Reticle Picture Thread

[Belmont31R]

Thought it would be interesting to get some reticles pictures up here.



If you post a picture try to make sure its clear (no fuzzy out of focus camera phone pictures), state what magnification the optic is set at, Make/Model, FFP-SFP,ect. If you want explain what you like about the reticle or what you dont.



Nightforce 2.5-10x32 Mil-Dot Reticle SFP @10X:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/DSC_0253.jpg


Schmidt and Bender Short-Dot 1.1-4X CQB Reticle FFP:

1.1X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/338169b3.jpg

4X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/c03cbb8f.jpg

[Supergrade]

I'm thinking of getting a NF with the MLR reticle. Any pictures or thoughts?

[ALCOAR]

Hell yes Mr Belmont, I like the idea behind this thread.....I need to check my pics to see if I even have any half decent shots, I always suck at taking ret. images. I'll be back:cool:

eta...tell you neighbor that his silver E36 is fly, I can make that car do dirty, dirty things for me on command:)

[nimdabew]

ACOG TA31F, 4x

The only thing I don't like about the TA31's is the short eye relief. You can work around it 90% of the time, but the only time I had a problem was when I was doing supine prone drills.

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr173/nimdabew/Guns/DSCN2696.jpg

[masakari]

Trijicon Reflex RX30-23 1X42 with LaRue same plane fixed rear sight, O2
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p313/madcatjoe/2011-03-09_18-32-50_467.jpg
Trijicon ACOG TA31RCOA4 4X32
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p313/madcatjoe/IMG_20100827_111443.jpg
TAKEN DURING TRAINING

[5pins]

Trijicon RM05 RMR 9MOA dot.
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT4441.JPG
Trijicon TA33R-H 3X
http://generalcartridge.net/images/SANY0010.JPG
http://generalcartridge.net/images/SANY0011.JPG
http://generalcartridge.net/images/SANY0013.JPG

[nimdabew]

Trijicon TA33G-H 3X
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT4483.JPG

I think you got duped man. Whoever told you that that is a green horse shoe was pulling your leg.

[ALCOAR]

Nightforce NXS Compact 2.5-10x24
http://i54.tinypic.com/2149w89.jpg

Ret: Compact Mil Dot

2.5x....
http://i54.tinypic.com/4j992r.jpg

10x....
http://i53.tinypic.com/sfgs5h.jpg

[ALCOAR]

Note: No post whoring go on around here...I just did the separate replies due to how cluttered both looked combined into one reply:)

Nightforce NXS Compact 2.5-10x32
http://i55.tinypic.com/2cdcsa0.jpg

Ret: Low Velocity(LV)

2.5x....
http://i54.tinypic.com/2vih821.jpg

10x...(2 shots cause I really couldnt figure out the focus on my new camera and this optic, so one is focused on the clear ret zoomed in and yes I already know I suck)

http://i54.tinypic.com/4ftphg.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/2hprfr7.jpg

[Belmont31R]

Schmidt and Bender 3-12x50 PMII w/ Gen 2 Mil-Dot FFP



12X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/411a084e.jpg

[beavo451]

http://fqfm2w.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1pqU193snA6B2lzDDIgEn5mIbZjLzezfntlW1NwvuGnhDnHT8614A9qov6tMxxm28oqF2g2WTOyEuow7d61XKLPQ18aoaYBWm9/DSC_5637.jpg?psid=1

http://fqfm2w.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1p4NXk_-Bnjjo4vZMIU6Ps0LN0rC8iknOZOSUyETL9-344XYYOyHrEkz9XC49bJ2oZuFDtFGs8S-lYMfDvkIP4GFHmPWx29xjc/DSC_5632.jpg?psid=1

http://fqfm2w.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1pqU193snA6B3rF2F3aNhhH74xkwr9LSORP-feA9hnbqCV7Pp8ZDskiQ5PEhNcGwSgdwSmXBCAi8VmUWGDMXIPwuBVGt56Bw73/DSC_5647.jpg?psid=1

http://fqfm2w.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1phPfj8CaDeVIlIeN-rTXi8Q_bNOx8hfktIKwlZHslWWLVYqIQQSiYHej3UXSQb7G995NGeXA3XupCMDuUWrCwyfF4TFTd8PfQ/DSC_5653.jpg?psid=1

[5pins]

I think you got duped man. Whoever told you that that is a green horse shoe was pulling your leg.

