Any reason not to use a SFP for nrl22?

[Dthomas3523]

So, camera land has a good sale on midas btr. Is there any reason not to use SFP for nrl22?

Thanks!

 

[kansas]

I'd rather have a good SFP for .22 matches than a cheap FFP. I rarely see impacts in the dirt from misses in .22 matches so making corrections with your reticle isn't as likely IMO. And you can still use your reticle for corrections if your scope is on full power. I don't know anything about the Midas line but I'm happy with my Cronus.

 

[Dthomas3523]

I'd rather have a good SFP for .22 matches than a cheap FFP. I rarely see impacts in the dirt from misses in .22 matches so making corrections with your reticle isn't as likely IMO. And you can still use your reticle for corrections if your scope is on full power. I don't know anything about the Midas line but I'm happy with my Cronus.

Thanks for the reply.

Midas is definitely a budget line. But for now, I'm likely going to be going with a Ruger Precsion Rimfire and a budget optic, while I work on a Vudoo rig I'll run my AMG on.

 

[steve123]

For that sale price I'm tempted to buy one even though I run away from SFP scopes.

A scope that turned out way above it's price point is the new Midas TAC series! Man, if it only had a tree reticle I'd be selling some of my other scopes to buy these instead.

 

[Skok3y]

You will probably get a little of each, but here is my two cents which was confirmed in the National Championships this past weekend by at least a few guys.

Since you mentioned NRL22 specifically, my first thought would be that you would want a good FFP scope so you can use the reticle for adjustments. I have watched a couple really good guys use SPF Sightrons (and also do really well) but still change up to really good FFP right before the match because of the time element involved. Because of the short time limits and changes in distance forward and back, it would seem to me that you would want to be making the fewest adjustments possible in as few steps as possible in order to get all your shots off in the allotted time.

 

[Keyst0ne]

And you can still use your reticle for corrections if your scope is on full power.

You can use your reticle for hold corrections on any power. A hashmark is a hashmark is a hashmark. It just doesn't translate to an easily determined number of mils/moa so you are right in that you can't dial a correction based on reticle impact.

I actually prefer an SFP scope in many situations. Most FFP scopes split the difference on reticle usefulness at min and max, and for me that usually makes the features at max res too thick and chunky.

 

[Dthomas3523]

You can use your reticle for hold corrections on any power. A hashmark is a hashmark is a hashmark. It just doesn't translate to an easily determined number of mils/moa so you are right in that you can't dial a correction based on reticle impact.

I actually prefer an SFP scope in many situations. Most FFP scopes split the difference on reticle usefulness at min and max, and for me that usually makes the features at max res too thick and chunky.

Not to get of subject, but I've never understood when people say that FFP reticle is too think at max power, but not at low power.

The reticle is the same size and takes up the same amount of the target on every power. If its a .03 mil.........it's .03 mil no matter what.

 

[Keyst0ne]

Not to get of subject, but I've never understood when people say that FFP reticle is too think at max power, but not at low power.

The reticle is the same size and takes up the same amount of the target on every power. If its a .03 mil.........it's .03 mil no matter what.

Sure, it's the same size on the target, but it is thicker in relation to your field of view. If you can see 20 mil FOV at 5x a .05 mil line is taking up .25% of your FOV. Nor crank it up to 25x and your FOV is now 4 mil and the .05 mil line is now 1.25% of your field of view. That's visually thicker.

Now .05 is real thin at 5x, so to make sure it's visible the manufacturer might bump it up to .07 so people can see it better at lower power. Now it's 1.75% at 25x. Then they figure out their illumination seems dim, so to give it more surface area and make it brighter they kick it to .08. Now it's 2% of FOV at 25x, even worse if the lines cross in the center, that's a lot of target obscured by lines. And that's how FFP reticles can be too thick.

 

[j-huskey]

Truth ^^