my father-in-law bought one and i patterned it. it shoots extremely well for a gun straight out of the box . it likes long beard 3 1/2 5's i did have some 3 inchlong beard 6's and it put a 157 in a 10 inch circle, now thats drawing a 10 inch circle and shooting at it, not shooting a blank piece of paper and then drawing a 10 inch circle i did not have to adjust sights on the sxp .