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What are some good scopes with thick reticles on the market without having to send the scopes in for a reticle change? Preferably in a 3-9x40mm to 50mm range.

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Midsouth shooters supply has a Leupold VX 2 3x9 50mm in heavy duplex. with free shipping

Leupold VX-1 3-9X40 Shotgun scope. But, you might want to have the parallax reset from 75 yards.

Bushnell firefly...

I didn't know they still made the firefly. I will look into that.

I hadn't thought about the shotgun scope. If I'm not shooting over 150 yards the parallax issue wouldn't be that big of a deal would it?

Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40

I currently have 7 Leupold Shotgun scope with 75 yard parallax in service and I've never found the parallax setting to present a challenge.

Leupold offers the "regular" VX-1 2-7x33 with a heavy duplex reticle as their part #113866.

I also have 5 VX-2 2-7x33s that I've sent back to Leupold to have the heavy duplex reticles installed.

Hadn't thought about sending some in for re-reticleization. May look into that. I like the couple heavy duplex that I have, and my favorite is a FXII 6x with the German NP4 reticle.

I had a heavy duplex installed in a VX2. They are putting a German #4 reticle in a VX3 for me. I was just wondering what was on the market without paying to have another reticle installed.

The wholesale price for the Leupold scopes that come with HD reticles (that I could find) are these:

VX-1 2-7x33 shotgun - $170
VX-1 3-9x40 shotgun - $185

Leica's #1 reticle is the best dark timber reticle I've ever used (that is not illuminated of course).

Camera Land has the MeoPro 3.5-10x44 with German #4 for $400.00.

My 6x42 Leupolds came with heavy duplex, and I get a 2.5-8 VX3i through the custom shop at a good price with the same.

Order a VX-2 3x9x40mm with a heavy duplex or post & duplex reticle direct from the custom shop.

Sig Sauer Whiskey 3 ---Tombstone Tactical ----$128.67---3/9/40

Thanks for everyone's advice. I will look into these choices.

Don't know what your intended use is, and it's outside your preferred power range, but I have a couple Leupold 1-4 Shotgun/Muzzleloader scopes on my 50 cal inline ML and on my Marlin .45-70 Guide Gun. Heavy crosswires, 75 yard parallax setting. They work well on those guns, especially in the woods but out to about 200 yards too.

I have a Leupold 2-7 shotgun scope on a Marlin 444. The 75 yard parallax setting doesn't keep me from hitting what I'm aiming at out to 200 yards.

Mike

Why do you want a heavy one

Can't speak for the OP, but for me, I find heavy crosswires much faster to pick up and easier to keep track of in the woods where you've got a lot of vertical and horizontal lines (tree trunks and branches) that are all kinds of shades of grey and black...especially when the light is not the best.