Hey everyone, I am looking for some help or advice.
I recently had an AR-15 built and I put a Nikon Coyotes Special 4.5-16x40 scope. I intend to use it for coyote hunting.
I am having a heck of a time sighting this scope in. Im completely stumped. It has a BDC recticle.
The manual says to sight it in at 100 yards for the center crosshair. If you are using an ammo with a muzzle velocity of 3200 fps, theoretically the rest of the crosshairs should line up at 200, 300 and 400 yards. It's just not working.
Take a look at the picture of the target.
I get it dialed in at 100 yds on the top right target.
I moved out to 200 yards and it was supposed to be right on at the bottom of the center circle of the recticle (as shown above). It was 2.5-3 inches high. It took about 9 clicks to get it dialed in and I had to change where I was using for the recticle to finally get it pretty close. I moved over to the top left target and the best I could do is what's shown.
Now I realize that any inaccuracies will be amplified at a farther yardage. However, I am seeing this is a pretty large pattern change from 100 to 200 yards. I will be shootin around 275 yards and I dont stand a chance getting a kill shot with that large of a spread.
I called Nikon Tech Support. They said that didn't sound right and that I should back everything out 120 clicks. If I did that though, I would be shooting to mars wouldn't I?
I am lost. I was hoping someone had some experience with the BDC recticle. Am I wrong to think the crosshairs should be accurate? Am I sighting it in wrong?
Thanks for any help I get!
Alicia