Just me but since this reticle design discussion is aimed to the new shooter (to quote Jack....imagine your 3rd best friend's wife's sister), personally I think emulating the ZCO MPCT3 would be a move in the wrong direction.
I would definitely put a scope with that reticle on one of my rifles. Love the reticle design.
If you spend $300 on a special bag, or $500 on a good tripod, or $X on (insert bit of gear here) of corse they are going to say it's the bestest thing eva which gets them a longer kill on moose or more points in a f-Class match or more impacts in a PRS match, that's how confirmation bias works.
Tremor 3 isn't cluttered if you are shooting movers and using wind dots as standard procedure
Surprisingly similar to the Vortex EBR-2D reticle.
$570 for the 3-15 PST 2 with the above reticle is about as new shooter friendly as one is likely to get.
Agreed. As a relative n00b, I really like the simple MRAD tree and the circle to draw the eye at any magnification. It reminds me of the SWFA "Diamond" in their 1-4x and 3-15x SFP scopes, which are very fast & useful. Although I'm leaning more towards FFP optics these days.
Frank - Any chance you you can get Bushnell to run a limited production of the XRS2 with the CIRCLE layout with the Close Range option (25y parallax) and illumination. Lots of Bushnell shooters know the illumination on these scopes is excellent with no bleed out and very bright. Suitable for some daylight use. GAP is doing a limited run with the LRHS2.
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I was and still am proud of the A5 reticle I did for the IOR in 2006-07 that you bring up.
Huh...never thought about that...but now that you've said it that makes perfect sense. So then I was thinking well it would still work/be used most of the time hunting as I was thinking about my dad and the distances he would shoot animals at...but then that probably doesn't hold water either these days because I'm thinking you guys and/or proficient new guys hunt farther than 250 yards /shrug
This is an interesting point I had not concidered, but do all the time. (E)LR I am right up there on zoom. 28+, but in range use I'm barely over 15, usually 12-13x region.
I think end users need to understand what is useful. At 6x and under, why even try to hold / range? It's not really practical.
Good point,
This is a good simple reticle except for those huge numbers which are ridiculous. I'd rather have their FML instead even though it only has holds to 5 mil. I do like the tapering bar on low mag in the FML1.Indeed most reticles do not offer anything to find the center. Something that should be easy enough to do. First the lines are getting thiner and second the thick posts are moving further from the center.
March 3-24for example is easy even a 3 ,but many new reticles have the thick lines further than 5mil mark some even at 10mil mark so you are looking at lot of empty space .
FML-1 reticle uses in my opinion better solution than adding the thick horseshoe or circle, some come by with illuminated dot but still it seems reticles are somewhat generic, many not well-tailored to the magnification range of the scope .
As for milling features , i think they should closer to the center than most have , outboard of the 2 mill mark is close to ideal. Closer to the reticle edge harder its to use.
At 24x
Fully aware of this. I was more pointing out I had not thought of it in those terms, I was taking it for granted. Thanks for the math info however, always good to get it squared away in my head.
@lowlight the reticle on the 3-24x56 Riton is a little bit different. They have another reticle on the X5 5-25x50 and X7 4-32x56 that I like better. Simpler. Has some varying in the placement of each .2 mark to help getting lost in the .4-.6 holds.
Why does my brain and eyeballs hurt when looking at this reticle? This is the complicated stuff we are trying to avoid.
.2, .4, .6, .8 mils. I like it. I have a ZP5 MR4 also and while I love that scope when I'm trying to make a .4 or .6 mil wind hold I get lost in the reticle and take too much time to discern which is .4 and which is .6.
Glad that I'm not the only one - it's like climbing a ladder with your eyes for every .2Mil increment, but in a saw wave pattern which makes the pattern very busy to my eyes...
