Sometimes it isn't that people are "hung up on someone not liking the thing" but rather trying to see why they don't like it to see if there is something they have overlooked in their observation of the thing. Other times, people just like to be confrontational. Short form written communication doesn't always give the best view of nuances in speech.
Jay
This right here
Not trying to be confrontational. The original comment about disliking the THLR reticle was rather absolute. I was genuinely wondering if that guy had a reason (based on experience) to feel that way, or was judging simply based on how it looks. I believe he said something like “it’s far from the best” reticle offering.
I understand trepidation with the THLR reticle. When I first saw it, I wasn’t convinced. Seemed busy with lots of gimmicks at first glance. Then I started seeing guys that I know have LOTS of experience speaking highly of it. More than one. Found the review of the Minox ZP-5 explaining some of its features. It started to make sense for real world use, at least on paper. I have been very leery of FFP reticles for hunting purposes, having had multiple real life, real world bad experiences with them in low light/low power situations.
Long story short, I found someone locally who has a ZP-5. Got behind it for a range day, and was very impressed with the THLR. Can echo what many others have said. You see what you need to see when using it. Everything in the design is there for a reason, and functions the way it should. Works beautifully on low power for fast/low light, and on high power for longer range work. The S2H stripped back version should be even better, as it retained every useful feature and deleted the extras IMO. I had to see it to believe it. It’s not a reticle that before this experience would have jumped off the page as being “good” for hunting to me. I’m not “hung up on it” I just think many other guys will be in the same boat as me, which is why I was trying to tease this out of the conversation. I don’t want guys to write this scope off as “not for them” based on how this reticle looks on paper alone.
That being said, I would genuinely like to hear if someone has spent time behind a THLR and found it to be sub-par in some way. And what other reticle would be their choice instead. (Excluding the Mrad/MOA discussion dumper fire).
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