Nikon Buckmaster Rifle Scope
The Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14 side focus scope was introduced in 2005 with a completely new selection of Buckmaster series scopes. Since their introduction the Nikon Buckmaster has become known as one of the finest values in middle priced rifle scopes.
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I purchased the last year which has a BDC reticule, that has holding points built into the reticule to make allowance for holdover out to five hundred yards on the standard caliber and six hundred yards on a magnum caliber. I've been impressed with the scope since the day I received it. The BDC reticule is a good bullet drop compensating system and makes hits on large game out to five hundred yards possible. Last year I was looking out for a scope to shoot long range with that wasn't extraordinarily pricey. This scope fit what I was looking for and it was less than $250. When I first started looking through the scope I was terribly impressed with the lightness and lucidity of the optics. Nikon claims that this scope has 92% light transmission which is superb for a scope in this price range.
It also has 3.6 inches of eye relief and a field of view of 19.9-6.8 ft. At one hundred yards. The Nikon has finger adjustable turrets that are low
Nikon Buckmaster Rifle Scope
profile and have a scale to count up the number of turns up the turret is. The side focus parallax adjustment is extraordinarily obvious and simple to use.
I was invited to shoot in the Idaho State 1000 yard F-class Championships last summer so there would be enough rivals to help run the targets. I actually failed to have a rifle that was setup for F-class so I took part only for fun. I put this scope on my sporter weight Pre-64 Model seventy Winchester that was chambered in 30-06. I mounted it in Burris Signature rings and shimmed the rear base so the scope was sighted in fifteen MOA up from the base of its adjustment travel at a hundred yards. The scope has 58.5 mins of elevation travel so this gave me masses of room to move the nil up thirty MOA to get a thousand yard nil and not have the adjustments so maxed out that they would not be consistent. I stopped up placing second in the open F-class.
I do not truly attribute this to any amazing skill on my part because there were only 4 other shooters and just one of them had a genuine F-class setup. the individual that took initial was shooting a heavy open F-class rifle in 6.5x284 with a Nightforce scope and he only beat me by 6 points. I feel a bit like part of the explanation I was able to shoot as well as I did was because of this Nikon Rifle scopes. It tracks very well for the quantity of money it costs and it has 0 parallax once the side focus is dialed in for the range you are shooting. I have kept this scope on my Model seventy which is my first hunting rifle.
I used it all hunting season last year and had no issues with it. It was rained on, utilized in sub-zero weather, and rode around in the gun scabbard on my four-wheeler ; it never fogged up or lost point of impact. The sole complaint I had with it is that the eye-piece adjustment would spin from carrying the rifle against my body and I had to continually re-adjust it. I handled this by wrapping electric tape around it. The eye-piece has a fast focus ring that works very well. The sole downside to it is that it turns easily while carrying the rifle. To unravel this electric tape can be wrapped around it. With the scope mounted on my Model seventy I did some tests to discover how well the scope tracked.
I drew a plumb line vertically thru a target and a level horizontal line. I set the target up at fifty yards, sighted in the rifle, and then moved the scope elevation up in ten minute increments shooting a shot at every setting up to thirty MOA. I then altered the scope down in ten minute increments shooting a shot at every setting. I went trough this cycle till there were three shots at every setting. On the last cycle up I shot 2 shots at every adjustment. The scope tracked very well ; each one of the groups at the ten minute increments were uniformly spaced and in the accuracy of the rifle and shooter. I was not shooting very well towards the end and pulled shots to the side of the line or the other and up and down, but that isn't the scopes fault. I also tested the windadge adjustment of the scope in four minute increments. The scope performed very well. I suspect this scope is an excellent value. I might feel at ease dialing in shots on game out to six hundred yards with it and the BDC reticule can be used out to 5 hundred yards with enough precision a good rifleman may be perilous on huge game with it.
It really tracks good enough to shoot targets and rocks out to one thousand yards.
The sole complaints I have about it are that I wish it was regarded as having a small better field of view and was 4-16 power. It's a tough scope to beat in the $200-$300 price range.