governor and the BS he's imposed on us, it used to be $10 for 50, and I was fine for that, now its off the shelf, grr...... LOL ! Do appreciate the help, I have got to take some of these 'chucks down, hard to believe there is so many around, I think as I rid the place of them, others move in from the 100 or so acres adjoining, the following year.
At 50'-0", using a Leupold 100 yd target, it shot 2" high, and 2" to the right, so I raised the rear sight, and that appeared to change the elevation, barring any human influence, not at a real solid rest, just a rolled up shelter half on a bench. I can work with that. However, I have never experienced having a windage problem, with a fixed open sight, so maybe I am a bit clueless LOL! To move the trajectory over 2" I had to tap the front blade sight over to the right, and literally off the front sight base or ramp, to zero it, and it did work, just does not look right, I am wondering what would be a likely cause. There is no adjustment on the rear sight for windage, and of course the front sight does have a dovetail for removal, maybe something is damaged, off or what, its just odd.
I shot at the lower left black box in the target, and the shots grouped under 1" in the bulls eye ! That was comical, 'cept, thats not where I was shooting, but good groups to start with, looks like it would do the same much further out, but instead of wasting any more ammo, I need to see what I can do with this.
With the above, I think a scope would be easier to deal with, my only question is the base or mounts for this rifle. It does have 2 very small grooves on top of the receiver, and would appear though small, there is a mount, (no drilling or tapping needed) that should work and is common, just that I literally could not find a match on the web, but have seen the 783 with a scope, so it has to be something I am missing.
At least it seems to group nice with CCI target rounds, have not tried the hollow points or the Remington ammo, and of course wally world nearby is always out of 22wmr, there has to be another source. I'd like to comment on our governor and the BS he's imposed on us, it used to be $10 for 50, and I was fine for that, now its off the shelf, grr...... LOL ! Do appreciate the help, I have got to take some of these 'chucks down, hard to believe there is so many around, I think as I rid the place of them, others move in from the 100 or so acres adjoining, the following year.