Originally Posted by Savage_99
Originally Posted by Slavek
Nice looking varmint/target type rifle. Those long tube scopes with double micrometer scope ring adjustments were truly awful.


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"Those long tube scopes with double micrometer scope ring adjustments were truly awful."


"aw�ful
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adjective
adjective: awful

1.
very bad or unpleasant.
"the place smelled awful"
synonyms: disgusting, horrible, terrible, dreadful, ghastly, nasty, vile, foul, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, odious, sickening, nauseating; More
informalyucky, gross, beastly
"the place smelled awful"
terrible, atrocious, dreadful, frightful, execrable, abominable;
inadequate, inferior, substandard, lamentable;
informalcrummy, pathetic, rotten, woeful, lousy, appalling, abysmal
"an awful book"
antonyms: wonderful, lovely, good, excellent
extremely shocking; horrific.
"awful, bloody images"
synonyms: serious, dreadful, grave, terrible, bad, critical
"an awful accident"
antonyms: minor
used to emphasize the extent of something, especially something unpleasant or negative.
"I've made an awful fool of myself"
(of a person) very unwell, troubled, or unhappy.
"I felt awful for being so angry with him"
synonyms: ill, unwell, sick, queasy, nauseous; More
poorly;
informallousy, rotten, terrible, dreadful
"you look awful�go lie down"
remorseful, guilty, ashamed, contrite, sorry, regretful, repentant
"I felt awful for getting so angry"
2.
archaic
inspiring reverential wonder or fear.
synonyms: awe-inspiring, awesome, impressive; More
dread, fearful
"the awful sights of nature"

adverb
North Americaninformal
adverb: awful

1.
awfully; very.
"we're an awful long way from the main road"

I take exception to the unfortunate choice of Slavek's word "Awful".

I have used the Lyman Supertargetspot scopes and Unertl's for 60 years and have a number of them ready. We shoot with them in the 50' gallery all year around and outdoors at 50 and 100 yds.




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