Originally Posted by Mule Deer
65BR,

Yep.

The Wide Duplex has no advantage over plain crosshairs, which were abandoned by most scope manufactuers, except in low-priced rimfire scopes, by around 1970.

But I do know a very experience big game hunter who likes the "crosshairs" in the Wide Duplex because they're slightly "heavier" than the center crosshairs in the standard Leupold Duplex.

I'm obviously not the experienced hunter :), but I do prefer and use the heavy duplex on some rifles. There used to be a pretty good guy here who WAS a very experienced hunter (JJ Hack) who accurately explained the HD gave you a slight advantage in low light. I have the HD on two of my "african rifles), a 375 H&H and a 416 Rigby.

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”