Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting GAP/Sinclair/Bushnell LR Hunter

this scope in my view is a huge opportunity lost IMO. a couple years back I sent an email to bushnell and told them my ideas for a long range hunting scope. The scope I said needed to be built would have had a reticle similar to the graybull and huskemaw reticles. The reticle would have been in MOA. Mils is an odd ball unit of measurement, it just is. in my mind it requires a second calculation to make it into a unit of measurement we all relate to every day. I have heard all the people say use it and its better. I for the life of me just can't see how after studying it. both MOA and mils are a unit of angular measurement, there is nothing magic about the mil system and just because the military uses it doesn't mean I should or its better, they also use the metric system. MOA relates very closely to inches, I can look through my reticle at a rock I am shooting at across a canyon, it measures 2 MOA in my MOAR nightforce reticle. distance is 700 yards. I know roughly thats about a 14" rock I am shooting at. mils also don't brake down as well either, most of the finer mil reticles are broken down to half mils, which is pushing close to twice the measurement of MOA, .5 mil is 1.8 ish moa, thats too course of measurement IMO to be as effective as MOA could be when used on a reticle for wind hold offs.

I do like the concept of keeping the turret inside one turn and that turn being 10 mils, 10 mils is a freaking lot of adjustment roughly 36 moa, that would get my 243 ai out to like 1300 yards. I don't think I have ever even attempted a shot that far. but again I would like to see the turret be 36 moa in one turn, a look at possibly using 1/3 moa clicks which would be close to .1 mil.

The next thing is the reticle, this is a tactical reticle, to me its looks like the GAP HDMR reticle in bushnell's tactical scope. I don't see a need for that busy of a reticle get rid for the marks on the verticle or the horus like marks below. if you dial the scope you don't need all this crap. I also can't see how the scope would be that great in low light without illumination. I don't like illumination on a hunting scope because what happens when the battery goes out. I personally love bushnell scopes they are some of my favorites the elite series etc. To me its sad they are listening to much to the tactical crowd over at snipers hide. I have spent some time over there and I can tell you the crowd over there has a very group think pack like mentality. They are very close minded about other ideas and tend to be the type that know what they know and they can't be reasoned with easily. Another thing is the rash of 34 mm tubed scopes, why on earth does 99% of people need a 34mm tube scope??? the 34mm tube means at best 20 moa of elevation extra, that takes my 243 ai from 1700 yards to 1900 big freaking whoop, again this is coming from the tactical crowd. I wish bushnell would listen to real long range hunters.

I'm sure Bushnell will call you next time rather than Pat Sinclair and George Gardner.

Laughing...

I realize that its just looking at a chart, but my mind wants to see it, and will see it, before I use it. Just the way I'm wired. When holding off 1.5 mils at 600 I want to know what it looks like.

Not a terrible way to go, but i ditched the CDS for a TT, tried an MOA CDS on the 4.5-14 and a 3.5-10. hated them