Not bad for a semi-auto

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Well chaps, I have a brand new rifle. I cleaned it and fired a few shots on Friday. Today I got used to the trigger and found out what it likes to eat.
Here is a 10-shot group at 25m, fired today:



US 1c coin on the left, UK 5p coin on the right, for easy scale. Even the smaller 5p coin can cover that group.
Not bad for a semi, eh?

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"...Oooh. Excuse me one moment whilst I combat a sudden attack of gland stiffness..."
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Don't be premature my mate, you haven't seen the rifle yet  :-P

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"...Be still my throbbing... er I mean beating heart..."
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You may laugh, but nobody was really interested in the rifle until they saw the groups. There was a couple in lane 3 and 4 firing some lever action .38s and they are now interested in that .22
They won't be getting it in a rush though, 'cos you have to jump through MANY hoops before you even get the Firearms Certificate. They were using club guns.

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@ Metalman

Ja, that was an early group, before the scope was set.

@ Motrucker

Is that a black powder gun? I have a slot for a .44 black powder and I am looking for tips.

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Speaking of semi-autos, I got to handle a rifle of significant presence and history in Colorado recently. I suspect that if our friend Odin hasn't already done so, he would jump at the chance.
I'll give you two clues:

1) Designed by a Canadian
2) Ping!

 :-D

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Because at 25m that black circle (everything within the 7 ring) is just a black spot, when looking through irons. If you have a smaller spot, you might get good grouping like that with a bolt action and peep sights, but the rifle in question has no iron sights at all. It is made for a scope only. Next step is 50m, possibly 100m after that.

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@ T-Bone

It is a Thompson Center R55 Benchmark.

@ Odin

Good job, you guessed it right. I knew you were a milsurp kind of guy. Like I told the guy who owns the Garand, "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping."
His Garand is a 1942 model and it has seen action in WW2. It was rebarrelled in the 50s but the reciever is original. Who knows what stories that rifle could tell...

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hehe

That is a .577 T-Rex. It looks like it has 'brisk' recoil.