Re: Kowa Reticle Eyepiece... Let's get to work!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Carter Mayfield</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jo, let me look at simplification and see if people think it is better or worse. I don't like the fine subtensions in the center of the reticle, and if I were to put them there, they would at least be on either side. The fine subtensions are really for ranging and sizing.</div></div>
I put them in center that way for two reasons:
1 - Ranging with 0.1 or better resolution @25x you would want the fine lines in or as close to your optical center as possible. The further out from the center you put them the harder you'll find it to range your target.
2 - Using more than five hash marks will make you have to count the marks, making you slower and prone to error.
You can range as accurate with only five marks as you will with ten. If you're target subtens let's say 0.7mrad. Then that's a half mil + 0.2mrad on the fine scale. That's quick and easy to see.
You simply don't need ten, 0.1mrad marks, they will only confuse you.
Less is more
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Carter Mayfield</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The reticle does not need to go all the way across horizontally, I was just trying to use all the space I had. I will try another one with fewer fine subtensions and less horizontal and see what that gives us. I would still like to keep the center of the reticle coarse for the best visibility. </div></div>
Most of the time you'll not want to cover your target with the reticle to have an unobstructed view of the target and bullet splashes.
In the same way you use the reticle in the Spotter 60.
You would probably never find that you put the "cross hairs" on target unless you could actually expect less than ±0.2-.3mrad of diversion, which is when you would want to have the fine subtensions there, right in the center anyway.
Just my 2cents anyway.
Jo
