Reticle Questions...

Matt W.

WKR
Joined
Mar 2, 2012
Messages
2,316
Location
Mississippi
What is your favorite reticle style and why? I'm debating a few different ones and curious as to what others use, and why.

I like the idea of a Christmas tree style with the ability to dial if neded. BRH, B&C, etc.
 
What is your favorite reticle style and why? I'm debating a few different ones and curious as to what others use, and why.

I like the idea of a Christmas tree style with the ability to dial if neded. BRH, B&C, etc.

I like simple reticles that are broken down into easy to read graduations. My favorite is Nightforce's NPR1, but they discontinued it. I also use their MOAR and MOAR-T. They are all alike in that they provide 1 MOA graduations in the stadia without being too busy. It makes it very easy to size, range, or hold off with reticles like these.
 
I'm a big fan of the SWFA milquad reticle. Nightforce is obviously top notch stuff, but I've had great results with the SWFA scopes and their milquad reticles. I like the windage holds on the horizontal and typically dial as the turrets are very accurate on these. But there is 10 mil of vertical available if you want to just hold using that.
 
windplex. get a blank " 1MOA graduated" CDS dial and the windplex reticle which has 1 MOA hashes on the X-axis for windage. no vertical hashes. dial your range, hold your wind, squeeze. next hunting scope might be a 3-18 VX-6 with that reticle
 
I was really close to picking up that vx6 with the windplex reticle but a little research changed my mind. I wanted to use it exactly as mentioned above but I learned that the reticle lines are .4 moa thickness in that reticle. It covers almost half of a 1 moa target. The reticle appears very thick when you look through the scope.

The reticle I am currently using has .22 moa thickness and at 16x it looks pretty thick over targets. If I go the vx6 route, I will go with the tmoa reticle.
 
I was told the TMOA is a target reticle. ??? I was originally leaning that way... After hearing that I was thinking of going through the Custom shop and getting the VX6 3-18x44 scope with the B&C Reticle. I currently have a VX6 2-12 with a duplex, been debating sending that in for the B&C.

I am more of a, dial if I must, and would rather use the hash marks (after I verify them) and only dial when necessary. I shot a ram at 350 yards with a B&C reticle a few years back. He took the bullet like a "man" and I threw a few tracer shots at him as he ran across the mountainside. My buddy / spotter was telling me the range as I threw lead, and I was able to adjust on the fly using the B&C, and finally put him down. I'm only as good as what I know, so hoping to better understand reticles (specifically Leupold offerings) and learn if the B&C or a different option is the best choice for the use I am describing. Long range in my world is 650. I don't shoot a rifle often enough to push that.

I like the idea of the Swaro Z5 BRH reticle, and I get the concept of a simple duplex and dialing. I'm just not sure I'm a "dialer" yet. : ) I like the redundancy of a "Christmas tree" and a dial.. But, I fully admit I have a lot to learn in this space.
 
Well that keeps it simple! : ) Works well for hunting applications? Do you dial with it as well? Do you have example of your range card and how you use the various "dots"? Thanks!

I like it for hunting applications. Every situation is different, but generally under about 500 yards I will use the reticle for holdover, and I will make up a range card for out to 400-500 yards for quick reference on moa holdovers then use the hashes on the reticle. The middle of the reticle is open, so you can see the target, because its a second focal plane, the lines aren't gonna change size based on zoom, so if you are shooting a super tiny target at super far you might have issues, but I havent yet... At 18x is where the MOA substension are correct, at 9x they are double.Hardly ever dial wind, normally use the reticle for wind holdover.

I haven't ordered the CDS dial yet, I hunt and shoot from sea level up to 10k feet and temps from in the low teens and single digits to the 90's. What I have seen a few people do is order the CDS in MOA, and it replaced the existing turret and cap and makes it like a "tactical" style dial; that is probably what I am going to end up doing. It has zero stop that works within one rotation. You can go past 0 if you crank all the way down, but not a full rotation past, if that makes sense... Could probably shim it to get exact with some trial and error...

Range card, I normally use this: http://www.bergerbullets.com/ballistics/ and once you get your info in and the card generated it has a print option. Anything with crazy angles or past that in distance I use my shooter app on my phone (plus Leica 1600b and Kestrel 2500) to calc everything out, then will dial.
 
I love the H2CMR

I am not a big fan of Christmas trees, I prefer mil based systems and .2 mil wind holds.

The new swaro moa look interesting as well.
 
What's your favorite Leupold reticle?

For what you're wanting to do, I would get the TMOA reticle. It's very similar to the NF MOAR. I have a Mark 4 with a TMR reticle, which is the same as TMOA, just in MILS. Has everything you need and it's uncluttered.

I hate BDC reticles because of their lack of flexibility. You're accomplishing the same thing with a MOA or MIL reticle, except it's universal and adaptable to every variable imaginable. It is very easy to learn, I promise!
 
I like systems where the clicks on the turret and hash marks on the reticle are the same measurement. Makes corrections easy by either method. I think I'm running the EBR2 MOA by Vortex. I don't dial for wind using my turret at all. Makes things simplier.
 
Guess that I'm one of the boring ones.

I like the German 3p4 reticle. Does take a little more thought when shooting past 300yards but then again, I'm a hunter and for me I like to be close to the animal that I am hunting. Probably why I do more bow and muzzleloader hunting.
 
Elkguide

You're in a long range forum, don't post just to post!
 
I really like the B&C reticle in my Leupold 4.5-14x40mm which is on my .280 AI i just had built this year. I took a cow elk with one shot at 450 yards and a whitetail buck with one shot at 200 yards.

I really like the Z600 reticle in the Zeiss Conquest scopes. I prefer these personally over the CDS dials although they are very effective too.
 
I really like the B&C reticle in my Leupold 4.5-14x40mm which is on my .280 AI i just had built this year. I took a cow elk with one shot at 450 yards and a whitetail buck with one shot at 200 yards.

I really like the Z600 reticle in the Zeiss Conquest scopes. I prefer these personally over the CDS dials although they are very effective too.

My brother is a great hunter and a great shot and a wonderful hunting partner. Now, that being said, he just don't get MOA. Man, it just goes in one ear and out the other and by the time I've explained it once again, the animal is in the next county. So, last year I built him a tikka t3 lite and put a Zeiss Rapid Z 800 on it for him and he absolutely loves it and it works. Once you get your loads matched to the appropriate power, it is simple as heck and he just has to range the animal, use the right yardage hash mark and bang----he was 3 for 3 this year.

Randy
 
I bought a used package deal last year that included a G7 scope. I have a couple NF NXS scopes with MOAR and I really like that reticle. Since using the G7 scope I have grown to like it more than the MOAR. I usually dial for elevation and hold for wind, with this reticle I keep it on 11 power while walking which gives precise holdover for 300-550 yards. Further out or with more time I can turn up the power and dial with the MOA turret.

For a lighter scope, the 3-18 VX6 with TMOA is hard to beat, especially with an exposed MOA elevation turret.
 
Back
Top