I'll throw a different perspective out there. While I'm not claiming BC type reticles are a con I will say that I wouldn't pay more for 1 of them. In a pure cost benefit choice I'd put my money into better glass or other qualitative features before spending on a compenstation type reticle. I regularly shoot out to 500-600 yards and personally haven't felt any need for a BC reticle.
Here's my reasoning... a generic example: Shooting a 7mm Rem Mag sighted in 2" high at 100 yards you in the ballpark of having a +/- 3" point blank range out to 300 yards. In other words if the critter is under 300 yards just aim dead on and shoot... no compensation required. Now, assuming you have a heavy duplex reticle you have another longer range aim point on the vertical cross hair below the horizontal where it goes from thin to thick. Those 2 aim points cover about 98% of your hunting situations.
Again, not knockin em, just my
