SOme of the old books are really tantalizing

even the plagiarizing P.H.C. In fact he was tops! The idea of sorting out a maneater over bait has always been a fantasy. Gary's scope made me wonder. It must have been very fancy kit back in just post-Victorian days. Would you want an early optic on your Cat-ender or a naked blaster?

Personally I favor a low power wide field of view optic. The old Weaver K2.5 and K3 are great scopes. At point blank distance it matters little to me. Anything farther and it greatly helps me distinguish a rock from a hog laying down. Or a black Leopard....

I'm told that higher velocity cartridges are more telling on solid hits with large cats. Didn't a bicyclist get killed by a Cougar just lately?