Rail505
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- Feb 9, 2020
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Buying parts for my first hunting rifle, a remington 700 .308. Realistically, i will not shoot at an animal thats at 400 yards or more. I have stumbled upon a few questions that i cant seem to find the answer to on here or on another forum where snipers hide. Question is in regards to rifle scope reticle and using laser rangefinder.
My understanding of a Mil reticle is you can find what range your target/elk is at if you know the dimensions of it. Everytime i will have my rifle, be it at the range or while hunting, i will have a laser rangefinder on my body, so i wont be using the reticle to guess what range something is at.
Since i will be using a laser rangefinder, can i get away with a simple duplex reticle in the second focal plane? Or is ffp mil reticle that much better while using a lrf? Reason is the only scope i can find that meets all “my requirements” of ffp, mils/mils, illuminated and a low power of 2 for close distance work is the Nightforce NX8 2.5-20x50, but it is a bit too expensive for me. Was hoping for something in the thousand dollar range. So im wondering if i can just use an illuminated, sfp, duplex scope and still be as “effective” as having a mil reticle in ffp with a lrf. Planning on this being my only scope purchase for the next 10 years. Seeing if i can go this route of cheaper rifle scope so i can try and upgrade my BX-4 binos to some SLC’s or EL’s. That reminds me, whats more important to have better glass in, your bino’s or riflescope? Thanks for your time roksliders, i have found this to be one of the best, no-bs-answers-forum that i have ever been on.
My understanding of a Mil reticle is you can find what range your target/elk is at if you know the dimensions of it. Everytime i will have my rifle, be it at the range or while hunting, i will have a laser rangefinder on my body, so i wont be using the reticle to guess what range something is at.
Since i will be using a laser rangefinder, can i get away with a simple duplex reticle in the second focal plane? Or is ffp mil reticle that much better while using a lrf? Reason is the only scope i can find that meets all “my requirements” of ffp, mils/mils, illuminated and a low power of 2 for close distance work is the Nightforce NX8 2.5-20x50, but it is a bit too expensive for me. Was hoping for something in the thousand dollar range. So im wondering if i can just use an illuminated, sfp, duplex scope and still be as “effective” as having a mil reticle in ffp with a lrf. Planning on this being my only scope purchase for the next 10 years. Seeing if i can go this route of cheaper rifle scope so i can try and upgrade my BX-4 binos to some SLC’s or EL’s. That reminds me, whats more important to have better glass in, your bino’s or riflescope? Thanks for your time roksliders, i have found this to be one of the best, no-bs-answers-forum that i have ever been on.