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Thats a good one. I have told several buds lately that I want that scope. 8oz won't kill me, but my wife might.

I have a rapid z 800 and a rapid z 600. Both are quite visible in last legal shooting light. At least as good or better than a leupold vx3 duplex.

I don’t know in five pages if anyone has addressed the first verses second plane reticle, but when I bought my European Zeiss and Swarovski scopes, these variables have the first plane reticle that do not magnify the reticle when they magnify the image. My #8 reticle in my Zeiss looks very much like your first photograph except that the #8 has the top of the cross hair also heavy. You said 600 yards, but I’ve never had to hold high on anything, so low light brightness and being able to see the reticle has been the most important for me. A strange thing happens in very low light with that #8 reticle. While I know that the center cross hair is thinner, my minds eye fills in that thinner center section with the heavier outer cross hair size. I can’t explain it, but it’s there and there is no not being able to see that dark cross hair into low nearly no light.

I like the original mil dot, not the 1/3 mil size ones. The reticle posts are very thick good for close up fast shooting and the dots are plenty dark enough to stand out on any game I would shoot. Just my 2 cents.

I've used a regular mildot in a 6x42 more than any other scope the past several years. I'll be carrying it in a couple of hours for this morning's hunt. It's still a good reticle.....the ones pictured above are just an improvement on it with illum and 1/2 mil markers.

I know this is against the grain here but playing around with SWFA's milquad and picture editing I added a fourth/lower post to the reticle with the same subtensions as the top and sides. That would be a great reticle for the times I'm using it in thicker backgrounds, low light, and wouldn't hurt my use at all for longer ranges as I won't be using as much drop as it has, especially if I can dial...... Cap windage, zero stop elevation dial, add this reticle and the already great 3-9 SWFA gets even better for my use.

Got my vote.

Mine too....

That's simply the 1-6x HD's reticle. Hint.

225yds,on the nose. Hint.








Just saying.

Hint.

LAUGHING!..................

I could like that in the 3-9.

I've not touched the 1-6.....how low can the ilum be set? Low enough it doesn't wash out the image in low light?

They got the illum right on the 1-6 SS. On lowest setting, dim but visible in full dark. On highest setting, dim but visible in full daylight, with settings for every situation in between.

John

Thanks John.

The Meopta 4A&B comes close to being ideal for my use. These are a German #4 with hash marks.https://www.slideshare.net/Optics-Trade/technical-data-meopta-reticle-subtensions-optics-trade

I love them 1x6’s myself. Maybe a touch heavy but man are they versatile and capable beyond about anything else in their price range.

I just snatched a Demo C from the Sample List. Good optics to have around.