I think theres more than a little influence there for alot of us...One of our in-house writers Mule Deer, likewise is a 7x57 fan, big time, and I happen to know he REALLY likes those old straight 3x Leupolds...
Like many here, reading your father's articles, amongst other things...got me into the 7x57..
And as you can guess we can have some spirited discussions and good natured ribbing here about this stuff...I am a big 7x57 proponent, while another frequent 24HRC poster, Mark Dobrenski, likes the .270....
But we are trying to bring him around..... grin
Ingwe


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