Nikon Bolt XR

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airborne
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Nikon Bolt XR

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Anyone out there seen or used one of these scopes?
Gamikatsu
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Re: Nikon Bolt XR

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i'd like to see the reticle... from Nikon's hunting sight they didn't have any pictures of it... they say you can get a BDC turret for it and tune it for any FPS... 150 bucks isn't half bad for it either...
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Re: Nikon Bolt XR

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my son told me he looked at one and liked it. said it had little circles and each was smaller as they went down under the crosshair.
bigredopie
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Re: Nikon Bolt XR

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it is on their website now as well. You don't get a customized turret but rather you enter your arrow and bow speed info into their "Spot On" caculator (on their website or you can get Iphone/android apps) and it will tell you what yardage corresponds to each crosshair circle. The nice thing is that the scope is a fixed 3x so you can't accidently bump it and move your aim points.

I use their BDC scopes on several rifles and if you enter the correct info into the program they are dead on.
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trky chsr
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Re: Nikon Bolt XR

Post by trky chsr »

I bought one this as soon as it became available. I had the Varizone but really dislike the "arrowheads" for aiming points. I am very impressed with the Nikon. I don't have a chronograph so I didn't use their program. I just sighted in the main crosshair for 20yds and went from there. The other aiming circles happen to work out for my setup and are right on. I have a Exocet 200. The glass is very clear and bright. Unfortuantely I haven't been able to hunt this year so I can't comment on low light performance. TC
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