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Reticle hard to see at low power on FFP scope
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1098215" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I keep hearing these claims, but it makes no sense to me. Perhaps if I was shooting elephants with a muzzle loader then the field of view / trajectory might be plausible, but it makes no sense in any kind of hunting scenario I have been in.</p><p></p><p>Right, so at 4x, illustrated below:</p><p><img src="http://www.vortexoptics.com/uploads/ret_pst_f_4-16x50_ebr1_moa-t.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> The width of the inner graduated part of the reticle is 60MOA (30 per side). Same for elevation. Even scaling down, the primary marks are at 10MOA. Significant hold over is not needed (assuming any reasonable cartridge one would use for long range shooting) prior to 400 yards. At 400 yards the graduated part of the reticle is subtending 240" or 20'. At longer distances it only increases. </p><p></p><p>My 243 Ackley only needs about 5MOA of elevation correction at 400 yards, assuming a 100 yard zero. The concept that I am going to split that tiny segment of the reticle by a factor of 6 (and it does not matter if your reticle is FFP or SFP it is going to be the same % of the field of view) and be accurate with it, when I can simply twist the zoom ring and see the graduation more clearly is not something that is going to appeal to me. A coyote is only 3-4ft in the body if moving at right angles to the shot, so it is going to be pretty tiny in the eyepiece at 4x. I would rather see my target more clearly in which case I can see the reticle more clearly too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1098215, member: 35183"] I keep hearing these claims, but it makes no sense to me. Perhaps if I was shooting elephants with a muzzle loader then the field of view / trajectory might be plausible, but it makes no sense in any kind of hunting scenario I have been in. Right, so at 4x, illustrated below: [IMG]http://www.vortexoptics.com/uploads/ret_pst_f_4-16x50_ebr1_moa-t.jpg[/IMG] The width of the inner graduated part of the reticle is 60MOA (30 per side). Same for elevation. Even scaling down, the primary marks are at 10MOA. Significant hold over is not needed (assuming any reasonable cartridge one would use for long range shooting) prior to 400 yards. At 400 yards the graduated part of the reticle is subtending 240" or 20'. At longer distances it only increases. My 243 Ackley only needs about 5MOA of elevation correction at 400 yards, assuming a 100 yard zero. The concept that I am going to split that tiny segment of the reticle by a factor of 6 (and it does not matter if your reticle is FFP or SFP it is going to be the same % of the field of view) and be accurate with it, when I can simply twist the zoom ring and see the graduation more clearly is not something that is going to appeal to me. A coyote is only 3-4ft in the body if moving at right angles to the shot, so it is going to be pretty tiny in the eyepiece at 4x. I would rather see my target more clearly in which case I can see the reticle more clearly too. [/QUOTE]
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