Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Burris FullField Ballistic Plex vs E1 Reticles

I’ve really come to appreciate the value of Burris FullField scopes. Regarding reticles, do Burris users like the E1 reticle? I find it odd the E1 reticle doesn’t extend to the edge of the field of view. Does it have advantages over the Ballistic Plex reticle? I only have experience with the Ballistic Plex. Is there a compelling reason to select one over the other?

Thank you,
Expat

The E1 sucks. I much prefer the old tried and true ballistic plex reticle.

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I have both ,for groundhog and coyote scope ,E-1, for big game ,Ballistic plex , thats how i like them

I like them both...

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The E1 does take a little getting used to, but not terrible. I have a 30mm tube E1 that works fine on a .30-06.

I prefer the FFII, but bought an E1 4.5-14 because it was on sale.

Prices on these are kinda silly. Usually the BP models are cheaper than the duplex. Still, $189 is the most I have in any of my three.

We are running Burris Droptine 4.5-14x42mm - G2B Mil-Dot for only $149.99

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Just too busy

+5! I do like that the entire ocular didn’t turn on the E1 but I hated the reticle enough to just stick with the FFII with Original ballistic Plex. Have 4 or 5 now and find them perfect general purpose big game or varmint rifles.

I don't think the E1 makes a good big game reticle, so I'd stick with the Ballistic Plex reticle for the FF-II 3-9Xs. For the 4.5-14x and 6.5-20x scopes, I like the E1 reticle just fine because those will be used for different purposes. I was a little surprised that the reticle did not extend from edge to edge in the view, but after having used them a bit on the range that does not bother me at all.

Agreed. And I like that the whole ocular doesn't turn on the E1.

Huh. Now that I look at the Burris lineup more closely, it looks like the FF-II line all have the same ocular that turns when adjusting zoom, and that the E1s do not. I am sitting here pondering that...wondering why Burris adopted that design for the FF-II line when they did not have to do so. Am I overlooking something?

Burris made the WHITETAILS UNLIMITED and PIONEER scopes for Pentax and they were just BURRIS FULLFIELD 2 scopes. The WHITETAILS UNLIMITED scopes had a power ring that turned independently of the eye piece like most scopes while the PIONEER was same one piece eyepiece/power ring as the regular FULLFIELD 2. I always wondered why they didn’t just start using the WHITETAILS UNLIMITED design since so many people complain about the eyepiece turning.

I prefer the E1 but won’t be selling off theFFII scopes.

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Can't stand the FFII with the whole eyepiece turning. Don't like the normal E1 reticle. Y'all should check out the E1 with illuminated #4. I have one and like it a LOT.

magshooter- yep, bet of the lot and a hell of a good scope.