LOL. Damn it I want a refund. :lol:

[bnanaphone]

Bushnell 4200 Elite 6-24x50 SFP Mil/MOA

On 6x (statue about 20 yards away)
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt253/dbecker227/6x.jpg

On 20x (I don't go above 20 because eye-placement becomes extremely critical and it feels like I loose some contrast)
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt253/dbecker227/20x.jpg

IOR 2.5-10x42 FFP, Mil/Mil, MP-8 Dot

On 10x (box about 75 yards away)
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt253/dbecker227/IORMP8dot.jpg

I tried shots with the scope set to 8x, 6x and 4x but the pictures didn't turn out too well. I will try again soon.

[NeoItaly]

Got these from another post. Elcan.

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee403/NeoItaly1/9cdc17ee.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee403/NeoItaly1/82a30a56.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee403/NeoItaly1/17ea30c2.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee403/NeoItaly1/4656caff.jpg

[memphisjim]

great thread idea keep em coming
i really like the variable magnification pics with multiple zoom pics from same setting

[ASH556]

Leupold MK4 3.5-10X40, Ghey-Assed USMC Football Mil-dots (didn't realize, got a good deal), anyone know any math tricks?
100 yds, 2" dots, 10X
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab104/ASH556/Image032.jpg

[Nightvisionary]

Leupold MK 4/MRT 1.5x5 with SPR reticle. Rifle is Spikes LE Mid Length. ADM Mount.

http://i54.tinypic.com/vo8syb.jpg


Leupold @ 1.5 magnification. The targets are 200 and 300 yards away
http://i54.tinypic.com/2dhwb39.jpg

5X magnification(Actual magnification is 4.5X)
http://i55.tinypic.com/330vdpl.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/34yybkh.jpg

10 rounds of 69 grain Sierra Match King/Varget and 10 rounds of 77 grain Sierra Match King/Varget fired from the prone at 300 yards. I thought the 77's would print in the black but they all ended up together.
http://i52.tinypic.com/v5dfky.jpg

[Belmont31R]

Same 3-12x50 above....this is LaRue's and a gong at 500 yards.

12X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/93df1c90.jpg



1.1-4X Short Dot w/ dot turned on. Camera didn't like the dot.


1.1X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/7e5d0709.jpg

[swsmailman]

Same 3-12x50 above....this is LaRue's and a gong at 500 yards.

12X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/93df1c90.jpg



1.1-4X Short Dot w/ dot turned on. Camera didn't like the dot.


1.1X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/7e5d0709.jpg

Best of the West Gun Range...

Loved that place when I was there for LaRue Range Day.

[Belmont31R]

Best of the West Gun Range...

Loved that place when I was there for LaRue Range Day.




Yeah I shoot there about once a week. Great place to shoot...well not today. They were holding some NRA competition in the bays, and the idiots kept sending rounds over the berms. Every 20 seconds you'd hear a round going overhead...a few shotgun blasts with bird-shot went over, too.

[d90king]

Great thread Belmont! I will add some pics below when I get home.

[Belmont31R]

Got a new SD card so Im back in business there boys....:cool:


Again...above mentioned SB 3-12X50


12X
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/cb234c48.jpg

[AustinWolv]

Yeah I shoot there about once a week. Great place to shoot...well not today. They were holding some NRA competition in the bays, and the idiots kept sending rounds over the berms. Every 20 seconds you'd hear a round going overhead...a few shotgun blasts with bird-shot went over, too.
Small world. 20mins away and try to get over there as much as I can which isn't enough lately. :(

Interesting thread. Will try to get SWFA SS 1-4X pics up as time permits when I get back in town.

[Outlander Systems]

Trijicon RM04 7 MOA Reticule:

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3002/ieir1.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6215/ieir4.jpg

[d90king]

Guys, how are you guys getting these pics to come out? :suicide2: I tried for a while this AM and failed miserably on my NF 3.5-15 MLR...

[Nightvisionary]

Guys, how are you guys getting these pics to come out? :suicide2: I tried for a while this AM and failed miserably on my NF 3.5-15 MLR...

I have a view screen on my 4.1 megapixel digital camera. I couldn't get decent pics without the viewscreen. I carefully support the rifle and my hands holding the camera then move the camera around slightly until I get a clear shot through the viewfinder with no shadows on the edges. I take several pics than choose the clearest ones. Make sure your flash is turned off. Other than that all my camera setting were on auto.

[Steve S.]

I just wanted to say this is such a great thread. It's a huge help for those in the market for an optic - like myself.

