Thoughts on sigs BDX scope with range finder!

[Hunt2live]

This weekend I placed an order for an M1A. I been looking at scopes and came across the sig mdx scope system with rangefinder built in. Does anyone own one? And how do you like it? For a price tag of $500-$900, is it worth the price?please help. Befor I dump more money.

 

[ilovesprig]

I personally don't like two important pieces of equipment tied into one....I'm sure others may have tried a similar product....2 cents.

 

[TRICER]

Buy a Leupold vx3i CDS or a Leupold LRP. Your scope is not a range finder in my opinion. Would you be planning on not using a rangefinder from now on? Everything about that doesn’t sound safe to me.

 

[Hunt2live]

No I most def will use a range finder. I was looking at scopes and came across the sig bdx. It has a range finder built in and based on your previous shots taken it tells you where to place the cross hairs. I was wondering if anyone on this site has one. And how happy they are with it. Just new tech. Also wanted to know how reliable it is.

 

[Hunt2live]

 

[Bowman]

I have no practical experience using this type of equipment.. but I am always open to new tech...
In theory is sound doable...
Having not to to take your eye off the target animal while ranging it....
Of course always use binos to verify
What your looking at. First..
Let's us know how you like it.

 

[JakeSCH]

I love the idea of the idea of your rangefinder communicating with your scope and phone telling you where to aim using blue tooth. My main concern would be that they are using lower quality glass to offset the price of the tech...plus now you have more things that can go wrong.

I currently just tape a ballistics table on my scope or stock and bought higher quality glass.

 

[Bowman]

Just a thought . Sometimes there is no time to do both, range and then aim.....
But the glass quality is a good point.
Hmmmm

 

[Hunt2live]

All good points guys. Thanks again for the input. I will think about it more before I pull the trigger on one. It does have my curiosity tho.

 

[TaftHunter]

I would get a nightforce shv or nxs and a sig 2400, put in your data and start practicing shooting. The sig bdx sounds cool, but almost everyone I know that used the Burris eliminator which was similar to the bdx switched over to using exposed turrets and a ballistic calculator.

Pm if you want a good deal on any nightforce.


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[rbduffer]

I have the Bushnell Yardage Pro 4-12X42. It tells me the yardage but I still need to know my DOPE. I found it was good for multiple targets at multiple distances, like squirrels or groundhogs. I think the Sig would be excellent for that because it does the Dope too. I tried my scope on coyotes and found that I would be better served with a rangefinder on my Binos. I don't want to be tempted into scanning with my rifle scope.
I love a good gadget. The Sig may be just too much for me. The system is so complete that it doesn't even NEED to tell you the distance, it already gives you the target dot. It boils down to how you feel about technology. When it works, you got an F-35 weapon, when it doesn't, you got a hunk of metal auguring into the earth.

 

[Aeon]

This one is not like the burris, you range with your sig laser and it tells the sig scope the yardage and puts a dot for you to aim with. So its two pieces to shoot with.

So a few takes on this. If you shoot 300 yards max and under its worthless. Past that i can see its use as long as the sig laser is calculating angle, temp, direction, alt and sending all that to the scope.

The hole in the tech is windage. From what i see you still have to dial wind somehow? The redicle has no lines for hold off and as someone who shoots long a lot, wind is my only problem not drop. So even with this if you take a 900yard shot on a average day its still a miss. Use your balistic calc to see what wind does. Blow it by a few mph, say 5mph when its 8 and you just missed.

 

[Aeon]

Just for proof the 6.5cm at 900yards.
5mph wind is 30" of drift
8mph wind is 49" of drift

 

[NBK]

The BDX system is a good one. But it is not for everyone. For shots from 400 - 700, the unit is money. As Aeon noted, windage will need to be done with the reticle. It is more efficient than the CDS style technology because you are getting real time environmental conditions.

Again, not a gimmick. The scope combo works well. The Electro Optics division of Sig Sauer is no joke. Their laser rangefinders (original Kilo 2000) was a game changer. And as mentioned by TaftHunter, the Kilo 2400 BDX is arguably the best commercially made rangefinder on earth.

Trivia - Swarovski Optic made the Burris Eliminator for Burris. It had/has a weak laser, had sub par glass and looked like a pregnant cow mounted to a rifle. Never did well. Steve's Outdoor Adventures (Steve West) put the Eliminator on the map - "range it and eliminate it". Haha - a lot of folks bit on that worm!

 

[HATCHET1]

Grandpa had a weaver 4x...I learned alot from grandpa..

 

[ilovesprig]

Grandpa had a weaver 4x...I learned alot from grandpa..

My dad shot a lot of bucks...2.5 Weaver.

ps...Bridgeport (X-12 these days)...Circa 1956

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[NBK]

My dad shot a lot of bucks...2.5 Weaver.

ps...Bridgeport (X-12 these days)...Circa 1956

Awesome picture Steve...

 

[ilovesprig]

Thanks John....That old 2.5 Weaver and Rem Mod 721 still works in the "16".........

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[stikbrandon]

My dad shot a lot of bucks...2.5 Weaver.

ps...Bridgeport (X-12 these days)...Circa 1956

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Steve, that picture is epic in many ways. Men were men back then.

Tough men make good times, good times make weak men, weak men bring tough times.

 

[KoozeDeer]

My 2 cents... for shooting long range on a budget. Highly recommend SWFA fixed 10 or 12 power and a quality range finder. Using a fixed 10 SWFA we killed 4 deer last year out past 500 yards. Even at 10x you can shoot 1/2 Moa if your rifle is capable.