pitdog2,
For less than $200 you can buy this and keep your Nikon right where it is.
http://www.jpar15.com/recoil.htm
I have one on my Rem 700 7mm RUM and it literally doesn't move!!! The guys at the range can't believe their eyes when I shoot it. Before I had it installed I was clocked by the scope on an antelope hunt and bled all over the map to the ranch when I accidentally used it to catch the blood instead of a paper towel. Never could find my way around the property after that!!! ha
Edited by - soonershooter on 12/03/2002 19:37:21