I have been shooting for a weeks now a new ofering from Leupold
VX-6 1-6 multigun
SPR reticle
2nd focal plane
The reticle is the same as used in the Patrol 1.25-4 which is comprised of a circle around the center crosshairs and 10 mil in diameter at 6x at 100 yards.
There is a hash mark 1/2 way beteen the center crosshair intersection and the circle for a 2.5 mil reference.
There are additional 2.5 mil hash marks beneath the circle.
Here's a pic of the reticle from the 1.25-4 Patrol taken at 75 yards to give you a good look at the reticle
I have ran this scope with a 200 yard zero with 77g OTM match loads at 2750 and this makes the first mark down my 500 yard hold.
I slightly tweaked my zero to make it a 475 yard hold so I can shoot 450 or 500 yards easily.
The glass is VERY good as is the illumination which is day time bright in Texas sun. It also can be set to be very dim, perfect for low light hunting.
The glass is better than the Patrol series, both use the lead free glass which is extremely clear and better than the Trijicon Accupoint 1-4s I have.
We found the reticle quite fast shooting IPSC targets up close and transitioning, with or without illumination on.
Shooting plates at 100 yards on 1x with the dot lit was very easy shooting offhand and fast.
The VX-6 has the Xtended Twilight Lens coatings which provide even better image resolution. I even tested this scope against my S&B 1.5-6x42 in very low light into darkness and I was very, very surprised at how well it did, even at 6x magnification. With the much smaller objective size and therefore smaller exit pupil diameter I would have thought it would have been a slam dunk test with the the S&B being significantly brighter when it was 45 minutes past sundown, that was not the case much to my surprise.
Shooting at 500 yards in fading light on a 10x12 steel plate that had very little white paint on it against a dirt berm background provided very little contrast. In fact, it was invisible to the naked eye. We had concluded an afternoon of shooting in the tac bays then decided to drive to a vantage point where we knew there was a 500 yard rise we could go prone on and shoot. When we got there, the shooting lane is a road that doesn't get used and was overgrown with vegetation, we were not sure we would be able to see any of the plates we had setup. And in fact did require a scope to be able to see if the plate was available. It was, I went prone and lined up dead center on it with the first hashmark, exhaled slowly and squeezed the trigger. A split second later we heard the heartwarming sound of a 77g Sierra Matchking hit metal! We went through about a 1/2 box of Black Hills 77g OTM 5.56 loads and each time it was the same result. "donk" , man, I love that! I will say that the glass in this scope is very impressive. Next we pulled out the 308 with a USO 3-17 for a comparison shoot. The resolution is really outstanding in this Leupold.
VX-6 1-6 multigun
SPR reticle
2nd focal plane
The reticle is the same as used in the Patrol 1.25-4 which is comprised of a circle around the center crosshairs and 10 mil in diameter at 6x at 100 yards.
There is a hash mark 1/2 way beteen the center crosshair intersection and the circle for a 2.5 mil reference.
There are additional 2.5 mil hash marks beneath the circle.
Here's a pic of the reticle from the 1.25-4 Patrol taken at 75 yards to give you a good look at the reticle
I have ran this scope with a 200 yard zero with 77g OTM match loads at 2750 and this makes the first mark down my 500 yard hold.
I slightly tweaked my zero to make it a 475 yard hold so I can shoot 450 or 500 yards easily.
The glass is VERY good as is the illumination which is day time bright in Texas sun. It also can be set to be very dim, perfect for low light hunting.
The glass is better than the Patrol series, both use the lead free glass which is extremely clear and better than the Trijicon Accupoint 1-4s I have.
We found the reticle quite fast shooting IPSC targets up close and transitioning, with or without illumination on.
Shooting plates at 100 yards on 1x with the dot lit was very easy shooting offhand and fast.
The VX-6 has the Xtended Twilight Lens coatings which provide even better image resolution. I even tested this scope against my S&B 1.5-6x42 in very low light into darkness and I was very, very surprised at how well it did, even at 6x magnification. With the much smaller objective size and therefore smaller exit pupil diameter I would have thought it would have been a slam dunk test with the the S&B being significantly brighter when it was 45 minutes past sundown, that was not the case much to my surprise.
Shooting at 500 yards in fading light on a 10x12 steel plate that had very little white paint on it against a dirt berm background provided very little contrast. In fact, it was invisible to the naked eye. We had concluded an afternoon of shooting in the tac bays then decided to drive to a vantage point where we knew there was a 500 yard rise we could go prone on and shoot. When we got there, the shooting lane is a road that doesn't get used and was overgrown with vegetation, we were not sure we would be able to see any of the plates we had setup. And in fact did require a scope to be able to see if the plate was available. It was, I went prone and lined up dead center on it with the first hashmark, exhaled slowly and squeezed the trigger. A split second later we heard the heartwarming sound of a 77g Sierra Matchking hit metal! We went through about a 1/2 box of Black Hills 77g OTM 5.56 loads and each time it was the same result. "donk" , man, I love that! I will say that the glass in this scope is very impressive. Next we pulled out the 308 with a USO 3-17 for a comparison shoot. The resolution is really outstanding in this Leupold.
