Sir Springer,
I appreciate the offer, but I'm not biting. The FX II is longer, heavier, wider at the eye-box and doesn't specify a short parallax setting. It's probably a fine choice for varmints, but maybe not for squirrels in the woods?
Thanks for the offer, though.
Boatammo,
Do you think the Fixed power FX-1 would be any less "picky"? I take it you mean the image was kind of hard to pick up without adjusting your head position? I wonder if that is a result of the long eye-relief?