I took the Carbine to the range today, and Mike and I and Ed shot it. It was extra sweet with pie, and I was glad we had something with a little bit of recoil so Ed could experience something a bit more than the 22 he brought.

I was shooting the steel Herters ammo, the stuff Cabelas is selling for $140/500. it runs fine in the carbine.

I replaced the original, stamped steel trigger group with a “real” one from Dirtcrashr early this year, it was a great deal and the new pieces run awesomely. The trigger is smooth as silk, and the lower really fits the magazines more tightly. About the only other thing I might do is to put a flattop bolt in it, because the round top is rubbed shiny on the receiver-I can now see why they made the bolt flattopped.

Shot the MKii for a while, and Ed seemed to like it enough he wants one of his own. He could do worse.