What reticle? Any why?

[garandman]

Trying to decide on scope reticles for (1) 22rf benchrest and (2) 1000 yd centerfire.

I'm liking the Athon Ares ETR floating dot reticle (here) for 22 rf 50 yd on my rifle now...

I'm wondering if the floating crosshair will be better for 1000 yd (shown here)

What reticles do you use for what shooting disciplines, and why do you like them?

Thanx for any help.

 

[Bob L.]

I use the Schmidt and Bender Sport reticle for 600 and 1000 yd F Class. It is a 2nd FP floating dot. I like it because it is not cluttered and I began shooting F Class with a Nightforce NP-2DD reticle so I am used to a dot.

 

[Falfan2017]

Personal preference but I can get anything with a small dot in the middle to work.

 

[hrlincoln]

For the 100/200yd score shooting I do, I use a plain fine crosshair with the smallest dot available. An un-interrupted crosshair (ie. no floating dot) gives me better horizontal and vertical reference when holding off, especially when mirage is present...just my preference.

 

[Dud]

With an Athlon, I wonder if you are going to be able to use the full 30x?

I have an older Minox that gets a bit fuzzy after about 25x so the bigger looking floating crosshair might be good just for scale.

I find that 25x is fine for 1,000 yards but I'm not shooting benchrest competitions and I don't think that Athlon scope is really aimed at that either.

 

[garandman]

Personal preference but I can get anything with a small dot in the middle to work.

I'm getting repeatable 0.26 - 0.32" groups @ 50 yards with the floating dot on my Lilja 457 22 rimfire. I'm wondering if the floating dot will be that good at 600 - 1000 yards. I'm not looking for benchrest accuracy at 1,000... more holding minute of angle out to 1000.

 

[ledward]

prefer a floating dot for 22 rimfire and 1000 yard benchrest
Nightforce NP2DD is my favorite

 

[Falfan2017]

I'm getting repeatable 0.26 - 0.32" groups @ 50 yards with the floating dot on my Lilja 457 22 rimfire. I'm wondering if the floating dot will be that good at 600 - 1000 yards. I'm not looking for benchrest accuracy at 1,000... more holding minute of angle out to 1000.

Yes you can make a dot work at long range. But you want a small second focal plane dot. If the dot is bigger than the x ring youre going to have a problem. 1/16th moa dot works well. Big enough to see not too big to cover up a lot of the x ring

 

[Larryh128]

With an Athlon, I wonder if you are going to be able to use the full 30x?

I have an older Minox that gets a bit fuzzy after about 25x so the bigger looking floating crosshair might be good just for scale.

I find that 25x is fine for 1,000 yards but I'm not shooting benchrest competitions and I don't think that Athlon scope is really aimed at that either.

I can't speak to a 30x but I have 2 Ares Btr 4.5x27 that have no issue at 27x.

 

[garandman]

Yes you can make a dot work at long range. But you want a small second focal plane dot. If the dot is bigger than the x ring youre going to have a problem. 1/16th moa dot works well. Big enough to see not too big to cover up a lot of the x ring

The Ares ETR dot is super small. It covers about 1/16" at 50 yards. I'm guessing that translates to 20 / 16ths at 1000 yards. Its almost too hard to see.

 

[dmoran]

@garandman
I to feel the Ares ETR dot is to small (have to look for it, instead of seeing it easily).
The clutter free NF NP-2DD is hands down my favorite reticle and dot size (.1875-MOA | 3/16") for targeting:

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