What's your favorite Reticle and why?

[Grmps]

What's your favorite Reticle for what application and why?

[Love Life]

Mildot because I find them easy to use and can be used for any caliber.


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[LUCKYDAWG13]

I like this if it's in the circle out to 200 yards and my target is 10" i will hit it this is the scope i had on a ar before i sold it Redfield reticle

[blikseme300]

I prefer the duplex reticle as made by Leopold. My primary application is for hunting out to 200 yards and typically the light levels are low during dawn or dusk. I found that the very thin reticles some scopes have get lost under these light conditions. I don't like BDC or any other bits in my field of view as I'm not familiar with them and see no need for them.

[tdoor4570]

Mil-dot nothing else to be said.

[Omega]

I prefer Mil-Dot, but I don't mind any that don't obscure the target. I have a couple Nikons with the BDC reticle, when I first got them it took some getting used to.

[Texas by God]

I don't like them busy. I like the Redfield Luckydawg pictured above, dual X, post and plain crosshairs and use them all. I'm not a battery powered sight fan-yet. I just like practicing and learning my trajectory of my rifles.

[35 shooter]

I know how to put mildots to good use but, i prefer a duplex for general hunting. If you can judge range or use a rangefinder, it's easy enough, with a bit of practice with your rifle and load, to quickly judge hold over with the duplex for general big game hunting.

Mildots have their place, but i just prefer an uncluttered reticle for everyday type hunting.

[M-Tecs]

works great for wind hold offs

[lefty o]

nightforce's np-r1 reticle for varmints. i can rangefind with it and do the math in my head quickly.

[Rcmaveric]

The scopes I got had the Rapid Reticle type (Weaver and Nickon Prostaffs). They were called ballistic reticles. Gives me confidence when taking shots past 100 yrds. With my .270 Winchester drop to between the 2nd and 3rd line 200 yards.

[barrabruce]

I like my Leupold spr recticle .
At 1x the dot is 5moa and the circle centres my eye.
Crank it to 4x and the 2.5 millirad marks are now 10 moa which is good for longer work..

I liked my old weaver k4 duplex.
It was a fine wire and covered little.
The 8 moa to the thick lines made it good to 100yrds easy with a 22lr sighted at 50 yrds with std velocity ammo.

[Petrol & Powder]

Depends on the task.

The fine line crosshair is still hard to beat for purely target shooting, particularly with rimfire .22.
I've used Mil Dot reticles and if you know what you are doing, they are the fastest type for range estimation and correction. If we're talking all-around, high power rifle (no .22 rimfire ) shooting, The Mil Dot is my choice.
The duplex reticle with the heavy outer posts and fine inner crosshairs is a real close second for an all-around reticle.

And for east coast hunting, the German #1 (post style) reticle is perfect ! (IMO )

[Rick Hodges]

I love the Leupold Heavy Duplex....as used on the shotgun, muzzle loader scopes. The outer part of the crosshairs are heavy enough to see in low light in any conditions legal to hunt in...and the center is fine enough for distance work on small targets.

[robg]

burris ballistic is my choice

[Outpost75]

Of the common American scope reticles I like the plain vanilla Duplex, all the rest of them are "too busy".

I'm not shooting a tank gun on a moving target...

But for low light shooting the German #1 is superior, and I've also used the inverted post on big game rifles and find it useful.

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[JWT]

I like the Leupold HD for most things. For dangerous game rifles (416Rigby, 458 WinMag) I have the German #4.

[Bent Ramrod]

I have the mil-dot reticle on my MVA scope. I’m still in the process of educating myself on the workings (or not) of the windage adjustment, so it’s very useful to hold off on a target when the winds (or something) are shifting and time is running out. The mil-dots let me do that really well.

I once hit ten Rams in a row holding ahead of their noses with the second mil-dot to the right on the front legs where they joined the body. Once everything started working, there was no way I was going to mess with those adjustment screws.

Other scopes for less exacting purposes are fine with plain crosshairs or crosshairs and Lee dot. I have one with a post, but it tends to cover distant targets that I need to hold over, and isn’t very reproducible on those I hold under.

[Dan Cash]

I am old school and stay simple. My choice is the Zeiss (German) #1 reticle with the rifle (.30-06 or similar) zeroed for 200 yds/mtrs. This will enable an accurate shot to 300 yds/mtrs; beyond you don't need to be shooting game. People are a different story.

[RPRNY]

German #4 for game. A simple fine line cross hairs for targets.

I have an old Bushnell with an optional post reticle, can't remember the marketing name for it. It's a fine cross hair reticle and with a turn of the dial, a post reticle can be made to appear. Pretty much ideal.