Thread: The Howikka Test Bed

POI is the new scope. It had my 3.5-10 "tester" on pending the arrival of a 3-15. It is a bit weird that the load stats have improved but the group got worse. I did have a bit of an issue with the scope, it was causing "tired eyes " with a loss of clarity (like you get from suppressor mirage) but I don't know what caused it.

The expectations thing is important, the rifle shoots 73s noticeably better but I have 200 77gn TMKs and the are allegedly better on bigger animals. The rifle shoots 55s to less than one click POI difference, so I can interchange rounds on the hill.

Originally Posted by Tentman

POI is the new scope. It had my 3.5-10 "tester" on pending the arrival of a 3-15. It is a bit weird that the load stats have improved but the group got worse. I did have a bit of an issue with the scope, it was causing "tired eyes " with a loss of clarity (like you get from suppressor mirage) but I don't know what caused it.

The expectations thing is important, the rifle shoots 73s noticeably better but I have 200 77gn TMKs and the are allegedly better on bigger animals. The rifle shoots 55s to less than one click POI difference, so I can interchange rounds on the hill.

That comment on the scope is really interesting - I had a Leupold scope that did something similar to me. I could not adjust the scope or do anything to improve it, did not seem to be anything "wrong" with it but it just did not work with my eyeball. Same issue, created 'tired eyes' - it's quite a good way to describe it actually. Ended up selling it, new owner loved it. I've never experienced it with any other scope I've tried.

Remainder of the thread is an interesting read as well!