Customer Reviews

Nikon Buckmaster 3-9x40 Riflescope (Matte, BDC)

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I mounted this 3-9X40 with the BDC on my Remington 7mm using Tully one piece base/ring mounts. Very nice optic and great price here on Amazon. After sighting in I wish I jumped up to a bit higher magnification for using it with a magnum rifle. The BDC is suppose to be sighted in at 200 for it to work the way it should. However with a 3-9 magnification it can be a bit tricky to get it spot on and then consistently placing your shots at 300+ with only a 3-9 can be a little tough. It's definitely a quality scope for the price though.

I put this on my young daughter's rifle, a .17 caliber Ruger 77/17 bolt action. I didn't want her feeling like she didn't get the quality scope her dad has. This being her first rifle, she sighted it in at 100 yds with a 3-shot group of 1/2". True sub-MOA. She loves it and she has learned to love shooting. I couldn't ask for anything more and this Nikon was the way to go. She made the scope adjustments herself sighting it in until her shots were hitting bullseye. It's a great scope, crystal clear, accurate, and easy to use.

This scope is a great buy. The BDC works as advertised. I have had more expensive scopes that weren't as clear as the Buckmaster.

I recently purchased this product for my new Weatherby Vanguard 30-06. I am a long-time open sight shooter - calibers 22 through 30-06. As an 'old man', I am a newbie when it comes to hunting with a scope. Needless to say, I did a lot of investigating. I eventually decided on a Nikon scope with a BDC reticle.

A note on scope brightness: The greater the transmitted light, the brighter the scope (and the greater the expense!). The Nikon 3-9x40 Buckmaster transmits 92% of gathered light compared to 90% of other models. The Amazon price point on this bright scope made the increased cost negligible (within $10 of similar Nikon scopes).

I have range-tested this scope an sighted it in at 100 yards with my Weatherby. What a bright scope! I shot 4-5 round groups all between 1-1.5" MOA and could see the target impacts as well as the spotter.

This is a quality scope with good clarity and light transmission. There are better out there, but they cost a lot more. Best value I could find for the money.

VERY clear picture, very nice set of features, and probably the best scope I own. Glad I paid a few extra bucks to get one with the BDC and high quality lenses. Don't go cheap with the knock-off lower end scopes. I had a few others that were half the price but when mounted on my .30-06 they couldn't hold zero. After constantly sighting them in, eventually I concluded they must have broken due to recoil. This one has never left zero and gives me a certain degree of confidence that I will be able to hit what I am shooting at. Worth the money, period. Happy hunting.

I purchased the buckmaster bdc 3-9x40 for a new remington model 700 sps 30-06 and just love it. The optics are crystal clear. This scope has the quality of a $300 to $400 scope. It took less than 1 box of shells to achieve 1" grouping at 100 yards. I would definitely reccommend the nikon.

The Nikon Buckmaster riflescope is a superb and reliable product. With its Bullet Drop Compensation (BDC) feature, it's possible to accurately hit a target at various distances without the need to readjust the scope -- correct distance estimation is all that is needed. This is certainly a great scope that makes the hunting experience easier and more enjoyable.

This scope is good. I sighted my gun in with it in 5 shots after bore sighting. The only thing I caution is I was caught in a down pour rain and it was fogging. It has never fogged other than that. I have not used it a whole lot it could be an isolated event. The reason I bought this scope is my father-in law has one on his gun and I used it all season and loved it. I could practically drive nails with his scope not really but is was extremely accurate.

Don't get me wrong the scope is a fine quality scope but for the price but maybe I should have paid the extra $70 for the 4-14x40 instead. I know, the quest never ends!

The scope at the highest magnification x9 is just right for 100 yards at the rifle range but it would be a challenge for shooting at target further than that and knowing your not hoping and praying you'll hit the 12" bulls eye target.

To compensate though is the BDC reticle which I have not yet had a chance to prove at a farther distance tha 100 yards.

Since the target object would really be visually small looking through the scope at the max 600 yards it would really be interesting at that distance if you can really hit the target!