Bob,

Have a Bansner on my 9.3 B-S too, which with the present scope weighs 7 pounds on the nose. I tend to use a 9.3 of some sort these days when a bullet weight of 250+ seems like it might be a good idea, and it's not too annoying to shoot at all with 250's at @ 2650.

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