The rifle
Overall it functioned well. I had no misfires, but with the new CCI "AR Tactical" .22lr ammo, I had about 5 failures to feed. The nose of the round was bent 30- 40 degrees in relation to the case. Funny enough, the cheapo Remington Golden Bullets in the 550 Round bulk pak fired flawlessly. Absolutely no issues. I fully expected to have issues with that ammo, but nope! I fired about 100 rds of each.
As for accuracy, it took forever to get "on paper" with the red dot. No biggie, I expected that as no prior boresighting was done. Once on paper, I was disappointed by the groups. Yes, at 50 yds, no problem staying inside a 6" bull, but my groups were far larger than at 50 yds with my M1 Carbines with iron sights. I expected better accuracy with the .22, especially with the bipod in use. Wind did not seem to be a factor. I can't say I particularly like the stiff trigger pull. I selected 50 yds, as that's where the parallax error is supposed to be zero with this particular sight.
The Truglo Red Dot
This is the Truglo I have:
Once I finally got it adjusted in the bull, it was fine until I bumped the rifle. I don't think I had it mounted tight enough, as the zero was lost, and I had to practically go back to square one. As I said before, the groups were so large, that it was hard to adjust with a great degree of accuracy. I'll go back tomorrow and play some more. I'm not sure that the bipod is as good as a rest for zeroing a weapon, May be more play in the bipod than the rest. I realize the red dot is for quicker target aquisition vs. greater accuracy, but I expected more. I simply don't know why the groups were so large. I did have a few 1 to 2 inch groups while zeroing, but that was not the norm.
