BDC Reticle – Why we don’t use them

Spot on man! I found this out the hard way on the range. Thanks for the video

Sounds like you got a lot of people debunking your theories.. I have an old school scope with just crosshairs. 30yrs old .. I know the different distances of my ammo. Will you find an ammo you like which I don't hunt I shoot paper and steel so 5. 56 is my ammo I've been shooting it for 30 years. I know exactly how it's going to act..

Who in their right mind would not go validate their load and rifle with the reticle? Just like you wouldn’t go out and just guess your Moa or mil come up without knowing your load. Sooooo this video is moot

Nikon has aballistic program that wil give you the yardages for each mark using YOUR platform and ammo. Mine works great.

I have some BDC scopes and for the price they are not bad. The point is that they give you few aiming points and by the time you apply them to YOUR actual rifle, they will be correct at odd, random distances.

Better than nothing (if you wish to use holdover) but not as good as a uniformly graduated Mildot or MOA reticle which can be applied very precisely with the assistance of your verified range card.

You can by BDC scopes for particular calibers, Einstein.

If you buy a Bushnell optic, you can call Bushnell and tell them what rifle you are using it on and what ammo you are shooting and they will tell you what your hold points are on their BDC reticle. I know because I did.

Mil dot is the way to go. Just my oppinion. Bdc has not been good for me, and yes I have used the Nikon app and such. I have shot Coyotes on the run LOL

These reticles are handy for an individual who knows his weapon and ammo drop at certain ranges. Nothing wrong with them, especially for large, heavy bullets or shotgun slugs.

He is joking right ? First of all those spots should mean anything you want, and have it tested for your specific weapon, not the weapon they test this on, like what the fuck ? Who would even waste their time listening to such crap that its 100m, 200m, for this and that weapon… no way.. Also this kind of reticle compliments the FFP reticles the most, I love this combination, I dont think there is a better thing than BDC type shown while it being in FFP

Thanks for the info, I'm shopping for a new scope and now I know what i don't want

I got the lrx redical 4-16×44 nikko stirling on a 223 hopefully it will hold up good havnt shot it yet

Huge difference between a 22-250 and 308.

This video really misses the mark on what you should be saying.
Firstly guy made a mistake in buying the wrong scope for his rifle.

Secondly BDC scope are not accurate enough for range/competition.
They are really only good for human size targets where your target is anywhere from head to groin at various ranges where any hit is the goal.

Not for putting a round in the head or heart of small game, or the bullseye of a target at afew hundred yards

Wrong gun for the optic…folks, don't like a vid that makes no point/since. Smart guy, just wrong info.

My BDC was pretty far off too from the start. Good thing I go to the range and make adjustments before taking long hunting shots. It works just fine now that I know my setup. Never assume anything. Go to the range, get some trigger time, find out all the things you don't know or screwed up. Go home and fix it. Repeat until it's dialed in. Simple as that, and just like any other hobby…

Well no shit

Haha I'm getting me a new scout rifle, making me a noob on scopes. So I'm on youtube looking to learn about windage, elevation, 1/4 moa adjustments and sfp, ffp etc. That being said common sense to me would dictate that not all rifles and bullets would be up to par with bdc, and one would have to do some math. Otherwise the box for that scope would say something like "ruger gunsite scout 18.5 in using hornady". Am i right to assume that?

Thank you. I am a bit abashed. I never thought of half your points. I have several mil dot scopes. Never have had a BDC, cuz I dont like all those lines in bottom of reticle

I think its more of a case of know your equipment. Nikon's app is a great start, but go to the range and test your optic/ ammo to be sure you know how it'll shoot.

This is not true when it comes to the Nikon Buckmaster 2 scope. You can actually download the Nikon SpotOn app and it takes your ammo and optical zoom into effect and tells you in the app and tells you which reticle to use for which yardage.

I took a bdc cheap ass scope from amazon off of my ar15 and put it on a break barrel air rifle, not only is the reticle standing up to the two way recoil that it's not supposed to handle, but within five shots I was minute of sparrow at 50, 75, and 100yards, with figured holdover, 9 out of 10 birds I shot at varying distances with a bdc are very dead, maybe you need to learn how to shoot instead of preach simply because it's not your style?

Guess I lucked out lol my old savage model 10 .223 build was hitting dead on at 600 yards with the nikon p223 scope 😅