Sorry Tack, my laptop key board has to many things that make my cursor move around while I'm trying to type ......that's my excuse anyway. The PITA is the plastic trigger housing on my camp..., if'n I do something stoopid and break it, it might just be a boat anchor as there are zero available anymore.
As for the burris rings and the ruger/weaver adapter; they're great. and they'll get you out of a bind without having to shim/lap rings. The offset bushings are the ducks nuts!
Now on the the goods! With Black hills 230grn HP's, 80-85 yards working +4/-4 trajectory.........kinda like directing mortar fire at 200! 200grn HP's (non +p) moved that out to 100 yards. The non +p 185 golden sabers moved that out to 110-115 and with a little holdover to 125yards.
I keep the 185's loaded up now, the speer lead is butter soft and it expands readily upon contact. might be a little light for pigs past a 100 yards. I've recently picked up nikon slug hunter scope to make it easier to shoot past 60 yard without guess work. If can make the circles count for 50, 75, 100 & 125.....or shoot it laser where each hits and scribble that down for dope card.
Here's my baby:
Your gun is going to be a technical masterpiece, because you'll be able to tweak 44 special loads to really fit your barrel length and maximize the sub-sonic capabilties. But in a pinch you can still grab a box of factory special and be subsonic.
Or better yet, get you some of that 225 grn lever evolution full power ammo and blow their fucking tits off at 200+ without needing earplugs. The integral can is sooo big, it easily traps the full bang ammo blast/fire. So all you get is cracky/squirty/buzzy bullet noise as it breaks the sound barrier. Maybe like a hot 22lr round going down range. It's fookin' hoot. I can't shoot +p's in the camp carbine, friggs up the reciever, but I would if I could!
Good luck with it and post some pix of your whackens!
Cheers,
Breeze