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Old 06-15-2018, 02:41 AM
georgeld georgeld is offline
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Carbon:

Welcome to the board. Would be nice if you'd post where you're located.

Thought my eye's were bad at -7.50. Missed getting hired for a few
good jobs when young enough to have made a difference in my life just
because of poor eye's.

Sounds to me like you're getting too close to the scope. Close your eyes and mount the rifle. Use your trigger hand to "measure" the distance between your eye and the scope. IT should NEVER be less than about 3".
IF you're seeing black, you're too close.

For me being a cheap sob, I put four $130 Simmons 6.5-20x 55mm on my varmint rifles. They're plenty good enough and I can afford a whole bunch of 'em where I could never afford even one of those high dollar jobs.

I'm 74 now and worn contacts since 1975. The only time I've had a problem with them was reading the temps with a scope type pyrometer. I was reading it colder by 150 degrees, so I turned the fire up and nearly melted the oven down. Other guys were reading about the same and such hotter than i was. Ended up when i was running the ovens I couldn't wear the contacts and had to use glasses. Royal PITA to me as I was the weldor there too and glasses got in my way.

A 400 yard p/dog isn't out too far, just a good range once a person has things figured out.

Hope you're not a One Time Poster.
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