Reviews & Ratings for Nikon P-308 4-16x42mm Rifle Scope — 4 reviews — Page 1

I have this scope. When I'm on the range and need to adjust it... I have to run to my car for a magnifying glass to see which way to turn the turrets. VERY HARD to see - Indicators way too small. Adjustment clicks though, are DEAD on.

Glass is top-notch. Stays adjusted even with super-hot, shoulder bruising loads.

I've used this scope on every rifle I own and when transferring to another setup, less than a minute to sight it in on a different AR Rail. Right now, I'm using it on a .204 Ruger, 24" Bull Barrel. Out to 300 yards I can still see bullet impacts. Saves having to bring a pair of binocs.

I'm using Nikon P-mount ring setup for rifle attachment - works great.

Can you tell I like it?

recklesswhisper

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This has turned out to be a great purchase. I've put about 100 round down range through a piston 308 with a honking BCG. So far so good, no point of impact shifts. Clear glass, its heavy, but its 4x zoom and 16x. I guess you should expect that, esp for an MSR 308 scope. Its helped me achieve several sub MOA groups. I had this on a strain pull, feed assisted bolt gun, and it served me well. Again, several sub moa groups. I got this for 400, its a good value, great glass, and solid adjustments.

This is a BIG, heavy duty scope. Not something you'd want to put on your "tactical" AR but on a tree stand deer rifle or a long-range plinker it would do just fine. Nice, clear optics. Fine cross hairs and hold over aim points. Use the Nikon Spot On ballistics calculator and you have a long range rifle built around a banana curved ballistic arc bullet - the 308. Takes out all the fun for those guys that love to spend lots of range time ( and big $$$) trying to get a bullet to hit a pie plate at 800 yards using 50 inches of holdover. This takes the guess out. You now have a scope dot to use. For those east of the Mississippi, I'd recommend buying a flat shooting magnum and you're good out to 300 yards, which is probably 2X-3X the distance most deer are taken in the east.

But I digress. The scope does what's its designed to do and dose it well: gives a shooter "spot on" capabilities out to ranges only a few serious marksmen should consider shooting. Adjustment turrets are somewhat large also. The 30mm body tube (a big plus in my book) could be married up with a 50 or 56mm lens for more light transmission, but the 42mm lens does just fine on most days. In my opinion, if you're in the stand on an overcast day with just a few minutes of legal hunting time left, the larger light gathering ability of a bigger lens is a definite advantage.

Overall, I'd buy it, but it's probably more scope (for the long distance ranging factor) than I need to hunt in Indiana. The clarit...
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