Re: Target recomindations
When using my 1X scope, i center the target on a clean card board backer. My targets i print on a sheet of 8 1/2 X 11 printer paper. When i sight, i don't see any of the target like you don't, but i do see the cross hair on the single piece of white printer paper, on the brown backer. Essentially what i try to do is center the cross hair by seeing white outside, the black cross hair. The bulls eye itself is not visible, because the cross hair covers it completely. The only reason i bother printing the target, is just to gauge the bullet holes through the spotting scope. Many times i just shoot at a blank piece of white printer paper.
There isn't much to like about a 1X scope. If i could see the front sight, i would be using a peep sight instead of a 1X scope, but alas i can't. After a couple of years using the 1X scope, i finally have learned to shoot it, not so very very bad.