Design your own reticle thread...

[M4Fundi]

I can't claim to have designed the reticles for the USO dual focal plane scopes, but I did have a hand in it, very small hand, now I just need the cash to be able to buy one, my SN-3 TPAL 5-25 needs a little brother.

Tell us about the reticle design and its application

[rero360]

Well, I was thinking about red dots and ACOGs and my SN-3 and the reported issues with the Elcans with the POI shift with the changing of the power. I had visited the USO shop and met a few of the employees, great group of people, and I've loved my SN-3. I got thinking about the pros and cons of the different scopes out there and the different types of reticles.

One night I had an idea of combining both first focal plane and second focal plane reticles to combine the mildots on the first focal plane to able to range at any power and a ring on the second focal plane for quick shooting (BAC mindset) regardless of the power setting. My idea was having the best of both worlds, CQB style shooting and longer range precision shooting all with one optic.

I PMed USO about it on the Snipers Hide, the owner, John, replied that they had been talking with a three gunner about something similar in the past and that they would look into it.

Now, looking at what they actually produced, tons better than what I had imagined and I applaud them for it. I think if I score the SDM slot on my SFAAT mission and they release the 1.8-10 DFP if I remember correctly, I'll be picking one up.

Hell maybe they never used my ideas but I like to think so in some small part lol.

[JoshNC]

Time to revive this excellent thread...

Are there any programs or apps that allow proper scale design of reticles? My recollection of optics physics and optical engineering from college is hazy at best and I'd like to play around with a few ideas.