peaceful_ruler
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I'm running a Swaro Z3 3-10x42 BRH in UM micro rings on my Tikka .270 right now and really enjoy it. Insane glass clarity, good eye relief, brilliant reticle, and sub 13 oz make this thing superb. Despite it having "failed" the drop test done here it's been rock solid for me thus far. I do tend to baby my gear but I have full confidence in its ability to hold zero. How can a scope be a "failure" if I can repeatedly shoot sub .5 moa 5-shot groups at 100 yards with it? I digress...
So, the BRH reticle...why do I like it?
(btw, the BRX and BRH are the same reticle but the "h" stands for Heavy and the "x" for FIne; even the BRH has a very fine reticle excepting the thicker posts so it it the no brainer for better visibility in almost any hunting condition compared to the BRX)
Let me start by saying I'm a hunter first and shooter second so I prefer capped turrets and SFP reticles. No matter how well they are designed FFP reticles are going to become smaller than ideal at the lowest magnification which is where you need it most visible for fast target acquisition situations.
1) bold and thick posts at 9, 12, and 3 draw ones eye quickly to the center crosshairs, similar to a 4C reticle desgn
2) .5 mil spaced subtensions make it an intelligently designed BDC reticle; while it will only be "true" at the one magnification/10X(actually, two in this case as one could zoom back to 5X and run it as a standard "mil dot" reticle) this intelligent design allows the user to run it as a verified dope BDC reticle AND/OR as any other .5 mil reticle ; Why don't other manufacturers do this???
3) well designed "christmas tree" style windage subtensions; no numbers, confusing slashes, hashes or other chaos to makes things harder than they need to be, simple and easy
4) ballistic calculator in Swarovski's "Hunting" app; they have a huge database with many factory loads...ballistics should always be verified in the field but this will get you very close very fast
Two caveats....
According to Swaros sub tension dimension calculator the sub tensions are actually "true" to MIL at 9.6X not 10X, bummer; but probably take this info with a grain of salt because I believe the ocular setting can impact this as well; I'll need to verify this with a MIL chart
Also, could we get mil turrets to match the mil reticle, please?
I've goofed around with lots and lots of different reticles and I keep coming back to the KISS rule. I have FFP scopes that I like but truthfully these Swaro's w/ the BRH are it for me; simple, easy, and effective. I'd like to drop a Z6 1.7-10 BRH on my 280 AI back country build. An illuminated center dot on that scope would make it near perfect for a versatile big game hunting optic, IMO.
So, the BRH reticle...why do I like it?
(btw, the BRX and BRH are the same reticle but the "h" stands for Heavy and the "x" for FIne; even the BRH has a very fine reticle excepting the thicker posts so it it the no brainer for better visibility in almost any hunting condition compared to the BRX)
Let me start by saying I'm a hunter first and shooter second so I prefer capped turrets and SFP reticles. No matter how well they are designed FFP reticles are going to become smaller than ideal at the lowest magnification which is where you need it most visible for fast target acquisition situations.
1) bold and thick posts at 9, 12, and 3 draw ones eye quickly to the center crosshairs, similar to a 4C reticle desgn
2) .5 mil spaced subtensions make it an intelligently designed BDC reticle; while it will only be "true" at the one magnification/10X(actually, two in this case as one could zoom back to 5X and run it as a standard "mil dot" reticle) this intelligent design allows the user to run it as a verified dope BDC reticle AND/OR as any other .5 mil reticle ; Why don't other manufacturers do this???
3) well designed "christmas tree" style windage subtensions; no numbers, confusing slashes, hashes or other chaos to makes things harder than they need to be, simple and easy
4) ballistic calculator in Swarovski's "Hunting" app; they have a huge database with many factory loads...ballistics should always be verified in the field but this will get you very close very fast
Two caveats....
According to Swaros sub tension dimension calculator the sub tensions are actually "true" to MIL at 9.6X not 10X, bummer; but probably take this info with a grain of salt because I believe the ocular setting can impact this as well; I'll need to verify this with a MIL chart
Also, could we get mil turrets to match the mil reticle, please?
I've goofed around with lots and lots of different reticles and I keep coming back to the KISS rule. I have FFP scopes that I like but truthfully these Swaro's w/ the BRH are it for me; simple, easy, and effective. I'd like to drop a Z6 1.7-10 BRH on my 280 AI back country build. An illuminated center dot on that scope would make it near perfect for a versatile big game hunting optic, IMO.
