I wonder about the motivation for Leupold to make the wide duplex the standard reticle a while back. The thick parts of the reticle end so far away from the center they may as well not be there.
100% agree. When I bought my VX5 with the firedot duplex I thought I was getting the same style duplex that was in my VXR. Oh hell no, even though the image on the box was the same.
I have to admit when I got my Nightforce 2.5-10x32 with the mildot I thought I was getting my dream scope for elk hunting. But the reticle just seemed to disappear when aimed with any kind of brush or cover in the background.
Didn't work for me at all, and couldn't get rid of it soon enough.
