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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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Leupold Midsouth shooters supply has a Leupold VX 2 3x9 50mm in heavy duplex. with free shipping
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Leupold VX-1 3-9X40 Shotgun scope. But, you might want to have the parallax reset from 75 yards.
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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. Bushnell firefly...
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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?
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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? 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Leica's #1 reticle is the best dark timber reticle I've ever used (that is not illuminated of course).
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Camera Land has the MeoPro 3.5-10x44 with German #4 for $400.00.
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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.
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Order a VX-2 3x9x40mm with a heavy duplex or post & duplex reticle direct from the custom shop.
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Thanks for everyone's advice. I will look into these choices.
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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.
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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.
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Why do you want a heavy one
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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.
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