Danehunter
Well-Known Member
Last year I bought my "mountain rifle", a 6.5 PRC Browning X-Bolt Pro, and mounted a Bushnell LRTS 4.5 - 18 x 44 scope with FFP, mil/mil and G3 illuminated reticle. It was my first illuminated reticle and I liked it right away. It has an abbreviated Xmas tree reticle (compared to my H59 reticle in my competition scope) that I use in conjunction with my rangefinder binoculars set to my cartridge.
But what quickly became obvious at low power in a FFP reticle with the illumination on was that even at 4.5X it was very easy to see the crosshairs.
Without the illumination at this low power reticles get very hard to see. But illumination on and it was no problem.
So some will say, "Just get a SFP reticle and problem solved." Well, yeah, but with FFP I can use my rangefinders and the reticle without cranking the scope all the way to the highest power. Plus I'm used to FFP in competition.
'Nuf sed.
Eric B.
But what quickly became obvious at low power in a FFP reticle with the illumination on was that even at 4.5X it was very easy to see the crosshairs.
Without the illumination at this low power reticles get very hard to see. But illumination on and it was no problem.
So some will say, "Just get a SFP reticle and problem solved." Well, yeah, but with FFP I can use my rangefinders and the reticle without cranking the scope all the way to the highest power. Plus I'm used to FFP in competition.
'Nuf sed.
Eric B.