Illuminated reticle

[41 Mag]

I have it in my Nightforce and also on my little Burris Electro-dot. It makes hitting black hogs in late evening or early morning a breeze.

I haven't found the need to use it on the deer as posted above when it is that early or late you simply cannot tell if it is Mr Big or just one pretending to be.

We have a 9 point running our family farm that from the side will make you shake in your boots. When he turns and looks at you though he might be only about 12" wide. Height though he is up around 18 or so inches easily and about 14-16 inches out in front. Seen in the early morning or late evening he sure would be hard to explain to the GW.

 

[krupparms]

I have been looking for a responsable priced scope for my Ruger
308win. rifle. It has a cheap scope for the moment but I am looking for something better to put on it . That Redfield Revolution sounds like it might be what I need until I can put a Trijacon on it. What model would you recommend? I hunt in brush & open areas. A 3×9×40mm would work, do all the Revolution scopes turn gold? That Leopold Firefly sounded good also. Will look into it some more!

 

[merrill]

I have a Primary Arms scope with illuminated reticle. It didn't last too long. It no longer illuminates- no big loss; in fact, I found it distracting and never used it.

 

[RainDodger]

It's true that I rarely use my illuminated reticles. However.... when I do use it, it simply rocks.

 

[GetmeoutaCT]

I use my Leupold with Firedot for target shooting only, so the firedot is really not necessary. That being said, if I were to use it in the field, I believe I could get on target faster with the Firedot - it's simply faster to put a glowing dot on target, than crosshairs. I could see it making a difference if a second counted in getting the shot.

 

[Browning]

No, they aren't a gimmick.

I have a Trijicon Accupoint TR22G with an illuminated reticle and even shooting during the day it helps.



Hog hunting in poor light it works even better.

 

[OpticsPlanet]

I'd certainly like to see manufacturers source better rheostats. Some riflescopes I have evaluated have the top three or four bright positions that would be useless anywhere but on the surface of the sun - entirely too bright.

This is more of an idea for red dots, but I could really go for an optic that I could set and have it auto-adjust brightness from THERE. My FastFire II is never bright enough for me.

Mark H.

 

[Flintknapper]

I'd certainly like to see manufacturers source better rheostats. Some riflescopes I have evaluated have the top three or four bright positions that would be useless anywhere but on the surface of the sun - entirely too bright.

Hah....that's good!

I have one scope where that is true. It has 12 (count 'em...12) brightness settings. They could have stopped at 8 and covered every conceivable use.

But...you know how 'marketing' goes, if competitor 'X' has 6 settings, we'll double ours and capture the market.

 

[gspn]

Don't own one yet but will eventually.

For a target shooter that only shoots during the daylight there may not be much utility to it.

For a hunter in the woods on an overcast day in the last 10 minutes of legal light, trying to put a black crosshair just behind the shoulder of a very dark target...yes it can come in handy.

 

[MCMXI]

I have two Premier Reticles, a Nightforce, four Leupolds and an Aimpoint (and a Vortex Viper PST on order) all with illuminated reticles and there is nothing gimmicky about them. Front focal optics with the magnification dialed down REALLY benefit from illuminated reticles, particularly as the light fades. Second focal scopes also benefit but it's not as critical as FFP scopes.