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On a hunting rifle, I wouldn't be beyond marking the scope's sweet spot power setting with a small stroke of white paint for quick alignment.

Sam,
Those are great pics all lined up with the proper cross hair on the animal for the distance.

Just checked a known .308 load, the program said to run a 3-9X at 7X. Without doing the math cause I'm feeling a little lazy right now, that would be a pretty big error at 4-600yds.

One would think, yes.

I only used the RZ600 with the one load (.338, 225-gn NAB, 2820 fps) but I have used a B&C with several different loads/cartridges. It was always fine out to 500 yds. Then again, my precision level was "minute of HIT on a 10" plate".

It's easy to get all math'matical about reticles; Stick gets all horned up that way about them. But there's a key to keeping it simple and this is what has worked well for me: zero your 400-yd hash mark on an actual 400-yd target. Now check where you are at just for grins at 100 yds.

If you do it this way, in my experience things work very quickly, easily, and simply.

While I wouldn't be above putting a reference hash mark on the power ring, if I just had to run a load that was way off from the reticle subtensions, that's a far different thing in the field than just cranking the power ring to the stop.

Just my opinion.

For a Z600 what does the campfire recommend for this reticle a 3-9x40, 3-9x50, 3.5-10x44. or 3.5-10x50?

I haven't tried the 50mm lower-power Conquests, so I don't know about those. They will dictate a higher set of rings though. The 40mm and 44mm Conq's are pretty darn good in low light.

From what you mention there the 3-9x40mm is unique in that it's got 4" constant eye relief; the others are 3.5". To ME, the 3-9x40mm is clearly the pick of the litter and the cheapest too... what a deal!

I do like eye relief though. If it's something that's a big deal to you then I can say, I did like my 3.5-10x44 a lot, but on a long-action Rem 700 I found myself wanting more ER.

Is that one of the newer scope reticles made by that electroform method that's not supposed to glow/reflect light ?