I recently picked up and older bausch and lomb scope with a different reticle. ( post and crosshair?) I'm not exactly sure what it's called, and not sure where the aiming point should be with it. Should it be zero'd at the intersection of the lines like a regular recticle or at the top of the post? I'll post a pic of a reticle that's close to mine, but the post on mine is tapered wider at the bottom to about the same at the tip as the reticle in the pic.
You aim with the tip of the post, like a post foresight used with a peep. The horizontal wire only serves to help avoid canting.
Yes.....but when I was working for a rifle builder 25yrs ago or so, we set up a fellas 7RM for an Africa trip with one of these, and used the crosshairs at various magnifications and logged the impact/drops/ranges, so he could use it for a redneck BDC at a specific magnification for a given range (SFP). Worked pretty good, (at least at the range) IIRC.
I'm old enough to remember them.. Aim point is the TOP of the post. Similar to the front sight on a rifle. Jim
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Your drawing is of the Weaver & Lyman style tapered post and crosshair .It was used in both huntinng and Sniper scopes in the 40s and 50s.
Interstingly , on Weavers later variable scopes , the post tip did not extend above the horizontal wire and yet , it did so on their fixed power models.
Bushnell had a version called the "Command Post"reticle wearby you flipped a lever and the post popped up on a plain crosshair reticle.
Thanks guys. I was thinking it had to be the top of the post. The scope is just a straight 4x. Now I just have to figure out what caliber rifle that this would compliment that would interest me.
It really doesn’t matter as long as YOU know where it’s zeroed.
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I have two scopes with that reticle. One is a Lyman All-American 4X, and the other is a S&B 6x42. The post on the S&B is about 3 MOA above the crosswire. When I had it on a rifle I'd sight in the top of the post for 200 yds., and the crosswire was close enough to use for hitting gongs and such at 300 yds.
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I have a few PCH reticles in various scopes. I like them a lot. Not a long range reticle but I can make kill zone hits to 300 yards with no trouble with them. Mine are all on low power scopes. I did recently pick up a Burris 6x with a PCH. It will go on my Mini 14 when it comes back from Accuracy Systems as a 6x45. I think it should make a great calling reticle.
Originally Posted by navlav8r
It really doesn’t matter as long as YOU know where it’s zeroed.
This is very true. Normally the top of the post is the aiming point but you certainly can zero to the intersection.
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That's my favorite reticle on a scope, I pick up every old low power scope with a post I can find at gun shows. 2.5 power is my favorite but anything up to 4 power I buy
I have a long history with these scopes, in the early 60's the only gun I had was a mod61 22mag. I hunted every thing with that gun, deer, rabbits and squirrels. The low power gave a wide field of view and the post showed up in low light. When I was young and dumb I shot a pheasant out of the air with it
