The best answerI've taken a liking to the Burris Signature HD with E3 reticle. As for ballistic reticles and wanting them to match your ballistics, I feel that's chasing your tail. At what altitude, at what temp? I'd rather have good repeatable turrets, and a reticle with enough reference marks to be able to make minor adjustments.
I think you will be happy with the FFP scope for prairie dogs. I prefer it, since once I get my wind reads, if I need to change power due to mirage, I use the same hash mark on the reticle. For big game low light I use SFP for the reasons mentions about the reticle visibility at low power. But with prairie dogs, the lighting is great and I shoot on max power usually.I ended up ordering a Meopta Optika 6 FFP
This is what I was going to recommend. I have one waiting for a barrel to get finished. Looks as good as my Leupold so far, though haven't tested it in field conditions yet.I ended up ordering a Meopta Optika 6 FFP with the MRAD1 RD (Ilya Koshkin develoed) reticle. Meopta glass to me is really sharp for the money with good contrast. I racked my brain for days and considered several of the ones mentioned here. The Meopta is short on some things but it's also not S&B prices either. I wanted a Christmas tree reticle so it should fill the bill.
I prefer Leupold VX-3 in 6.5-20x50 with varmint hunter reticle. Best one I’ve found for wind and ranging. Lifetime warranty is also great, although I’ve never had to use it.
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