RE: ATM - a 'scope for the classroom

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n a message dated 8/4/99 3:54:49 PM Central Daylight Time, 
Shane_Lapierre@aici.com writes:

> you'll have to ask
>  yourself whether or not a 6th grader can figure out a 6x30
>  finder, or if a 1 power finder will work better.
>
    I agree that a finder scope might not be the best for this application. 
Empirical observation of newbies of all ages tells me that a gun site type 
arrangement is the most intuitive, indestructable and inexpensive.
Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
Veteran of a zillion public star parties