Despite the barrels match up appearance which initially concerned me, I was impressed with my rushed firing tests of X20S Stoeger rifle.
With limited time after getting some pellets today to shoot this rifle I was anxious to get a few shots fired before running to town to ship orders. Admittedly it was a redneck shoot in. ( which we are all probably guilty of a time or two in our lives
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I adjusted the scopes dope quickly to walk my shot string onto a 1 inch or so magic marker bulls eye traced on the bottom side of a standing cardboard box set up on the far end of our parking lot.
The first two shots fired were made leaning against the door jam of our facility for some attempt at a rifle rest support.
The hits were roughly 1.5" low of center bull and 3" left. The two shots were touching at the target hit position. I could see the light piercing thru the cardboard box since the sun was dropping in just the right area behind the target to give this effect. I walked up to see the hits better to make sure what I thought I saw thru the scope.
Estimated distance to target was about 40-45 ft. Not far by any measure but like I said this was a redneck moment of "lets see what this thing can do." After 3 more shots and scope doping I was in the bulls eye. A slight adjustment to the scope and the next 3 shots were just under a 1/2" group. 2 shots were touching with one slight flyer.
Sometimes these types of shooting sessions yield good results and possible potential of a gun.I am looking forward to getting it on the bench as time and weather permit.
I must say I was impressed with the Stoeger's X20S' accuracy with my initial testing. Looks like it was a well spent $70.00.