[JohnnyC]

Something a little different. Vortex Recon R/T 10x spotter. It's got their mil-based ranging reticle with their quick ranging silhouettes as well. Oh, and that's Barbie, the view is from the front-of-house lighting console position at Disney on Ice Toy Story 3. I'll try to get a better picture with a non-iPhone camera at a real distance as soon as I get a chance.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4209/photozo.jpg

[shootist~]

Vortex PST 1-4; MOA.

Caveats: All were taken with some zoom on my auto camera, otherwise all I get is a pic of the inside of the scope. As a result, both the object and the reticle are larger than they appear to my eyeball. At 4x I had trouble with the focus and getting a full view, so I was unable to get all at both 1x and 4x.

"Auto Fix" was applied to all as well, but I think that actually made things closer to what I actually see from a color & brightness standpoint.

(I'm new to this reticle pic thing so I'm unsure if using the zoom is SOP or not.

1X - 320 Yds:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/shootist87122/AR15/PST1-4at1x320Yds.jpg

1X - 30 Yds:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/shootist87122/AR15/PST1-4at1x32Yds.jpg

4X - 71 Yds:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/shootist87122/AR15/PST1-4at4x71Yds-1.jpg

1X - 71 Yds:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/shootist87122/AR15/PST1-4at1x71Yds.jpg

1X - 135 Yds:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/shootist87122/AR15/PST1-4at1x135Yds.jpg

4X - 135 Yds:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/shootist87122/AR15/PST1-4at4x135Yds.jpg

[Belmont31R]

Here is a better shot of the SB Short-Dot CQB reticle on 4X. I like this reticle so much because the very center is very fine, and allows precise shots at long range. I have successfully used this optic to 750 yards, and it still allows great shot placement on LaRue's at that range. I also like how the first lines out from the center form a "box" which draws me eye in.



http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/BM31R/3ec2bdbf.jpg

[truth hurts]

Anyone have a mil-dot and a moa reticle that can be compared side by side?

[Bowser]

http://images.dr3vil.com/files/24/birdstheword.jpg

http://images.dr3vil.com/files/24/birdstheword2.jpg

[chavez_e_chavez]

Would of loved to have a pic of a neighbor looking out the window and see you pointing a weapon at them..Great thread!!!

[Alex V]

Would of loved to have a pic of a neighbor looking out the window and see you pointing a weapon at them..Great thread!!!

That's how I practice my mil-dot ranging math. Look across the "lake" [retention basin] through the NF 2.5-10 [that I got from Belmont, thank you sir] and try to calculate the distance using the people who walk by... LOL Hope no one sees me laying on my kitchen floor... This is NJ after all

[5pins]

Burris euro diamond 1X4 illumined. As you can see the illumination is not daylight visible. Target was about 40yrs away.
1X without illumination.
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT3200.JPG
4X without illumination.
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT3199.JPG
1X with illumination.
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT3201.JPG
4X with illumination.
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT3202.JPG

[ra2bach]

Burris euro diamond 1X4 illumined. As you can see the illumination is not daylight visible. Target was about 40yrs away.
1X without illumination.
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT3200.JPG
4X without illumination.
http://generalcartridge.net/images/PICT3199.JPG


IMO, the "need" for daylight visible illum on a crosshair-type reticle is way over rated. unless you are using a RDS or other sight in which the entire aiming point is the illum, then that would suck...

but as you can see, you don't need illum in bright light - the cross hairs perfectly show you where to aim. what would be gained by having them glow???

an illum reticle comes into it's own when the light is dim enough that the reticle can't be distinguished from the background. in light that dim, the illum would be visible.

[5pins]

I agree that illumination is not needed in daylight but I thought I would point it out. My only complaint with the scope was how small and dim the dot was. Then again it was not made as a tactical scope but more for hunting.

[ra2bach]

I agree that illumination is not needed in daylight but I thought I would point it out. My only complaint with the scope was how small and dim the dot was. Then again it was not made as a tactical scope but more for hunting.

I don't want to take this pic thread any further off topic and create a debate/discussion, and I apologize to the OP that I have already.

But I want to ask just one further question regarding this particular optic -- do you know if you had aimed at one of the darker areas in the trees to the left (let's pretend there's an animal standing in the deep shade), would the illum then become visible against that background?

[5pins]

Not on that particular day it was way too sunny.

[mini4m3]

RCO A4

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ixHVOisCZ64/TZ91mDcb1AI/AAAAAAAAAdk/ECxLEvBEcug/s720/IMG_0736.JPG

[jh4un117]

http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h341/jh4un117/100MEDIA_IMAG0430.jpg


Here's the rifle.
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h341/jh4un117/100MEDIA_IMAG0384.jpg