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I have mostly used duplex and heavy duplex reticles. I recently picked up a firedot and a Boone and Crockett. Interested what is most popular among guys here. Wondering about #4 and others I may not have tried.
Application is hunting deer and elk and staying inside 400 yards. Maybe 500-600 for practice and range work.
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#4 reticle. Works for long distance and up close. It really excels in low light and thick brush
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The Boone and Crockett. Leupold has dropped it from their lineup. Pizzes me off somethin' fierce........
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Boone and Crockett for me as well. Really sucks they stopped making them though!
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The German #1 is my favorite, my three most used hunting rifles have them. I'd like to try a #4, but haven't yet. A duplex is fine also. No Christmas trees please.
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Hello. The last 20 years or so I have used scopes with either HD reticle (Leupold) or #4 reticle (Meopta and S&B). This has worked very well for me, especially for low-light hunting. However, my shots are typically well under a 100 yards. In fact, where I hunt, a 400 yard shot is impossible. I don't find these reticles to be a hinderance when shooting targets at the range, though perhaps not the best for this. One day I might try an illuminated dot/reticle, as those usually receive high praise from others (as long as the illumination isn't too bright for twilight shooting). One last comment: There are different versions of the #4 reticle out there. The ones I like are like what is in Meopta's 6x42 and S&B's 8x56 (A4 reticle), where the thin center reticle is closely bracketed by thicker parts of the reticle at 3,6 and 9 o'clock.
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Of those I’ve used in order of preference:
Burris Ballistic Plex
Leupold LRD
Redfield Accurange
Leupold B&C
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Most of my scopes have the duplex but I was introduced to the #4 reticle in a Sawro and really really like it. I have two now. I think given the choice I'd take the #4 over a duplex.
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swaro 4a, then Zeiss Z-plex
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Hello. The last 20 years or so I have used scopes with either HD reticle (Leupold) or #4 reticle (Meopta and S&B). This has worked very well for me, especially for low-light hunting. However, my shots are typically well under a 100 yards. In fact, where I hunt, a 400 yard shot is impossible. I don't find these reticles to be a hinderance when shooting targets at the range, though perhaps not the best for this. One day I might try an illuminated dot/reticle, as those usually receive high praise from others (as long as the illumination isn't too bright for twilight shooting). One last comment: There are different versions of the #4 reticle out there. The ones I like are like what is in Meopta's 6x42 and S&B's 8x56 (A4 reticle), where the thin center reticle is closely bracketed by thicker parts of the reticle at 3,6 and 9 o'clock. In scopes with #4 reticle a I prefer the Kahles and Meopta versions over Leupold
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I just put a 4.5 - 14 on my 26 Nosler and it has the TMOA reticle on it and I like it a lot. Not quite as cluttered as some of the others, but enough information for relatively long range shooting without dialing...
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Leupy will have the B&C in the new VX3 HD line according to Doug's post about it.
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Meopta's #4. The outer posts are bold enough to bracket your target at low light but thinner posts are fine enough for range work
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Any type of plain jane plex reticle.
Know your BC and bullet drop within a certain amount yardage, put the crosshairs on your target. Click, bang. It should hit if within your bullet caliber's yardage tolerance.
No unnecessary thinking, you're not trying to plink a single hair off of a squirrels nutsack at 1200 yards.
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A bold #4 or duplex with a fairly tight center section, add an illuminated dot that has about 10 settings and can dim down to practically nothing.
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