Another range session. This gun shoots like a laser but only with peregrine bullets. Barnes shoot ok 3-4 inch spread so in an emergency I would use them. I upped the powder load to 90 and am averaging 2200fps. I shot 8 rounds into 1 inch. I consider it done. I will say that driving to the range and shooting this gun in sucked. I live in Los Angeles and traffic is a nightmare. Driving to the range and spending $20 just to shoot 4 rounds and discover the load is wrong was a real pleasure. I probably did 25 trips to the range. My dream is to own a piece of land where I could shoot on it and that would have made this process much easier. One day. My higher sight arrived and now the gun shoots 2 inch high at 50. I might take the rear down a fraction to get it dead center. Sight was supplied free of charge. Next size up would drop it too much, so I elected to take the rear down. Since changing targets is only available during range closure every 30 minutes I only had 2 targets set up. It would have been nice to set up a lot of targets so each 2 shots can land on their own target but I would take up another lane and this range is busy. So I had to take multiple shots at the same target. I would love to have a picture of just two shots side by side and post on here for bragging right but I don't think this represents real accuracy of the gun. I often see guys shooting a bolt gun with a scope at multiple targets and getting a spread of 2-3 inches all over the place. Then they shoot 3 shots and get 1 inch and proclaim "there it is, I'm an amazing shot". The correct picture would be to overlap all of their targets and that would tell them what their real shooting skill is. In this gents case it would be 4-5 inches at 100, perfectly acceptable for hunting, but not for internet bragging. That is why when people post 2 shots, free hand out of a double, at 50 and shots are parallel 1 inch apart, I wonder how many other shots crossed, shot 4-5 inches apart until 2 landed side by side and whop, there it is! So in retrospect, $1000 later on range fees, ammo, cursing LA traffic and loosing hair over this gun, I have concluded that my approach of shooting multiple shots at the same target and getting composite grouping is better and I'm done. At least that is what I think so that I don't have to do this any more. I also noticed as another member concluded that gripping the front around the barrels and holding tighter produced better grouping. Gun opens and closes smooth and is nicely broken in. I have 200 rounds down the barrel. Opening level is almost center but not quite. It appears to have settled there. So, do I feel Sabatti is worth it? I think so. I would still like to own a proper English double and will so one day but for now this gun is it. Is it better than a heym or krieghoff, I can not say that. Nor is this the best gun on the world. Would I recommend it, sure. It shoots good, appears to be well made and the wood is nice. Case could be better. Barrels and the rib is brazed not soft soldered, trigger is crisp but very heavy, and the blueing is ok, not great. White lettering on top is atrocious so I might have it re blued. But as another member said, unless I have a mechanical issue, I am more than pleased with this gun. This gun is a heck of a value. Now the hunt planing can begin.
