Got a chance to zero the new T1x at an indoor range (local weather was not cooperating) and must admit that it does quite well.
To make NRL22 Base Class, the rifle is set up with the vertical grip and a Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24x50 on an Area419 30MOA rail. It seems to like the RWS Rifle Target (lot # 68SL9) which is good because I have 7600 rounds of that lot left – a lifetime of shooting this rifle. I haven’t weighed it yet, but it might be light enough to qualify as a CMP Rimfire “T” class rifle. It will make an awesome Appleseed rifle.
It put the first eight rounds after zeroing into .143” (.273 MOA) and then “Tommy Tactical” in the next lane decided to start firing his AR-10 (16” barrel, JP Recoil Eliminator Brake) as fast as he can, and I dropped the last two rounds. Since you own every round fired, my group (pattern?) opened to .452” (.862 MOA). Since this gun was built just to have a “fun” gun, I can accept that it is probably a sub-moa rifle.
I only have two “concerns”:
- The magazine release definitely needs to be replaced with the Mountain Tactical extended version (ordered this morning).
- The trigger breaks cleanly – after the application of about 40 pounds of pressure. It’s not quite that bad but it is very noticeable. So it’s off to the gunsmith to see if he can get it down to about 1.0-1.25 pounds. It is clearly not as good as the Vudoo but it wasn’t designed to compete with a Vudoo.