I just ordered one in black from Cabellas for .99 cents more. I am familiar with Nikon products, since I have a couple (Pro-staff, & Monarch) and I think they're really good quality scopes.
My question is does anybody know if they will work for a regular rifle? I think they will they take the pounding. I was thinking about putting one on a 45-70 Handi. Since the eye relief is 5", I feel that it could be mounted far away enough to prevent a case of "scope brow", also your thoughts on using the BDC circles, since the trajectory would be different.