Come on down Pat.
You wont be hard to find seein you will be the only guy with a &quot;PIGTAIL&quot;<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I welcome the challange<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>


Aussie by birth Texan by choice

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n23d,
My apologies,I didnt realize you where a IBO rep. My bad..<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

Grndzer - No problem! You can always count on a straight answer from me, if I don't know the answer . . . I'll find out for ya. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Whew. I'm glad to hear the 8.5s are legal. Now I can glue the emblems back on my Minox.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Pat, I'll tell ya the sex of the gnat.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Phil.
&quot;Could you guys be quiet, my dad's trying to shoot.&quot;<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

as long as we are going to ignore the 8x rule i can use my 10x is this right the rule was made for a reason now we are gonna ignore it

I guess if you want to get DQ'd - go for it <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

than if i use a 8.5x i should get dq'd also 8.5 is greater than 8

That's right bowman1; if they ignore this rule and get away with it, then it's a free-for-all on any binocular power.
Bowtech_shooter, how can Ken and the other IBO officials say that 8.5X binoculars are legal, when it states in the IBO Rules,

Section: Use Of Binoculars: C. Binoculars (hand held) will be allowed with a maximum of 8X magnification per manufacturers specification.

That means in plain english, that nothing, not even a .5X over an 8X is allowed.
n23d, I don't understand how you can say that, if you are an IBO official. Are you saying this hoping to benefit a select few, a binocular company, or maybe both? Nothing over an 8X is allowed! It says that in the IBO Rules. Even if this topic that you remember so well, was discussed last year, it obviously was not changed. As this rules stands now, it is not allowed! And, if anyone is using anything above an 8X, they would have to be disqualified!

The reason I remember it so well is that I had just paid roughly $1100.00 for a pair of binos, guess what? 8 power. I later found out that 8.5 were allowed.

BowPro - Help me out here

Edited by - n23d on 01/26/2003 23:19:04