Wow! Started at 25 yards...first five shots at the silhouette target--2 to the center mass, 3 to the head outline! At 50 yards I was getting groups within a couple of inches--and I can say I don't actually know WHAT I'm doing, especially with a 'scope. I'm too tired at the moment post target pics. Failures are all mine, not the Windham's. I did manage to jam it at one point--user error, and a clever RSO helped clear it.
The foreend moving had ZERO effect. All the RSOs wanted to see it and the one who cleared it, well, I offered to let him shoot it. He would only shoot 3 rounds...and then said he has a new gun for his wish list! I mostly shot Remington brass, but also a box of Tula steel. Wow, is that shit HOT! I don't mean figuratively--those shells'll burn your flesh off when they're ejected! And the muzzle flash was much greater than the Remington, which also shot straighter.
Then I switched to my Ruger 1771, 7 round .357/.38, I just shot .38, mostly single action and was pleased with it. I switched to my VP-9 and really struggled today, not shooting for shit until with another RSO, I figured out what I was doing wrong..at least 5 things. Finally was able to put rounds where I wanted them.
But I am SERIOUSLY impressed by the Windham Hunter. I did bring my bore sight so I could adjust the 'scope better.
Here are groupings at 50 yards. The circled groups indicate I kind of was hitting what I was aiming at: Head, neck, heart, center mass.
Just as my 2nd hour was up, I went back to the hunter with this 1' target at 50 yards. The target is turned sideways because....the muzzle break tore it near the "10" corner. I was not unhappy with it for the first time shooting this rifle.
"Even if the bee could explain to the fly why pollen is better than shit, the fly could never understand."