Well, I don't post here much, but I'll say this; Dave, Ya outta just go ahead and get that Burris and slap it on there, if for no other reason than that I wanna try it out.
As for the Burris naysayers, I gotta say too, (and although I'm not a magazine writer, I did spend 19 years of my existance fixing optics from binoculars and NODs to submarine periscopes for our Uncle) they make at LEAST a decent optic. I have an older 1.5 to 4.5, a 2.75 pistol scope and a 3-9X40 Fullfield II that have done at LEAST what I have asked of them, and then some. They are NOT a Nightforce, nor are they priced like it. They are, in my opinion, a good hunting scopeinso far as I've never raised mine up and saw a fogged scope, nor made a shot that wasn't where I intended (or called) while stuck on my 660 or 700.
I've known the "Slayer" for a few years, I've seen him d@mn near clean 600 with an M1A and irons more then once, I'll stand for his ability to make long shots without a crutch...
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