Shooter-Selectable (Moveable) BDC

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I prefer not to select different turret positions on my scopes for different target ranges, but rather to 'hold-over' further-distanced targets.

All scopes that I have seen to date have "fixed" positions for the Ballistic/Bullet Drop Compensation markings. After zero'ing-in a scope's crosshairs for a certain distance, I would love to be able to move/position the BDC indicators (e.g. dot, hash line, circle) to an exact position for the hold-over amount required at longer ranges. Currently, trying to hold somewhere on the vertical axis crosshair between fixed indicators is not conducive to achieving the utmost accuracy.

Do any readers know of such a scope/reticle already in existence? Is there any move afoot within the optics industry to produce a shooter-selectable BDC positioning option?
 
Get a ffp scope with a horus retical, I prefer something less cluttered and really like my bushnell dmr with the G2 retical used it last week on a coyote at 428 yards. BDC reticals especially ones in the 2nd focal plane have so much going against them being accurate it's not even funny.
 
I think Quigley-Ford makes a scope where you give them the bullet weight, BC, and velocity and they etch the reticle to those specs.
 
What type of shooting are you doing? If you're using set ranges like 400,500,600,800,1000yds then the bdc reticle will work well but you would use the opposite site in method. Ie. Sight in at 600 yds on the appropriate hash mark. Your likely to be off by only a small margin (less than 2") at 100yds. It's a better situation to know you're going to hit 1-3/4" high at 100 than to be dead zeroed at 100 and be 7"or more off at 600. Get a ballistic app like Strelok and play with your zero distance until your long range hash marks are dead on. You can view the different reticles from different manufacturers, kind of a try before you buy scenario... Not perfect but very helpful.

If you're shooting random distances like 547, 655,783 yds then go FFP and learn how to use mil dots
 
Wilbar (et al),
I shoot .22LR for silhouettes and benchrest competitions (40 yards to 108 yards). I currently use a Nikon 150 BDC reticle sighted-in for 50 yards (with hold-over for 60, 77, 100 and 108 yds). I shoot mainly CCI SV ammo.
What I would like to use is a scope of 18X -to- 24X magnification, with a Target Dot crosshairs (for unsupported shooting at silhouettes), and (ideally) at least one (preferably more) moveable BDC indicators (horizontal line preferred) to increase the sight picture accuracy for benchrest shooting. I dislike twirling turrets on the scope as I change target distance (never found a scope in my price range - cheap - that could be dependably 'repeatable'). But it would be the bee's knees if I could set my own BDC marks!
I have sent a query to Leupold in this regard and await their response. I suspect that production is probable BUT that the cost will be prohibitive (small demand/large R&D).
One can dream, n'est-ce pas?
 
Get something with a mil-hash type reticle and learn what you need to hold in mils for you different ranges. The better ones now have sub tensions in 0.2 mil increments.
 
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