Does anyone know of any custom reticle companies out there. I have a Schmidt & Bender that has a pretty much useless to me reticle.
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I have never heard of anyone doing anything like that. Sounds interesting though
Have no idea how legitimate this is, but I saw it a while back. Not sure if he does it with your scope or with new models he sells.
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victor3ranger
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That's pretty cool if it works goodHave no idea how legitimate this is, but I saw it a while back. Not sure if he does it with your scope or with new models he sells.
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lancetkenyon
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S&B can change reticles in your scope in most of them at a cost. I think it was something like $400 when I asked them.
winchester71forever
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I have a leupold with a reticle from an outfit called "premier reticle". I don't believe they're in operation anymore. The crosshairs are sooooo fine that it makes them invisible unless under magnification and even then they are hard to see in trees etc.
I wasn't even aware this type of service was available.
yobuck
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Yes, Premier Reticles is no longer in business, and they only did Leupold scopes when they were.
Check for T K Lee, they did reticles for a long time.
Check for T K Lee, they did reticles for a long time.
Chad Schmidt
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Winchester71forever, if it is a 6 power scope it was likely a scope set up for hunter rifle competition. The fine crosshairs & small dots were for shooting score bench rest. In the day there were very sought after.
winchester71forever
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It's a variable power and adjustable. I can't remember the magnification and it would be a nice bench shooting optic but I just really do not like the reticle for hunting. In low light and in timber it's just not hardly visible. One of those things I didn't know until I really hunted with it… I guess what I am trying to say is that maybe a "bad" target reticle is good for hunting and vice versa
We had Leupold make us some custom scopes, but do not know if they will work on other Brands.
Yeah, Leupold bought them out in early 2000's I believe. Then of course Leupold shuts down their custom shop to get them installed.
Will.284
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I had a si lll that was custom for f class
yobuck
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Actually, Premier reticles was a privately owned company with no actual connection with Leupold, other that it became a factory authorized service center.
Premier reticles started business shortly following WW2 when
Bob Thomas returned home to W VA
He had been trained to work on bomb sights found on bombers.
With rifle scopes starting to become popular he started a small business specializing in that market.
Later his son Dick joined him in the business.
They became well known especially with the then small number of long range hunters due the multiple dot reticle they had perfected.
This of coarse was long before factory turrets became available on hunting scopes.
They needed the caliber, weight and BC of the bullet, scope height above the bore, along with the velocity and average elevation where the rifle would be used.
lots of PA hunters were using Premier multi dot reticles, myself included.
They mostly went to a max distance of 1000 yds, although they would also do custom versions on customer request.
I got to meet Dick Thomas at a friends camp during the buck season one year in the mid 70s.
We had found a buck, and we were preparing for a shot.
I was watching the buck thru tripod mounted glasses.
all of a sudden the buck folded up, a second or so later we hears the shot.
Later when they went over there to retrieve the deer, i recognized one of the hunters.
So that night i paid him a visit at his camp, and complained about them killing our deer lol.
Anyway he introduced me to the shooter, that being Dick Thomas of Premier Reticles.
I had spoken with him many times by phone, regarding work on scopes.
They ultimately moved to a new facility in Winchester VA.
And Dicks son became a part of the business.
Not long after that Dick died, at a fairly young age.
The son had different visions for the company, which didnt include repairing Leupold scopes and installing reticles.
So ultimately the Premier rifle scope was introduced, and the rest as they say is now history.
BTW, i still have several Premier multi dot reticles in several of my Leupold scopes.
I killed my only PA black bear with a first round hit at 700 yds + with a 3.5x10 vari x 3 with a Premier multi dot reticle mounted on a lefty 700 actioned rifle chambered in 7x300 WBY. with a 162 gr Hornady BTHP match bullet.
That was 19 years ago this past season, when i was only 70 years old. lol
