Time to continue load development with my .44-77.

[Distant Thunder]

I don't have any qualms about using the scope, I'm not getting younger, and I don't want to stop shooting at matches if I don't have to. Now with irons and scope competing head-to-head at Lodi I'm even less bothered by using a scope. I don't believe for a minute that using a scope makes me a better shot or makes my ammo shoot any better, but it sure as hell lets me see the target and the number boards better with old eyes. I remember when I could see the white spotter in the black at 800 yards and even 900 yards with my naked eyes. These days I can't read the numbers and I struggle to see the target with irons. When I could see well years ago I could shoot pretty darn good, if it takes a scope to keep me competitive I don't have a problem with it at all and not with anyone else using one either.

We need more shooter not less and it takes more than a scope to win a match.