Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Explain the German #1 reticle please...

I'm looking at various reticles for an upcoming Leupold scope, and i like the post style ones...but i don't understand how on the German #1 the sharp tip of the post extends above the two lateral lines.

It seems weird to me. Wouldn't it be better if the sharp tip of the post ended in line with the two lateral lines? I mean, aren't you supposed to line up the very tip of the post on target in a six o' clock hold? If so then it's not in line with the lateral lines.

It seems that if you shouldered that reticle quickly on a moving target the eye would naturally want to line up the target in line with the lateral lines, which would make your shot off.....assuming you sighted it in at a 6 o' clock hold.