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Quote from: bman940 on November 05, 2017, 09:51:33 AMDialing in the BDC reticle with Spot On was a piece of cake.How do you like Nikon scopes in general? Is it worth to spend 500-600$ for a good Nikon scope or its better to invest this money into Leupold or other brand? I had professional DSLR Nikon cameras with Nikkor Lenses and was happy with quality of the glass.Also i personally like the Idea of BDC but never used it. Will try it out next week.Thx.
Dialing in the BDC reticle with Spot On was a piece of cake.
Quote from: TimBaleia on November 05, 2017, 10:04:12 AMQuote from: bman940 on November 05, 2017, 09:51:33 AMDialing in the BDC reticle with Spot On was a piece of cake.How do you like Nikon scopes in general? Is it worth to spend 500-600$ for a good Nikon scope or its better to invest this money into Leupold or other brand? I had professional DSLR Nikon cameras with Nikkor Lenses and was happy with quality of the glass.Also i personally like the Idea of BDC but never used it. Will try it out next week.Thx.I was in the same boat (I've had Nikon cameras and lenses for year and love them) and ended up putting a ProStaff 5 2.5-10x40mm scope on my model 16. That said, I wouldn't do it again. Hunting is hard on gear, and the no-questions-asked warranties of companies like Leupold and Vortex have become more and more valuable to me. Next optic I buy will be from one of them, guaranteed.
This is just my experience, and not wanting to completely dump on Leupold BUT...I ended up purchasing one not long ago, after having some good luck with one on my wifes rifle. Out of the box, reticle was loose. It was slight, didn't notice it until I had it leveled on the rifle I was mounting it on. Called up Leupold, explained my situation and was told that it would be a minimum of three weeks... wait - three weeks? You mean the scope I just bought and took out of the box you're going to make me wait at least three weeks to get it fixed? Yep.Look, I don't expect a company to completely bend over backwards. If I had the scope a year, hey it happens, you send it in for warranty and if it takes three weeks well thats okay. If I buy an item and it comes broken out of the box, then I expect it to be made right.Anyway, I ended up getting sportsmans to take it back and exchanged it for a scope of a different brand. I wrote a review on Leupolds website and wouldn't you know it, I get an email stating it was moderated off. Funny, I don't think there is a 1-2 or even 3 star review anywhere on their website... wonder why...edit - before it comes up, I have a really nice Cornwell torque driver that I use to torque all the fasteners so it isn't an issue of over-torquing the rings.