Muzzie Scope Options

[Ridge Runner]

I had a 2x7 simmons bp scope on my tc thunderhawk for years, have taken several bucks since scoping it beyond 100 yds, 2 years ago during early season in va an 8 point fell at 155 yds with it.
Then came early season 04, I helplessly watched an honest 140-150 class 10 point wander around for an hour, 242 yds was as close as he would come. I just didn't feel confidant at that range. on the drive home I kept thinking there had to be a way to fix that.
I got home and that afternoon took a 3x9 burris with bp from the safe and installed. my bro-in-law handed me a pack of bullets to shoot up since he had purchased them by mistake, they were traditions T-Shock XLR's 250 gr., I had planned on shooting my old standbys the MML 260 gr lead sabots so I figured I'd use the XLR's to get close.
Loaded up 150 gr of pyro (not 777) pellets, a T-shock and fired at the 100 yd target, well 10" left then I thought I'll try another before I move the scope. It cut the same hole!
Moved the scope over till it was 1" high at 100 and fired 3 shots for a group, one ragged hole!
moved the target out to 250 yds, fired a round checked the target 13" low, the second substension on the bp reticle is 13", so Now with those 2 changes I'm now confidant to approx 275 yds with it.
BPDR season '05 I wanted to test the T-shocks for penetration had an opprotunity at a yearling buck at 260 yds but decided to let the lil guy live, then the last day, spotted a racked buck on a bluff ranged him at 208 yds, got set up, put the horizontal wire on his backline and the verticle wire inline with the offside shoulder, when the timnet trigger on the TC broke, through the smoke I saw a white belly roll up, he never moved. POI was just behind the onside shoulder, the bullet broke the spine and the offside shoulder and exited.
RR