4Blade Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Anyone tried one of Nikon's scopes that has the BDC reticle??If so how accurate are they at the longer ranges 200+??...Iam thinking about buying one for my .270...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Nikon BDC Reticle I haven't tried the Nikon, but the similar reticles found in the Burris scopes I use work very well with calculating where to hold at 200+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Nikon BDC Reticle Got a burris fullfield with the ballistic plex reticles. Have yet to shoot the .270 it is mounted on at over 250 yards with it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterDWL Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Nikon BDC Reticle i have a few nikon scopes great i have nothing bad to say about them as far as the bdc reticle goes never tried it but i have no doubt in there product Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Nikon BDC Reticle The reticle system is as accurate as the gun and shooter are. It's not rocket science shooting long range. If you have a known amount of holdover it is easy. The extra marks in the reticle give you a known distance. Where the marks are zeroed depend on the gun and the load. It's probably not 250 or 300 yards. More like 235 and 289 or some thing like that. You still need to use the gun on paper at the longer ranges to see where it will hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Nikon BDC Reticle It's a good scope. I bought one for my AR and LOVE the side focus. The BDC reticle takes a little getting used to because it's a series of little circles rather than mil dots or hash marks like on the Burris B-Plex or Leupy B&C reticles. It's NOT calibrated to 100-200-300 yards. But when you sight in, you check where the bullet hits at say... 300 - 350 yrds and remember that spot on the scope whether it be in the middle of one of the circles or between two of them. It would be impossible to make a scope like that unless there was only one load or caliber being used. So don't assume that the 3rd circle means this is where the bullet will hit at 300 yards. I have the Burris B-Plex on my 22-250 and the second hash is for 430 yrds. I hold dead on out to 330. Ranges in between will fall somewhere between the 1st & 2nd crosshairs. In the Nikon The little circle I use for 280-310 yds fits right on Mr Coyotes chest. Soo.... It actually helps a little with ranging if you don't have time to get out your rangefinder. If you don't have a rangefinder, get one. These type of scopes need to be paired with a good rangefinder to be utilized properly. I love these type of scopes. But you have to do quite a bit of work to figure them out. Once you do they are fantastic tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEIOWAARCHER Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: Nikon BDC Reticle A very good friend of mine has a Nikon Omega BDC scope on his TC omega. As far a that one goes it works just like they said it would. We took it out and put it to the test. As far as just the other BDC scopes, I can;t say for sure. I would say after seeing the omega they sould work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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