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To Utah708,
Steve,
I am sending a scope out to you today to check out, test & post a review on. Please let me know when you are done and I will get you the info on the person to send it on to. Again, thank you for taking the time to get involved.

OK, Am Number 2 on the list ...

Mounted it in Weaver rings on Big Drift's Savage 200 25-06. Figured this scope belongs in a solid no-frills package. After all, folks are not going to be inclined to put a $90 scope on a $1K Kimber & Tally's set up.

It looks good. Glass is nice. Eye relief is acceptable at 3.1" or so. So far so good. So good that I sent Doug a cc# and bought it without a range trip. (Why take it out of the rings and send it on its way when you're going to buy one anyway). Besides, if it doesn't work, Doug'll make it good.

No risk deal.

Have had the scope out for twilight tests. Inconclusive results so far. Not bad at all. Will feel more comfortable commenting after more field work.

The reticle is a bit of a mystery. The packaging came without documentation or explanation as to the nominal pre sets on the PP reticle. It is an inverse christmas tree design ... basically the opposite of the B&C reticle. I am guessing that the length of the sub hairs are supposed to correspond with the body length of a WT deer at certain ranges considering the 6x magnification. But that is pure conjecture. There is no documentation on the Pentax website regarding the reticle.

Doug is doing his best to get documentation so I can further evaluate.

Liked it enough on first impression to buy it.

More to follow ...

GE

Any news on deciphering the reticle?
thanks

Its explained on the Burris webpage. I tried it with a 6.5x55 and found it to be close enough for large game out to 350 yds or so. Beyond that that range the round was too far off the pre determined trajectory. My Swede loads are a bit on the slow side.

Why did the Burris site have info about the Gameseeker "upside down Christmas tree". Is there a link between Burris and Pentax?

thanks,

stumpy

Some kind of deal, Burris oversees manufacturing or the same owner or something like that.

The charts on the Burris site work fine with the PentaPlex reticle.