Thanks for your comments, Gentlemen. In the spirit of this site’s name and with the intent of treating them as tougher than thought, I’m now carting a Ruger No1 in 450/400NE 3” to the stand. This is a 2” group shooter at 100 yards with Hornady .411 300gr FNSP (a 405WIN bullet) at 2200fps. Dogfish, I’ve heard you loud and clear..

Brought the 6.5MS to the range on Friday morning and checked it’s zero with the same load I had used on Monday- 2”group at 100 on the pin. Not sure if this makes me happy or not! It should have been a good hit.

Now, if the rest of the season presents another opportunity, I’ll be back to report results.