Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics What's up with the busy reticles?

Sheer and utter fhuqking nonsense. Hint……….

About the only thing I completely agree on

Yup,
Just a "figination of my imaginement"



Rem 700 Custom KS, 300 H&H, Leupold 4.5-14 x 40, Duplex Reticle (if my imagination is correct).



Hoglet perforated with 200 gr. Accubond



What the hey, since I'm imagining, why not two, along with a view back up the hill to the stand?



Yowsir!





GWB

It seems like the majority of hunters today have bought into the long range, shoot-off-a-bipod, school. They watch the long range "hunting" videos and will go out of their way to set up shots they shouldn't try. The busy reticles are OK for them. I am not inclined to hunt this way and prefer simple reticles and simple scopes. I also like scopes which will fit on the rifle. This means that all of my gear is pretty old school. That doesn't sell anymore, so I can only buy what I can find. With most of my gear, 500 yds is beyond what I should try. I'm OK with that. I can make it for the duration with what I have, but I feel sorry for those who no longer have the options.
For those who are into the new way of hunting, you're covered. GD

I just saw this. No issue with natural eye relief. On my 416 Rem M70 I went with custom bases from Michael Scherz (who is no longer with us) with Talley QD's. His design allowed for a bit tighter spacing. This rifle now wears a Burris Safari Signature Select 1.75-5x32mm with a taper-plex reticle.

It's because the buying public wants to feel like a military sniper. If you didn't notice, traditional hunting is out, tactical shooting is in.

Well there really isnt anything new about long range hunting.
In the place i have been doing it for more than 50 years, there were as many doing it then as there are now.
And we were using target scopes like Unertle and Bausch and Lomb and very few others for doing it.
Reason being that they were the only ones that could be dialed at the time.
And the B & L needed a bit of modification for doing that as well.
What has made the difference of coarse is the internet in recent years.
But the fact is that most of the people buying the new scopes arent using them for hunting.
But rather playing the various games that have also recently been created.
Ringing steel at extreme distances for example being just one of the more popular ones.
Of coarse there are modern day shooting schools as well where for a fee even you can become an expert at shooting long distances.
Of coarse the bandwagon also includes other must have items as well, like devices that tell you the wind direction and speed, ( at the place you happen to be standing ) lol.
Trust me, very few serious long range hunters are attempting shots at the extreme distances being talked about on the internet.

You think it’s because hunters want to be more “tacticool” and not the fact that when reticles and turrets are aligned give an advantage over a duplex reticle with friction alignment?

It doesn’t discount the fact thousands of animals have been taken by thousands of hunters with duplex reticles or iron sights before that. It’s just progress.

Looks like you've got it dialed in! Niiiiiiice

But I'll bet you haven't smacked a salmon over the head with one.

YouSuck,

It isn't "Unertele",nor was it ever. KNOWN range ala LRF is THE Game Changer and beyond refute. Hint.

Scope innards,matter wayyyyy more than outards. Your Drooling Brokedicktitude is fhuqking HILARIOUS. Hint.

"Coarse" is a BIG word too. Hint.

Bless your heart,for doing your best. Hint.

Fhuqking LAUGHING!...................

Yes, yes, I see what you mean. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

It's simply because reticles can be used for much more than "point-and-shoot", if one is so inclined.

I judged a moose last fall in seconds using my MOAR reticle. It is now in my freezer. Incredibly useful. You can range and measure all sorts of things. Main beams on a bull, width on a buck, length on a bear, etc. I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. You Fudds don’t know what you’re missing.

I’m trying to sell one of the last Duplex scopes I own. Zeiss V6, it’s in the classifieds. For those of you that love a simple reticle and brilliant glass, I can’t imagine much better. Selling for half off retail too.

Imo, everything a duplex does, a proper reticle does better. No reason to go backwards. I’m not going back to a typewriter, or landline, or horse and buggy either.

Some people just resist change and learning new things. Progress can be painful for some.

For those of us who hunt these woods, point and shoot is all we need.

Hunting vs shooting ! It seems not many people hunt anymore.

Yes, of course you did. Damn shame you can't figure out how to post pics.

Has absolutely nothing to do with figuring out how. It’s a personal and philosophical decision. I prefer to “hunt quietly” now.

I see.