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First or second focal plane?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chase723" data-source="post: 1594538" data-attributes="member: 21524"><p>I rarely use my reticle for ranging. If I do it's because the conditions are such that my rangefinder isn't giving me a reliable number. If that's the case I'll limit my shots to less than 500 yards because that's the limit for what I think I can compute a range within 25 yards, since you have to make some assumptions about the size of whatever your are ranging. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I use the reticle for holdovers and wind all the time. Where the big advantage to me in that regard is that I set my magnification where I think I have the optimum FOV/target/aiming conditions and then go for it. Personally I find this very useful. </p><p></p><p>The reticle I have in my Steiners is called the SCR. The reticle is such that when it illuminates at low power it almost looks like a duplex, and high power it looks, well, just like the reticle. So, when zoomed out with the reticle on I don't feel disadvantaged whatsoever. But that's just me. Now while an H59 reticle is extremely useful and fast, if that whole thing lit up on low power I'd think it'd be useless. </p><p></p><p>NEMThunter makes some really good points and if your considering SFP then take them to heart. The Nightforce reticle is hard to beat in that regard, because it is a useful reticle. </p><p></p><p>Gusd, that only works if you don't touch the magnification setting between shots. If you adjust it at all for any reason and don't come back to the exact same setting the adjustment won't be correct. </p><p></p><p>I personally will probably never go back to SFP for the reasons stated above and FFP works well for me for both hunting and practice. But like NEMThunter said, get the one that works for you because that is all that matters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chase723, post: 1594538, member: 21524"] I rarely use my reticle for ranging. If I do it’s because the conditions are such that my rangefinder isn’t giving me a reliable number. If that’s the case I’ll limit my shots to less than 500 yards because that’s the limit for what I think I can compute a range within 25 yards, since you have to make some assumptions about the size of whatever your are ranging. That being said, I use the reticle for holdovers and wind all the time. Where the big advantage to me in that regard is that I set my magnification where I think I have the optimum FOV/target/aiming conditions and then go for it. Personally I find this very useful. The reticle I have in my Steiners is called the SCR. The reticle is such that when it illuminates at low power it almost looks like a duplex, and high power it looks, well, just like the reticle. So, when zoomed out with the reticle on I don’t feel disadvantaged whatsoever. But that’s just me. Now while an H59 reticle is extremely useful and fast, if that whole thing lit up on low power I’d think it’d be useless. NEMThunter makes some really good points and if your considering SFP then take them to heart. The Nightforce reticle is hard to beat in that regard, because it is a useful reticle. Gusd, that only works if you don’t touch the magnification setting between shots. If you adjust it at all for any reason and don’t come back to the exact same setting the adjustment won’t be correct. I personally will probably never go back to SFP for the reasons stated above and FFP works well for me for both hunting and practice. But like NEMThunter said, get the one that works for you because that is all that matters. [/QUOTE]
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