I will give that one some serious consideration next year. A friend of mine has some property around an hour north of me and the portable bench ideathat cayugad suggested sounds like a viable suggestion too. Was i popular at the range well i went during the week when hardly anyone was there so i don't think I was really bothering anyone. There was another BP shooter there and he was shooting Goex BP and I will admit that stuff was a lot of smoke. I have to admit I was real popular with the owner of the range/sports shop where I also purchased those pellets and PB. As I saidI was fortunate that the omega was a gift and i had the leupold just lying around the house otherwise I would have been really annoyed not just a little annoyed. Thanks for the suggestions. BTW I hunted last year and killed a doe with my buddy's omega at about 100 yards offhand which is what got me interested inmuzzleloading.