Mathman, I believe I've figured it out. The wide duplex does double duty as a crosshair & a binocular substitute.
It may also have some ranging potential for ELR shooting.
The gap is too large to range anything but elephants up close.
Real men don't use ranging devices. Or bipods or rests.
Doug, as others have said, thanks for your efforts. I don't have anything to add except, if Leupold got serious about fixing the issues identified, lots of people would line up to buy their scopes.
