I just wanted to give an update on this gun. I mounted the DNZ mounts and took it out to shoot it a few weeks back. The only ammo I had to try with it was Federal Fusions, which I love to hunt with. There seem to be some improvement in how it shot but still not good enough to hunt with. A couple of weeks later I bought some Hornady American Whitetail ammo and gave it a try. I got a 3.25" group with those which left me frustrated again. Put the gun back in the closet and thought about trying to sell it again, or giving it away. Yesterday I got it out again. I gave the barrel a good cleaning and decided to try a different scope on it. It had a brand new Leupold 2x7x33 VX-1 that I traded for on here on it. I put a New Bushnell Trophy XLT 3x9x40 on it to see if that would make things better. Today I took it out to try again. I first tried the Hornady ammo. A 4 shot group produced a group just a shade under 1.5". I got a little excited at that. Switched over to the Fusions of which I only had 9 rounds left. The first two shots were .75" apart, but 2" left and about 3" high. I adjusted my scope right and down. I really bore down and the next two shots measured .5". I wanted to fire a third shot but only had 5 rounds left at this point. This was at 100 yards. I was thrilled to death and declared it ready to hunt with. In fact, I'm taking it out this afternoon in search of my third and final buck of the year. I don't know if it was the cleaning, the scope, or a combination of the two, but something worked! Sorry for the long read. Just wanted to let y'all know how things turned out. And thanks to those that encouraged me to keep trying. THIS GUN IS NO LONGER FOR SALE!!!!!!!
