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Finally got around to mounting a Telerad on the scope ... when I look through the retical I see the bulls-eye - but it appears a bit funny looking --- like 2 bulls-eyes stacked on top of each other except they are not exactly overlayed .. just a tad off.

Is this normal --- I do wear glasses -- I fiddled with the alignment screws - no luck. Moving the distance of my eye to the retical seems to only affect the size of the bulls-eye.

This seems like it will be a very easy sight to use - but I must say I amd not impressed with the documentation (there isn't any) and Telerad doesn't have a web site

Any comments on to setup and use are VERY appreciated !!!!!!
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Replying to my own question ---- If I view primarily with my right eye or centered using both eyes --- I get the overlap mentioned in my post ---- if I view primarily with my left eye I get a clean bulls-eye. Is this an astigmatisim problem ??
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You could ask the Telrad people by going to their website (or I think it's their site), below. I don't know if you're aware of the telrad books for finding things, but they are very cool and are at

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