TA33G-H pics!

[paul075]

I shipped my ACOG back to Trijicon today. They said they would like to see why it has the black spots.

[JSantoro]

How far away is that yellow-colored house ???

That gap at the base of the circle you see in the reticle (meaning the halo, not the dot in the middle of it) represents the width of a 19" torso @ 300m, just like the first horizontal line on the BDC is the same 19", but @ 400m (hence the misleading "4" to the right of it). There's your range estimation scale, based off of 19" as a width.

If you presume that that dormer window is 24-30" wide, the yellow house is somewhere around the +/- 75m mark. I would think closer rather than further.

Paul, how close am I?

[paul075]

That gap at the base of the circle you see in the reticle (meaning the halo, not the dot in the middle of it) represents the width of a 19" torso @ 300m, just like the first horizontal line on the BDC is the same 19", but @ 400m (hence the misleading "4" to the right of it). There's your range estimation scale, based off of 19" as a width.

If you presume that that dormer window is 24-30" wide, the yellow house is somewhere around the +/- 75m mark. I would think closer rather than further.

Paul, how close am I?

I will have to check the distance with the gps(raining right now). I'm not good at judging distance, that is why I bought an ACOG.

[ARx3]

When you get yours will you let me know if yours has the black spots?

paul075,
My TA33GH arrived today and it also has three small "black spots"located between 10 and 12 o'clock at the top of the reticle.When outdoors in natural light they almost completely disappear. I tried to take some pictures but they didn't turn out very well. Other than this the optic is very clear and bright and the green horseshoe reticle shows up fine against the grass and a treeline I observed.This was true if the object being viewed was at 25m or at 200m. I contacted Trijicon and was told that when the reticles are being asembled by hand that the "spots" could be caused by tiny dust particles and that if they seemed to get worse to send it in. As I said the "spots" in my scope are not nearly as visible as those in your scope. I also inquired about the "dot" size and was told it is 2MOA . Also when zeroing use the dot at 100m and the top of the verticle line located at the bottom of the horseshoe is your hold for 300m. As riverine stated the halo is 19"at 300m.

[paul075]

paul075,
My TA33GH arrived today and it also has the "black spots". I tried to take some pictures but they didn't turn out very well. Other than this the optic is very clear and bright and the green horseshoe reticle shows up fine against the grass and a treeline I observed.This was true if the object being viewed was at 25m or at 200m. Let me know what Trijicon says about the "spots".

Contact them and they will fix it. Eric Lockhart at Trijicon told me on the phone it was called a "slider"and it is not normal. He said it was very rare but can happen in batches. That would be my guess since we both bought them from Grant. Mine arrive at Trijicon this morning. I also contacted Grant about it, you might want to contact him as well to let him know you recieved a bad one, he might have more.

The key to taking pics is to put the camera in manual mode and zoom in on the reticle.

[JSantoro]

As riverine stated the halo is 19"at 300m.

Wait, the halo itself, or the gap at the base of the halo that earns it the "horseshoe reticle" description?

It should be the gap, which is supposed to be identical in width to the base of the chevron-style reticle for the same optic. Note that that gap in the halo is basically in plane with the top of the green vertical line, so that gap should (unless I'm completely full of it, of course) be your 19" torso width @ 300m. It's not quite in plane, because you should be doing a center-of-visible-mass hold with that aimpoint (a significant error trend we find in those who instruct these things is to say "shoulder-width" in regard to the measurement, which has a tendency to Jedi-mind-trick shooters into holding the ranging line @ shoulder-height, meaning that they are shooting high).

So, if I have an E silhouette @ 300m, I'm range estimating with the gap, but using the tip of the vertical green line as my specific aimpoint with a center-of-visible-mass hold.

Related: if you decide to do a field-expedient BZO, you can use a distance of 33m/36yd using that 300m aimpoint. Confirm @ 100m (NOT yards, it's 27' of difference!), at which point your first group should be about .5-2" low, depending of ammo/barrel length/barrel twist/shooter/imponderables.

[thmpr]

Wow.... I gotta get me one of these! Thanks for posting........

[ARx3]

Wait, the halo itself, or the gap at the base of the halo that earns it the "horseshoe reticle" description?

It should be the gap, which is supposed to be identical in width to the base of the chevron-style reticle for the same optic. Note that that gap in the halo is basically in plane with the top of the green vertical line, so that gap should (unless I'm completely full of it, of course) be your 19" torso width @ 300m. It's not quite in plane, because you should be doing a center-of-visible-mass hold with that aimpoint (a significant error trend we find in those who instruct these things is to say "shoulder-width" in regard to the measurement, which has a tendency to Jedi-mind-trick shooters into holding the ranging line @ shoulder-height, meaning that they are shooting high).

So, if I have an E silhouette @ 300m, I'm range estimating with the gap, but using the tip of the vertical green line as my specific aimpoint with a center-of-visible-mass hold.

Related: if you decide to do a field-expedient BZO, you can use a distance of 33m/36yd using that 300m aimpoint. Confirm @ 100m (NOT yards, it's 27' of difference!), at which point your first group should be about .5-2" low, depending of ammo/barrel length/barrel twist/shooter/imponderables.

You are correct. What I typed and what I ment were two different things. As an update I called Trijicon again and they told me to send them the scope so it went out UPS this evening.

[Nystagmus]

I've been looking all over for a TA33H-G, but not having much luck.....anyone know where a good place to look would be ???

Grant sold his last on Tuesday morning, before I could order it that afternoon after work !!!!

[paul075]

I got mine back today and it is perfect!!!! Some new pics







And on my YHM rifle.