Originally Posted By: 6mm06
Cozwurth,
Yea, 2" off both ways can easily equal a miss, even on the fox. If the scope won't hold zero, then you are right to get rid of it.
The scope I purchased just for the home-made NV outfit is a Bushnell Banner 4x16, Dusk to Dawn, illuminated reticle with an adjustable objective. I think if you put this home-made night vision job together, it will be important to have the ability to adjust the parallax of your scope for the distance you will be shooting. I think that was the problem with my point-of-impact drifting previously. After I got the Bushnell and adjusted it for parallax at the 60 yard bait site, and then sighted in the NV to that distance, it was dead on target.
Sighting in at your bait site to hit dead center is the important thing so you won't have to worry about trajectory. Wherever you expect a coyote to appear, that's where to sight.
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Thanks, 06. The Bushnell Banner was one of the scope series that I was looking into. I was looking at the 3-9 x 50 for more light transmission, but it does not have an adjustable objective. I will definitely be ordering one soon, but I need to make up my mind on the different reticles. My carbine round will drop off quicker than your rifle, so the CF500 reticle may be of more use to me than the Multi-X.
Wallbass, good to hear another vote for the Bushnell Banner.
