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adamsp123
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Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD
      10/13/09 09:57 AM

There has been confusion over this but I am pretty certain the spec excludes the counterweight but Vixen do spec the maximum load, quite correctly IMO, with a caveat regarding the distance the centre of mass is from the saddle clamp.

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* Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD Scott Rose 10/12/09 10:16 AM
. * Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD adamsp123   10/12/09 11:26 AM
. * Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD Scott Rose   10/12/09 12:50 PM
. * Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD adamsp123   10/13/09 09:57 AM
. * Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD Bowmoreman   10/13/09 06:15 PM
. * Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD Scott Rose   10/13/09 10:45 AM
. * Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD Doubleglaze   10/13/09 11:55 AM
. * Re: Largest scope you have mounted on your Vixen SXD lionel   10/13/09 11:45 AM

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