[royinidaho]

Hey Spark,

Rock Chucks look like GHs but they are wide and no height. When one is laying of an flat lava rock lookin atcha his head is darker and sides are lighter. When sunning they look only a little taller that their head. Seems like only 4" high and the top inch is hair. Always like to have the rock slanted down a bit to get more depth. But who has a choice in that. If you can get one forageing its a little better. My guess is a big RC will go maybe 10#. After mother's day most targets are little ones. Pretty small.

3X9 leuy was just fine out to 420. Beyond that neither me or the rifle was good enough to hit anything.

I think that Contrast/sharpness/brightness has more to do with it than power.

Also the less complicated the scope is the better.

Calibration on my 6.5X20 at 18X is 2.1" @100 instead of the 3.6" standard @ 10X. Have a drop chart worked up for that power also but keep missing the first shot and sometimes 2, 3 & 4 cause the damn scope is on the other power and it takes me that long to catch on. Should catch on really quick when the shot drops about 10' low at 650. Not Ole Roy! What a numb skull.

Cross hair thickness on either the Super Sniper or the Cabelas Guide 6.5 X 20 doesn't seem to be a problem. Took shots at magpies at 500 yds and reticle thickness was just fine. Problem was they were sitting on sage brush and bounced around a bit. If that excuse isn't good enough, I've got some more. Maybe I otta build a more solid roost for em and put out some bait. Maybe a dead cat. Ya right! But I'm thinkin' it.

That's why I'm considering the Weaver w/the reticle in the other plane. Also IOR was a consideration because of the MP-8 ret. but its only calibrated at 10X, I think

Gonna have to get together with Evan this spring and do some LR chuckin'. We both otta learn something.

Evan give me a holler..