BDC vs regular duplex?

LMRNFAO a statue lol that's funny right there I don't care who you are!
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Statue, or maybe it was a shrine. My Spanish is worse than their English, and they are partial to shrines.:d Different areas have different traditions and there can be a little culture shock. The guides are used to iron sighted 30-30s and mine was laughing when he said "Mike, shoot?" and made a trigger pulling motion with his finger. I'd made a 320 yard shot earlier that day and that was phone home and tell the wife worthy news to him. My partner used to shoot a lot of silhouette, and to impress him I would have had to make the shot offhand. The owner of the ranch told me that there had been only shot made on the ranch in about 200 years that was longer, and that was by an Argentinian sniper. He insisted on buying my Geovids before I left, and a couple of Patagonian doctors that were there at the same time were pretty sure I should sell one of them the rifle. I got toasted and bowed to, and questioned endlessly at meals after that. Funny thing is, if a guy missed the same shot on the Saskatchewan prairies he'd likely have to walk home. ;) Oh well, it was memorable in any case. Weatherby Mark V rebarrelled to .300 Win in a Gaillard Barrel and Leupold 3.5-10 VX3L if anyone cares.
 
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Statue, or maybe it was a shrine. My Spanish is worse than their English, and they are partial to shrines.:d Different areas have different traditions and there can be a little culture shock. The guides are used to iron sighted 30-30s and mine was laughing when he said "Mike, shoot?" and made a trigger pulling motion with his finger. I'd made a 320 yard shot earlier that day and that was phone home and tell the wife worthy news to him. My partner used to shoot a lot of silhouette, and to impress him I would have had to make the shot offhand. The owner of the ranch told me that there had been only shot made on the ranch in about 200 years that was longer, and that was by an Argentinian sniper. He insisted on buying my Geovids before I left, and a couple of Patagonian doctors that were there at the same time were pretty sure I should sell one of them the rifle. I got toasted and bowed to, and questioned endlessly at meals after that. Funny thing is, if a guy missed the same shot on the Saskatchewan prairies he'd likely have to walk home. ;) Oh well, it was memorable in any case. Weatherby Mark V rebarrelled to .300 Win in a Gaillard Barrel and Leupold 3.5-10 VX3L if anyone cares.
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Sounds like a good place to live after that kind of treatment. :p
 
I went BDC crazy when I was first introduced to them years ago, for no other reason than I "might" need to use it. Never have, and probably never will, so I reverted back to regular duplex. I don't think you would ever use it within 300 yards.
 
Simple ones...a couple of extra aiming dots or crosshairs...are nice (sorry, I hate those circles on the Nikon version). You won't need them for most shots, but when you decide to take a longer poke they do help. The biggest problem seems to be shooters who are simply too lazy to take the time and shoot their hunting load to test it at all ranges, right out to the maximum they would ever consider shooting at game. Once you know how the extra aiming points equate to the trajectory of your load in your gun, there's no downside to these reticles. For 99% of your hunting shots, ignore them. For the odd long poke, you'll know how to use them.

No disrespect to Nikon Travis meant, but too many guys buy into that marketing crap: "Just slap this onto your gun and turn it into a long-distance tackdriver!" You can buy all the apps and programs and charts in the world, but in the end it's worthless if you don't do the range work. Putting a scope, any scope, on a gun does not change the accuracy of that gun. If you do your due diligence, it might change how accurately you can shoot that gun. Less keyboard time, more trigger time.

Ever watch a guy getting ready to take a 350-yard shot on an antelope, and have him pull out his phone and start inputting data so that he can figure out how to aim with his Horus reticle? I have...it wasn't pretty...:)
 
Ever watch a guy getting ready to take a 350-yard shot on an antelope, and have him pull out his phone and start inputting data so that he can figure out how to aim with his Horus reticle? I have...it wasn't pretty...
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Did you make him walk home?;) I find it funny when people think they need a rangefinder, ballistic program, ballistic reticles or turrets to make shots that were point-blank in the 20s.

That's not to say that the toys don't have their uses, but they sure do attract people looking for short-cuts.
 
I didn't actually know the gent before this hunt, this was a "group hunt" that was as much a meet'n'greet as it was a hunt. Lots of fun, not too serious.

After the first computer-controlled shot, which was a bad hit somewhere around the edges, he and the guide took off after the wounded-but-still-supersonic critter and left a couple of us at the truck. We heard shot after shot after shot...eventually the guide re-appeared, grabbed more ammo, and took off again at a dead run. More shots ensued, getting further and further away.

Anyone remember that line from the song by the Talking Heads: "the sound of gunfire...off in the distance...I'm getting used to it now..."? One of my new hunting buddies started to sing that...I was laughing so hard I thought I was going to have a stroke. :)
 
Thanks for all the advice. I ended up going with the BDC reticle, thought it might be a fun feature to add for only $10. The circles don't seem to bother me too much, can't wait to try it out at the range :)
 
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