...but not in a positive way.
A couple of years or so ago I decided that I wanted to standardize on MOA/MOA for my magnified optics, I see absolutely no reason to go with MIL anything other than the unfortunate dominance of of MIL/MIL or MIL/MOA (or vice versa?) optics. Therefore I purchased an example of a new line of MOA/MOA scopes from Bushnell called Engage. I went for one of the quite affordable ones, not one of the 30mm tactical turret style but a 1" tube with capped turrets because I would use the holdovers instead of spinning turrets and it's half the weight, still with side focus though. I really liked the reticle with 1 moa divisions. It was fine lined but I used it more for target shooting and it worked well against paper targets.
So I recently decided to get a 2-7x lightweight version for my RA 300BLK and move the 4-12 to a precision 22LR I will own soon. The application is primarily shooting subs out to 200yds and anything in between, which hopefully explains why I want a graduated reticle and not just a duplex style. Unfortunately I didn't consider the consequences of halving the size of an already very fine reticle. I wanted lightweight because this is a rifle I would someday take to the field, but dang the reticle is pretty much unusable for anything real world, and certainly not quick to pick up. Not impressed with the quality either, it was missing the front scope cap and has a piece of trash on the reticle glass. Thank God I bought it from Amazon, it's already boxed back up and waiting for UPS.
Pics are the best an impatient prick could do with a cell phone and not indicative of the quality of the optic. Now I'm looking for another affordable MOA/MOA scope of about the same magnification but perhaps with 2 moa divisions and a thicker reticle, lol. I may just get another 4-12, but anything under that is not going to work with that fine a reticle. So why did I post this? Just bored, take it as a PSA.
Pics are sideways, deal with it,
A couple of years or so ago I decided that I wanted to standardize on MOA/MOA for my magnified optics, I see absolutely no reason to go with MIL anything other than the unfortunate dominance of of MIL/MIL or MIL/MOA (or vice versa?) optics. Therefore I purchased an example of a new line of MOA/MOA scopes from Bushnell called Engage. I went for one of the quite affordable ones, not one of the 30mm tactical turret style but a 1" tube with capped turrets because I would use the holdovers instead of spinning turrets and it's half the weight, still with side focus though. I really liked the reticle with 1 moa divisions. It was fine lined but I used it more for target shooting and it worked well against paper targets.
So I recently decided to get a 2-7x lightweight version for my RA 300BLK and move the 4-12 to a precision 22LR I will own soon. The application is primarily shooting subs out to 200yds and anything in between, which hopefully explains why I want a graduated reticle and not just a duplex style. Unfortunately I didn't consider the consequences of halving the size of an already very fine reticle. I wanted lightweight because this is a rifle I would someday take to the field, but dang the reticle is pretty much unusable for anything real world, and certainly not quick to pick up. Not impressed with the quality either, it was missing the front scope cap and has a piece of trash on the reticle glass. Thank God I bought it from Amazon, it's already boxed back up and waiting for UPS.
Pics are the best an impatient prick could do with a cell phone and not indicative of the quality of the optic. Now I'm looking for another affordable MOA/MOA scope of about the same magnification but perhaps with 2 moa divisions and a thicker reticle, lol. I may just get another 4-12, but anything under that is not going to work with that fine a reticle. So why did I post this? Just bored, take it as a PSA.
Pics are sideways, deal with it,
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