shibiwan Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) I have a Nikon M-308 (BDC 800 reticle) on my MK3. It's about a month old and I'm thinking of returning it (while I still can) and getting a Vortex PST 6-24x50 FFP EBR1 MRAD instead. One of the biggest reasons I'm flip flopping on this is the limited availability of any affordable 20-MOA mount in 30mm -- and therefore I was considering shimming a regular 30mm mount like a Burris PEPR. I'm mostly doing target shooting and polishing up on my rusty marksmanship skills. Keep it or exchange? I'm open to your thoughts/suggestions. -S Edited August 15, 2013 by shibiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imschur Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 What distances are you shooting at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) What distances are you shooting at? My eventual goal is 500-1000 yards.... I figure that I should at least be a decent shot just in case "all hell breaks loose". LOL Edited August 15, 2013 by shibiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyEJL Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I'm deeply pondering the swarovski 3.5-18 scopes right now, as that seems to be the lowest base magnification that will still have a max of 1000 yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Hi Shib What happened to the 20 moa mount that comes with the m-308 scopes? Nikon ships the 20 moa with the m-308 scope from the factory. Most of my scopes are the Nikon monarch 8x32....but I recently got the m-308 and im highly impressed with it. With its reduced power compared to my others it shoots awesome out t0 500 and the reticle is right on for different distances when shooting the 168gr...... its rugged and well built :) Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted August 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) Hi Shib What happened to the 20 moa mount that comes with the m-308 scopes? Nikon ships the 20 moa with the m-308 scope from the factory. Most of my scopes are the Nikon monarch 8x32....but I recently got the m-308 and im highly impressed with it. With its reduced power compared to my others it shoots awesome out t0 500 and the reticle is right on for different distances when shooting the 168gr...... its rugged and well built :) Wash The Nikon mount is 1" while the Vortex is 30mm so that's useless. My other options are: 1. 20moa riser with regular 30mm rings (like the Badger 22moa riser) 2. Burris Signature Zee mounts. 3. Shimming a one-piece mount like the PEPR 4. Make my own one-piece mount (but I'm a lazy ass bitch so the other options seem more attractive to me. LOL) I'm not saying that the Nikon M-308 is a bad scope..... in fact I'm reasonably happy with it, but I'm finding that the Nikon is pretty picky about getting the correct eye relief/eye positioning at 16x or I get the black tube effect. Other thing is the reticle, since I was trained to range using mil dots. Not being able to range using the BDC800 is a little annoying. Perhaps it's just me being out of it for so long and I simply have to re-learn a new setup so my head/eye/face positioning is more consistent. -S Edited August 16, 2013 by shibiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbasks Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I went with weaver riser and warne rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Damn I LOVE that camo job you did!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbasks Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Thank u! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted August 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Nice camo job bubb! How high are your rings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbasks Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Un fortunatly theyre mids or highs. Wish i could get em lower but the riser would hit the magnification ring. Eventually i might chop the back off the riser and go to lows but havent had any issues out to 1k with it so i figure y mess with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Nice setup and paint brother. <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted August 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) Just went and did the exchange. Thank you guys! Edited August 21, 2013 by shibiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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