Rifle Scopes Who Else is Liking the SKMR4?

[Rocketmandb]

Info on this reticle had been hard to come by, but now that some images are out on it, I'm impressed. My complaint with the SKMR 3 is that the vertical has .5 mil increments. It was enough to turn me away from the Kahles 525. With the SKMR4 having .2, it's back in the equation for me. I'll want to get some time behind one to determine if the uneven nature of the reticle will be distracting, but I like what I see so far.

 

[LawnMM]

 

[Guthwine]

Should it just stop at 10? Better to have it and not need it than...

Looks decent but personally I prefer dot trees.

 

[b6graham]

trash like everything else that comes out of Shannon Kay

 

[dustingaunder]

A Christmas tree only Clark Griswold could love.

 

[Dthomas3523]

It’s literally just a skmr3 with .2 in the vertical (but not the tree) and solid ticks instead of open on the tree.

Almost like they wanted to say they released something, but not really.

 

[Dthomas3523]

Everyone is different, but I think anyone who likes skmr but wanted a more detailed tree would have been happier with something like this:

 

[ohiofarmer]

Everyone is different, but I think anyone who likes skmr but wanted a more detailed tree would have been happier with something like this:

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What reticle is this?

 

[b6graham]

What reticle is this?

ZCO MPCT2

 

[Dthomas3523]

What reticle is this?

It was my suggestion to Kahles last year for skmr4.

It doesn’t exist as an actual reticle. Just a design.

 

[Dthomas3523]

ZCO MPCT2

It’s not an Mpct2

 

[b6graham]

It’s not an Mpct2

those are some of the most frighteningly small differences between what you drew and the MPCT2

the 4-5mil area mirrored
the vertical ends of each part of the tree
full height .4 and .6

 

[Rocketmandb]

Everyone is different, but I think anyone who likes skmr but wanted a more detailed tree would have been happier with something like this:

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Agreed. I wonder if there was either a patent issue or someone there with a strong opinion that the mid-mark (.5 mil) had to be maintained.

Still, the lack of more detail had kept me away from the SKMR3. Despite the disdain exhibited here, the SKMR4 is something that brought Kahles back into consideration.

 

[Dthomas3523]

Agreed. I wonder if there was either a patent issue or someone there with a strong opinion that the mid-mark (.5 mil) had to be maintained.

Still, the lack of more detail had kept me away from the SKMR3. Despite the disdain exhibited here, the SKMR4 is something that brought Kahles back into consideration.

I don’t think Skmr4 is “bad.” Just not a big leap forward. I’d lean towards the strong opinion part as a lot of the reasoning.

 

[littlepod]

So with people using it for 6months, what's people's general take?

I'm looking at the new Kahles DLR with SKMR4 but unsure about it, coming from an ZCO MPCT2.

 

[918v]

Info on this reticle had been hard to come by, but now that some images are out on it, I'm impressed. My complaint with the SKMR 3 is that the vertical has .5 mil increments. It was enough to turn me away from the Kahles 525. With the SKMR4 having .2, it's back in the equation for me. I'll want to get some time behind one to determine if the uneven nature of the reticle will be distracting, but I like what I see so far.

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So which one is it: the top or the bottom?

 

[Rocketmandb]

So which one is it: the top or the bottom?

They are both the SKMR4 - bottom just has the added info showing the detail.

 

[ohiofarmer]

They are both the SKMR4 - bottom just has the added info showing the detail.

I thought the same thing as 918v at first. The second diagram makes it looks offset, vertically, like an H37. But, I’m guessing that was just done to fit the details they wanted to show.

 

[918v]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Rocketmandb]

But, I’m guessing that was just done to fit the details they wanted to show.

Probably so, but also not the smartest thing they could have done...

 

[littlepod]

So anyone here actually using it and thoughts?

 

[Bigvern]

Love my Kahles scopes, the 624 has to be one of the best scopes for the money