What scope is that on yours Geedubya? Would like to try dialing for the first time.
JV,
I've mentioned on numerous occasions that I am not a long range shooter. I'd say 95% of the shots I take are at 200 yds or under. I do have a couple places where I hunt that I can stretch out to 400 yds. and one where can go 650 yds and out.
May seem nutz, but I have rifles zero'd at 100 and 200 yds. If I'm gonna be shooting past 200, I usually know the ballistics of cartridge that the rifle I'm hunting, and hold over. Typically no problem to 300 yds. If I expect shots to be 300 to 400 yds I have a Rem, Sendero in 338 RUM with a Boone & Crockett Reticle that works, so far every time it has been tried to 400 yds.
I once heard/read that a good rule of thumb is 4x per 100 yds for white-tail deer sized critters. Don't know if that is true, but it is the rule of thumb I have subscribed to. So I chose a 4 -16 power scope. Sixteen power/400 yds. Forty MM to 44mm is my favorite front objective, but I will do a 50mm from time to time.
Additionally I am a sucker for a deal and I have a friend that can get Nikon Optics for 55% of MSRP.
So with that in mind, I topped the BLRHCS with a Nikon Black X-1000, 4-16 x 50 SF Matte, Illuminated, X-Moa Reticle.
The reticle is a little busy for an old "duplex" or A4 guy, but what the hey. I do enjoy the illuminated reticle at dark thirty or when using a kill light after dark, and Nikon has an I-Phone app called "spot on" that can be downloaded and the load "dope" can be entered that shows the distance equivalents at the hash marks/subtensions.
Quien Sabe,
GWB