Halcon,

Oops, forgot the A.O. part. Its full description is 6.5-20X44 A.O. I did adjust the objective as well, but it didn' t seem to help. I think that I' m not focusing the eyepiece correctly. The reticle looks pretty clear to me, but it' s not supersharp right away. All of my walls are patterned so I can' t focus it against a wall in my house because my eye instantly changes focus to the background. I tryed to sight it on the sky out the window, but the window and screen was a problem. Unfortunately I live in town and can' t just take the rifle outside for fear that the neighbors who don' t really know me might think I was a terrorist trying to shoot down a plane or something (I live about 5 miles from the airport and the traffic pattern takes jets within a couple miles of my house.)

I know that I should sight the scope on a bright but plain background and then look through the scope quickly to see if the reticle is sharp. The problem is that my eye adjusts so fast that I can' t tell when it' s just right. Maybe one of you guys can suggest a better way to get it focused in. Other than (likely my) being unable to focus it right, the Nikon is an awesome scope. At low mag everything is camera quality (it is Nikon after all). It' s just that the high mag is messed up, but what good is a target scope with a poor high mag image quality?

Mike