❔ What's Your Favorite Reticle — and Why?

[JungleShooter]

What's Your Favorite Reticle — and Why?
 
Here're the features of my favorite reticle — what are yours?:
 
🔶(1) Holdoff reticle (with evenly spaced hash lines, not a BDC) — because I like to dial for elevation and hold for wind when I have the time, and hold off for both if it's a rushed shot.

 🔶(2) FFP reticle/scope — because I want my holdoff mils to be the same no matter what magnification I consider best for the shot.

 🔶(3) Thick black posts on the outsides of the reticle — so that I can still easily see the crosshairs even if the reticle has shrunk a lot because I selected a low magnification on my FFP scope.



 🔶(4) The same units of measure for both reticle and turrets (either both MIL or both MOA) — so that I can memorize or carry with me just one dope chart — otherwise I'd need one for the reticle, and a different one for the turrets.

And so that when I see on my reticle that I've hit 1.3mil low and 0.7mil left on the target — I just dial exactly those numbers on the turrets and I'm dead on.

 🔶(5) MIL rather than MOA — because in MIL I get to read and memorize less numbers, and don't need to convert 3.73moa to 3½ and 11.78moa to 11¾.
And in MIL I don't need to calculate how many total clicks a dope is. In the MOA system 6¾ MOA equal 27 clicks. Compare the MIL system: 2.7 MIL equal 27 clicks. Plain and simple.



 🔶(6) Numbers on the hash line (a few) — so that I can quickly find 7.5 mil without having to count seven hash lines down.

 🔶(7) Illuminated reticle — as light isn't always good in factory buildings. And when the FFP is on low magnification the IR helps me see the hash lines better (no, I don't obsess over the half ounce of extra weight for the IR...! 😄).
 

 Thankfully, scope makers have been giving us a good amount of these type of reticles, so there is some choice. 😊


Attached below as a good example the reticle on the Falcon S18i 3-18x50 FFP that checks all the boxes. 😄 

Matthias

[LDamm]

Thanks for posting all that information Matthias.  It certainly gives me many things to consider before buying my next scope.

[rsterne]

A simple MilDot reticle that is not too cluttered, and has more than 4 dots for holdover.... I always sight my hunting rifles for the appropriate kill zone, and then use holdover for longer ranges.... I never, ever, touch the turrets other than when I am on the range, so I actually prefer that the clicks are 1/4 MOA instead of 1/10 MIL (which is actually a coarser adjustment).... I have tried illuminated reticles, and don't like them, but that may be because they always seem to cause glare which reduces the contrast of the image.... If there are more than 4 dots for holdover, numbering every 2nd dot (or some other marking) so you can find them quicker is a nice feature.... and for small targets having a fine hash mark halfway between the MilDots is a nice feature as well.... I only have one FFP scope, and haven't hunted with it yet, so the jury is out on that feature, but that is not really a "reticle" question, IMO.... but more like comparing variable scope to fixed power, AO to SF, etc.etc....

Bob

[mobilehomer]

Duplex with thick outers and really thin crosshair. Then simple mildot.

[Hangtown-Shooter]

 One of my favorite reticle design’s is very similar to the one you posted. It is the “MIL-QUAD” a patented design by SWFA used in some of their SS line of optics. The “mildots” are hollow allowing you to see small targets with less obstruction.

[Deckard1973]

I have found I do like 98% of my shooting at the max power of a variable scope, used an illuminated reticle once.
So, I went with a 20x42 SWFA with the MIL-QUAD similar to the one Hangtown-Shooter posted.

The IOR-Valdada M2 CQB on my 4x scope is pretty good for rats.

[rsterne]

Dave, I like that reticle, because the longer bars at 5 and 10 Mils make it easy not to miscount.... and the short bars at 1/2 MilDot spacing allow better placement in between the diamonds.... Nice !!!!

Bob

[Yogi]

Optisan MTC-SBC reticle is the best reticle I have ever seen!
MILRad, MOA scopes are too busy.  Anything after 3 hash marks is just fog...

-Y

[Chris USA]

I like the etched glass, mil-dot with hash lines at the 1/2 mil marks with the "Christmas tree" on the bottom. The Athlon Argos FFP 8-34x56 has that.

https://athlonoptics.com/product/argos-btr-gen2-8-34x56-apmr-ffp-ir-mil/

UTG makes some nice stuff for the price if you stay with the etched reticle. I have a 4-16x56 on the M-rod and like the UTG IR better than the one the Athlon.

I do like the FFP a lot.

[dan_house]

i have the scope Chris does, but in 6-24.

also love my SIGHTRON with the MOA-H and the AEON “field target” reticle

i find them easier to establish a hold over point than just guessing where the point should be with just mil dots....