This is kinda like telling your wife to sell the minivan, buy a Porsche, and go to the track to practice over and understeering so she can get the kids to school in a 5 second window.
The OP just wants a scope that can get her within one minute of Yote, QUICKLY with MINIMAL THINKING AND CALCULATION (i.e., not mil dot), out to about 400 yrds or so. Hold over reticules are perfect for this (assuming you get them set up correctly). They will even function with a variety of ammo and conditions.
Now what you say about practicing is worthwhile, but the OP really only needs to do some work on trigger control, range estimation, and sighting in the rifle. This will be enough to have the system that she already has perform to her specifications (i.e., banging Yotes).
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Sigh....
I am dead nuts on with every gun I own including one that is identical to this one minus the scope. I dont want to be cocky here but I am a good shot. Im sure everyone says this but I have shot with a few guys on here and they would attest to it. I am positive of that.
I honestly was in tears last weekend because of how poorly this gun (gun/scope combo) is making me shoot. Yes I am a girl so therefore I am allowed to go in the house and cry to my dad. Deal with it.
Maybe it's the reticle? Maybe it's what the Nikon guy said and it's a defective scope? Hell if I know. All I know is... I cannot hit the broad side of a barn with this thing and I am losing the confidence in not only myself but the scope/ gun combo. I have stretched my old DPMS much much farther, through trees, down hill with wind and still hit my targets (cans) with no problems. Posting these target shots is honestly a freakin embarassment.
Trigger control? Yeah.... For sure. Breathing control? Yup... that too. (I actually had to walk away a couple times because I was not able to control my breathing well enough for my liking) Even got a bipod, everything but the bench. I got the range finder so you can't really through that out there either. Sighting in the rifle... Yup I AM TRYING TO.....
Im going to try a different scope and see what happens. I would like to take the Leupold off dad's 270 but it's sighted in and he doesnt want to take it off. I guess I cant blame him.