Re: Now accepting back orders on the Vortex Viper
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jrob300</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sam,
Question about reticles and subtensions.
Looked at your site and opened PDF's for 6-24 FFP & SFP.
This is what I think I saw
6-24 SFP
MIL 3 mil holdover from zero, .02 mil thick reticle
MOA 10 MOA holdover from zero, .06 MOA thick reticle
6-24 FFP
MIL 9 mil holdover from zero, .04 mil thick reticle
MOA 30 MOA holdover from zero, .18 MOA thick reticle
Am I reading these right, and if so, why 3x the holdover on the FFP? 3 mil/10 MOA won't even get my 300wm to 600 yds. .308 boys will be struggling to get past 500. What am I missing here? And why is the FFP mil reticle 2x as thick, when the MOA is 3x?
John
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Hi John,
The main reason is the field of view. While the FFP reticle does subtend 30MOA from zero, at 24x you won't get all of that 30MOA in the FOV. So, you must dial down the magnification a little.
With the SFP reticle the subtensions are accurate at 24x, so it limits the amount of holdover. Of course, we could have eliminated the thicker bar and extended the drops to add a little, but it was decided against because the thick bars can aid in low light. So, perhaps another reticle option in the future, for people who don't care about thick bars?
That being said, we are using a unique feature on the SFP scopes. The mag ring has click stops at magnification multiples, so it is easy to dial down the mag to the first stop and then all of the subtensions in the reticle can be multiplied by 2.
For example, dial from 24x down to the first click stop at 12x and now you have 20MOA of hold over on the SFP reticle.
So, this will help somewhat, but it still won't be as ideal as a FFP reticle. That is just one of the advantages that FFP will give you.
As for the reticle thickness, the FFP reticle was made a little thicker because otherwise at 6x it would be very thin and hard to see.
Hope this helps.
-Sam
