Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: silverdalesauer on July 02, 2012, 10:53:16 PM
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Can someone help me better understand:
Plex?
BDC?
Out of these two - what's your personal preference?
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A plex is a crosshair, + . A BDC is a ballistic drop compensator, with dots/lines/ or circles below the center of the crosshair. This allows one to use the lines/dots/circles to accurately shoot longer distances. A standard crosshair is fine for shooting out to 400 yds, but a BDC or turret is better for longer distances. I prefer the turret style, which lowers or raises the crosshairs for shooting. Usually in MOA.
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Actually a "Plex" is short for Duplex which are crosshairs/reticle that are thicker and then get thin near the center. The thick outer lines give you fast aquisition and the thin center gives you a precise aiming point. Once you get to know a duplex you can use the thickness of the crosshairs and the distance between the thick cross hair for range estimation. I prefer the Plex/duplexs uncluttered image and fast aquisition on a hunting scope.
I only hunt coyotes and a Duplex is simple and there is nothing to move or change and I rarely take a shot over 300yrds so I can hold on fur without having to change anything. KISS goes a long way on a coyote stand.
