Yes, the recoil was disturbing
On the other hand, it shot quite well.....when it wanted to. I took it to Mickey's place in Greenville, AL and Friday evening I couldn't get it to shoot anything but a single hole at 200. I was gonna show out come Saturday but the darn thing wouldn't shoot a lick. Actually, I was ashamed. Screwed the thing off in favor of a PPC and don't believe I ever screwed it back on. I promised the barrel to Charles E., who bought it in the first place, but never got around to sending it to him. He's likely better off!
As I remember, the darn thing shot best with a powder that only allowed one shot per fire formed case. Don't remember what powder it was but if somebody said it I would/might recognize the number. It was hell on cases but shot very well. Took it to Roanoke for its maiden voyage and shot three .2XX and two .4xx ten shot targets with it. As I remember, the cases were horrible for the last two 4xx targets and I always believed that if I'd had more cases I woulda ended up pretty darn good. Thing is, and it always is, I could have shot a better agg with a reasonable shooting PPC. I say "reasonable" as there's PPCs that won't shoot a lick. I beat a whole bunch of PPCs with that agg but was some distance from the top. That's my recollection anyways but if someone refutes it I'm with him.
When building a benchrest gun....never build anything but a PPC....for now at least.
