Thanks for the reply Tinker, never considered recoil. And my comment about bench-zeroing was more for the DG rifle that has a removable low power variable scope. Which is the setup I would like.

I know that with my .300 RUM, I zero from the bench only. All practice is in field positions. So I know that when I miss a foot under something at 250 yards (like I did last night on a coyote), it's because I just made a bad shot, not because the rifle was not zeroed properly

Bake