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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 221379" data-attributes="member: 704">Buckmaster the worst tracking for me was the old Nikons.&nbsp; They have got better but everything else beats them.&nbsp; Leuopold tracks true, but my rifles don't group well with them.&nbsp; I had two Mark IN that a 30 year old cheap Bushnell would outshoot both.Right here in North Dakota weather variables will make you.miss a coyote beyond 600 yards.&nbsp; Aight in when it's nice out and about 75 degrees then take a shot at a coyote when it's zero in December and you going to shoot under.&nbsp; Some of the powders we reload with these days will partially compensate.The nice thing about the minute of angle reticles is the ability to measure if you have a laser range finder.&nbsp; Let's say you range a deer at 850 yards.&nbsp; You look through your scope and his outside spread is 2.5 minutes of angle.&nbsp; Multiply that 2.5 x hundreds of yards 8.5 and you know he is about 21.25 inches outside spread.&nbsp; Also most deer ate approximately 18 inches through the chest.&nbsp; If he looks like 2.5 minutes of angle through the chest divide 18 by 2.5 and he is 720 yards.&nbsp; On foggy, or rainy, or snowy days that the laser range finder can't handle it may get your deer.&nbsp; Dollar for dollar the PST first focal plain is the scope for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 221379, member: 704"] Buckmaster the worst tracking for me was the old Nikons. They have got better but everything else beats them. Leuopold tracks true, but my rifles don't group well with them. I had two Mark IN that a 30 year old cheap Bushnell would outshoot both. Right here in North Dakota weather variables will make you.miss a coyote beyond 600 yards. Aight in when it's nice out and about 75 degrees then take a shot at a coyote when it's zero in December and you going to shoot under. Some of the powders we reload with these days will partially compensate. The nice thing about the minute of angle reticles is the ability to measure if you have a laser range finder. Let's say you range a deer at 850 yards. You look through your scope and his outside spread is 2.5 minutes of angle. Multiply that 2.5 x hundreds of yards 8.5 and you know he is about 21.25 inches outside spread. Also most deer ate approximately 18 inches through the chest. If he looks like 2.5 minutes of angle through the chest divide 18 by 2.5 and he is 720 yards. On foggy, or rainy, or snowy days that the laser range finder can't handle it may get your deer. Dollar for dollar the PST first focal plain is the scope for me. [/QUOTE]

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