Well, it's progress, but not perfect...

I shot 15rounds, and they all fired. (I would say "they all went "bang," but they really make a "pfft" sound, like a Hollywood silencer.)

My ES is less extreme, but still 179fps (346-525fps). My SDs for the two strings (one of ten, one of five) were in the 40s.

Raising the rear sight all the way actually made POI the same as POA, or even a little high (so I could come down a notch or two).

I shot ten into a silhouette at 6-7yds, and they made a group smaller than a credit card, which is good, given that I was shooting offhand and mostly worried about blasting my chrono.

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Now I have a new problem: Several cases are bulged around the base, so much so that they wouldn't easily chamber. (I didn't shoot them.) I'm guessing this is a sign of TOO MUCH crimp. Argh.

In the meantime, I'll load up some more with 4.0gr of Trail Boss, which should give me a 70% full case.

I won't get to shoot those until the week of the 26th...