ce650

Does anyone here use the Nikon with the BDC reticle? If so how do you like it? Thinking of one for my rifle but want a little input before hand.

ryan1234

Just use Leupold mostly... I've heard that most of the big names get their optics from the same place in Japan (that could just be a rumor).

Also I've found the mil-dot reticle is very helpful and a personal favorite.

What kind of rifle are you mounting it to? What power are you looking at?

Personally I'm a big fan of 4-12x or 3-10x ... only because the over-all quality and practical use seems to be better on the lower magnifications... less possible error with parallax (even with AO).

ce650

putting it on a remington 700 bdl 30/06. Hunting trip to south texas this past winter one of the guys had the bdc nikon and loved it , no holdover guess work involved. I am looking at 4-10x and if I like it I will put one on my .300 also

BZNpilot248

Just keep in mind that your mileage may vary with the BDC reticle - different bullets have different drops so take that into account when sighting in your rifle, use several different ranges after zeroing it in to see where you're at with the other aim points - I guess I'm too much of a traditionalist and would rather have a plain nikoplex reticle or mil dot and use a slight bit of guestimation with how high to hold it on very long ranges. For most game you wouldn't expirience much change either way if you're zeroed in at 200 yards. I think I prefer a 3-9 power or fixed 4x. much more than 9x and your field of view is too small and 9x will reach out to the end of your practical range anyway. Just my thoughts anyway. If you google rifle scopes there are some good articles on whats good, whats overkill, whats practical, etc. etc. Just my humble opinions

RichAustinTX

Love my Nikon but BZNPilot is right, every manufacturer, or grain will shoot diferent. So you can't say that it will be perfect. That being said you could probably, through trial and error, find a bullet that will match pretty close. Where in South Texas did you hunt? I used to manage a ranch just North of Raymondville. (Kenedy County) Beautiful country for hunting.

ryan1234

Very true... especially for hunting.. depending on the grain and practical application.

I see some guys get out there for buck with a 16-24 (!) that might be a little over kill unless you hunting marco polo in Kyrgyzstan from 500yds with a .300wm or higher.

FOV is paramount... on some optics though, the mil-dot only works with a certain power. I'm a pretty big fan of the .308 paired with a 3-10 or 4-12.

ce650

We hunted a ranch near hebbronville tx. first time ever for texas whitetail for me and it was the best time ever hunting .

RichAustinTX

Glad you had a good time. I've heard that Hebronville has some great game. Did you take any home?

ce650

Yes we did, we were invited guests on a 4000 acre ranch and only allowed to shoot "scrub bucks" so all the really nice bucks were off limits. Still was a great experience. Saw some of the largest bucks I have ever seen in the wild , really unbelievable.

BZNpilot248

On another note - not too long ago I got a "new" rifle from my father in law that was given to him (he had no real interest in it) that I'm very excited to go out and shoot! Its a .264 win mag and the gun doesn't look like its EVER fired a shot! its imaculate! no slide marks on the bolt, any marks in the magazine, stock is flawless. From what I hear the .264 win mag is a very fast, very flat shooting cartrige and would be an awesome coyote getter! I've got a 243 for deer and 30-06 for deer/elk and this .264 has some weight to it! however with the heavier barrel etc. I"m curious to see how accurate I can get this thing! I think it has great potential and I"m curious to see how it works - it also has a Tasco "euro class" 4-12x50 power scope on it that will be interesting to see how well it works. The rifle is a Remington 700 classic made in 86 so I"m guessing the scope is the same vintage - sounds like the euro class was one of the higher end scopes that tasco ever made and I read some decent things about them - but I"m not real crazy about the large objective lens and weight, then again may work well for a long range varmit rifle. Ideally I may want to put a better/lighter Leupold or Nikon on there but we'll see. Thats pretty far down the priority spending list so hopefully I'll be satisfied with the scope thats on it. Anyone have any expirience with these scopes or calibers? I hope to take it out and shoot it some time in the next couple weeks so we'll see what kind of groupings I get.