I have decided I'm going to send my Leupold VX-III 6.5-20x40 to the Leupold Custom Shop to have the reticle changed. It has the Target Dot reticle in it now, and I'm just not a fan of it. This scope is on my .243 varmint rifle, and I love everything about it besides the reticle. I just find it hard, personally, to focus on the dot and get a good point of aim. I have the MOA-2 reticle in my Sightron that also has a dot, but it floats and has a window around it and the crosshairs. The Sightron dot reticle is much more pleasing to my eye.
When looking at Leupold's options for reticles, I really want one that has windage marks in it. I like to dial my elevation and hold off for windage. Having windage hashmarks obviously makes it easier to have a more accurate hold off. The only reticles I seem to like are the Wind-Plex, Tri-MOA and Varmint Hunter, neither one do I have personal experience with. Leupold's "tactical" reticles are either too busy for me or don't have any central aiming point, just a small opening in the crosshairs. I'm sure some love this, but that just doesn't sound right to me.
I have concerns with how heavy the lines are on the Tri-MOA and Wind Plex reticles. Most of the reviews I found were guys using them on deer rifles. This rifle needs to have a precise reticle since it's a varmint rifle and I shoot it out to 700 yards. Does anyone have input on these two reticles and if the crosshairs are too heavy for precise aiming at long range and on small targets?
Finally, the Varmint Hunter's reticle looks really nice because the crosshairs are thin and designed for small targets with precise aiming. The only thing that throws me off is that the windage hashmarks are not as simple as "2 MOA spacing on 20x." They're odd and for a 20x scope the windage marks are only accurate on 16x and the windage is not even numbers, it's like 1.77 MOA for the first one and like 3.56 MOA for the second one. Would I just have to do some math to figure out what they would equate to on 20x and 10x? Thanks guys. Hopefully someone can share some information.
When looking at Leupold's options for reticles, I really want one that has windage marks in it. I like to dial my elevation and hold off for windage. Having windage hashmarks obviously makes it easier to have a more accurate hold off. The only reticles I seem to like are the Wind-Plex, Tri-MOA and Varmint Hunter, neither one do I have personal experience with. Leupold's "tactical" reticles are either too busy for me or don't have any central aiming point, just a small opening in the crosshairs. I'm sure some love this, but that just doesn't sound right to me.
I have concerns with how heavy the lines are on the Tri-MOA and Wind Plex reticles. Most of the reviews I found were guys using them on deer rifles. This rifle needs to have a precise reticle since it's a varmint rifle and I shoot it out to 700 yards. Does anyone have input on these two reticles and if the crosshairs are too heavy for precise aiming at long range and on small targets?
Finally, the Varmint Hunter's reticle looks really nice because the crosshairs are thin and designed for small targets with precise aiming. The only thing that throws me off is that the windage hashmarks are not as simple as "2 MOA spacing on 20x." They're odd and for a 20x scope the windage marks are only accurate on 16x and the windage is not even numbers, it's like 1.77 MOA for the first one and like 3.56 MOA for the second one. Would I just have to do some math to figure out what they would equate to on 20x and 10x? Thanks guys. Hopefully someone can share some information.
