Upgrade Optics?

[shibiwan]

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

[imschur]

What distances are you shooting at?

[shibiwan]

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

[EasyEJL]

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

[washguy]

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

[shibiwan]

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

[bubbasks]

I went with weaver riser and warne rings.

[planeflyer21]

Damn I LOVE that camo job you did!!

[bubbasks]

Thank u!

[shibiwan]

Nice camo job bubb! How high are your rings? 

[bubbasks]

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.

[unforgiven]

Nice setup and paint brother. <thumbsup>

[shibiwan]

Just went and did the exchange. Thank you guys!

Edited August 21, 2013 by shibiwan