Looked thru a Monarch versus a Buckmaster today and the clarity was amazingly superior with the Monarch
Also the BDC circles did not seem as if they were too thick as many have said. I might would see a problem when targets are small and the range causes one to have a poi on the upper or lower of the circle is over the intended target.....i.e. the arc covers the target.
I like the idea of the BDC, just ain't sure of it as yet.
Also looking at Vortex...their ballistics type reticle seems better....of course I might just have to go back to looking at a Zeis Conquest or on to a higher end scope for a 25-06 that might get used 6-8 times a year.
But I have wasted money on many things in my long life