Heavy Duplex??

I can only see the downside to a heavy duplex on a 22 especially one used for squirrel.

I have a Leupold with a heavy duplex, and I like it.
But not on a 22.
I would prefer a medium reticle to a fine one.

I use fine crosshair for small game with a 22.

I have a couple of big game rifles with Leupold's heavy duplex. I wouldn't have them any other way on a big game gun, but I agree with the other posters that it's not what I would use for small game.

I have one in a 1.5-5x20 on a Marlin 336c in .30-30. As with so many things in life, it seemed like a good idea at the time...I use it, but I won't buy another one. I think it is too thick. I prefer the regular duplex.

I'd never thought about it but can kind of see the point. The center wires of Leupold's heavy duplex aren't really any thicker than those on their standard duplex. It's only the outer wires that are thicker, so the heavy duplex isn't going to subtend any more of a small target than would the standard duplex. In very low light, perhaps the heavy outer wires would stand out a bit more - though I haven't tried it.

Overall I'd regard it as angels dancing on the head of a pin, though. Just not something worth worrying about.

I would suggest fine duplex for small game hunting on a 22. JMHO.

The center sections of the Leupold heavy duplex are a lot thicker than their standard reticle. They are easy to see and fast to pick up in low light.

I prefer a heavy reticle on a big game scope. Most people don't.
I prefer a medium reticle for small game. Lots of people prefer fine.
This is the first time I ever heard of anyone liking a heavy duplex for squirrels.

I agree. The ones I have are much heavier in the middle. I would not want one on a squirrel rifle. I much prefer the standard duplex models. for tiny targets like the head on those little rats.

Greg

The Leupolds I have, which are called "heavy duplex," do have thicker center sections as well as outer sections - perhaps double what the standard duplex offers. Other variations are available which aren't the same. The website/catalog will give the reticle dimensions.

Well that's awfully strange. Granted, I only have one Leupold with the heavy duplex, but the inner wires are the same thickness as the inner wires on the half-dozen or so standard duplex Leupold scopes I have. I suppose that's what I get for basing my opinions on a sample of one.

The only thing I can think of is that squirrels have black guard hairs and a fine reticle might get lost in the animal's natural pattern of fine black lines of the guard hairs underneath it's gray hair.

The only thing I can think of is that squirrels have black guard hairs and a fine reticle might get lost in the animal's natural pattern of fine black lines of the guard hairs underneath it's gray hair.

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I guess am real lucky. We had very few grey squirrels n Oklahoma. They were some of those big old 3 pound red ones. When you shot them out of a cotton wood an they hit the ground it sounded like a mortar round hitting. The darn things would bounce!!

Greg

Looking at a target through a heavy duplex reticle, for me, is like standing behind a wall to look at a target. At worst, I will consider a "wide duplex" reticle.

Geno

Is your friend in the over 50 group w/ declining eyesite. Id think that is where the heavy woud fit best, not on the type of hunting being done.

Im seeing that I need heavier reticle than 40 yrs ago, esp when deer hunting in the swampy area, the last (best) hour of light.

Maybe the thought is that the wider segments of the reticle would make it easier to find the fine segments when looking thru the environs of a tree.

Looking at a target through a heavy duplex reticle, for me, is like standing behind a wall to look at a target.

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Heavy duplex reticles ain't for target shooting.