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Just received Sightron S3
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<blockquote data-quote="SBruce" data-source="post: 513337" data-attributes="member: 21068"><p>Well, for an all around scope, for big game down to prarie dogs; I think the dot and reticle thickness is just fine. If a person was just going to shoot prarie dogs in mid-day light, then you might want the center dot to be 1/8 moa instead of 1/4, but that's a maybe. </p><p> </p><p>I haven't had any problems with the dot covering up a dog out to 400 yds, even the really small ones. Also, the dot is floating; there is about 1 minute of empty space between the dot and any one of the crosswires. I find that I am usually holding off the dog a little one way or the other anyway, so it works fine.........way better than 1/4 minute crosshairs that're connected at the center.</p><p> </p><p>On the other hand, for big game and predators (morning/evening/night sometimes for predators) I dont think you'd want the thickness to be <u>any less</u> than it is now without adding an illumination feature. The super fine reticles on my Nightforce scopes require illumination in the first and last few minutes of legal light, and at night too.......they're just too fine to use when it's very low light and looking into the brush.</p><p> </p><p>So far, I think this moa reticle will be good to go for all around LR hunting. I haven't yet compared the resolution/brightness/contrast side by side to another 24X50 scope that I've really liked, but will at some point I am sure.</p><p> </p><p>One change I'd make to the reticle, is put the spacing at 1 moa instead of 2moa. If a person wanted 2 minute marks they could still turn the power down to 12X and get that too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBruce, post: 513337, member: 21068"] Well, for an all around scope, for big game down to prarie dogs; I think the dot and reticle thickness is just fine. If a person was just going to shoot prarie dogs in mid-day light, then you might want the center dot to be 1/8 moa instead of 1/4, but that's a maybe. I haven't had any problems with the dot covering up a dog out to 400 yds, even the really small ones. Also, the dot is floating; there is about 1 minute of empty space between the dot and any one of the crosswires. I find that I am usually holding off the dog a little one way or the other anyway, so it works fine.........way better than 1/4 minute crosshairs that're connected at the center. On the other hand, for big game and predators (morning/evening/night sometimes for predators) I dont think you'd want the thickness to be [U]any less[/U] than it is now without adding an illumination feature. The super fine reticles on my Nightforce scopes require illumination in the first and last few minutes of legal light, and at night too.......they're just too fine to use when it's very low light and looking into the brush. So far, I think this moa reticle will be good to go for all around LR hunting. I haven't yet compared the resolution/brightness/contrast side by side to another 24X50 scope that I've really liked, but will at some point I am sure. One change I'd make to the reticle, is put the spacing at 1 moa instead of 2moa. If a person wanted 2 minute marks they could still turn the power down to 12X and get that too. [/QUOTE]
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