Nice glass is addictive! If you are not wanting to spend bucks on great glass, do not ever talk yourself into trying it. You will never be able to buy anything but the good stuff.
I do not range with my reticle although it is easy enough with the 2moa/10moa has marks. I use a Swarovski laser range finder. Have used it to range trees out to 1600 yards. Longest animal I have ranged was an elk at 840yds, but have not tried it on animals any farther out. Not always practical depending on surroundings, but it works for my area, and for what I am doing.
Scope is currently mounted on a AR-10 in 308. Not needing any holdover beyond 1400yds at the moment. If I need any farther than that, I will probably move it over to the 300winmag. Currently running a Nightforce 8-32X56 on it with NP-R2 reticle. Only 30moa of holdover on the NP-R2, so I would have to play with my zero distance to get to 1400yds.
Randy