have a fairly recent 1-6, no foggy or critical eye relief. This scope is one of the more popular used scopes in 3 gun competitions, and Im sure if it were a big problem they wouldn't be using them.
Outstanding warranty from Vortex
Looked through the 1-8 only strange thing was a reversal of reticle tree.
In the 1-6 the dia. of the circle is about 18 inch at 100 yds and radius, ht from 1st bar to top of circle is 9 inc at 6x
200 yards is width of first bar.
etc.
in the 1-8 the width of the bars is windage hold off.
both of these reticles were used by IOR 20 years ago, but thats ok.
some users don't like the circle reticle as they feel it blocks there view
I found it more useful to find the distances of the inside circle on the 1x power setting. do to mounting ht. of the scope
The reticles are designed around 55gr 223 around 3200 fps.. The AR has "matured" to the 16" and 18" guns which means you will have to experiment a bit with load velocity decrease due to shorter barrels.
The scope works well for techniques that use a very forward head position and collapsible stocks not fully extended, or if your techniques places the butt of the stock more on the chest than the pit of the shoulder
