Review: The New Nikon Monarch 7 Riflescope

By Eric R. Poole

We’re not supposed to pass on a buck on Day 1 that we’d be willing to shoot on the last day of a hunt. But that is exactly what I did near Waurika, Oklahoma, last November.

I was hunting over an expansive wheat field from a box blind. Since first light that morning, I had been watching two young eight-points feed and spar no more than 20 yards from the window.

An hour later, they had wandered to the edge of the wheat when I noticed their heads snap toward the back of the field. I could see the tips of a noticeably wider and more mature 10-point begin to appear, ultimately fighting off the pair of young bucks.

Using a Nikon Prostaff laser rangefinder I measured his distance at 250 yards. I had time to consider the shot, so I plugged in the Spot On windmeter and opened the free Spot On ballistic app on my smartphone. The Advanced BDC reticle in my rifle’s Nikon Monarch 5 riflescope has four aiming …Read the Rest

Source:: Guns and Ammo