[Archer22]

I don't know about your rifle, bit it's been my experience that it takes some rounds to get the barrel broken in. Groups start to shrink after a few hundred rounds or so.

That's mostly been my experience as well, however, I've been fortunate to see a few of my rifles shoot MOA or better over the years. For this rifle's intended purpose, it should be plenty, if it gets better over time, even better.

 

[Archer22]

The rifle is probably better than your getting with that optic at that range, but if your happy with the area your planning on shooting it in, it's a winner.

Yes I definitely believe it would shoot better with a higher magnification optic. Which kills me because with My 2-7 Nikon on my 7mm-08 I got 3.27" as my best group and 1.8" out of my new .243 with my 4-20x50 Athlon Argos sitting on top. I've got some experimenting to do.

Need to go buy a lot of different ammo and get some more trigger time.