Thread: Holdover Reticles

What range are you shooting. If it's only to 300m just buy a 270 and aim at what you want to hit.

I use hold over, I have a load that is works with my B&C reticle
aim at it from 0-200m, next line down if its 300, 350 next line down and past that........................get closer

I practice a bit with it on gongs occasionally on Sunday mornings eh @Pengy. Works OK.

Originally Posted by mikee

I use hold over, I have a load that is works with my B&C reticle
aim at it from 0-200m, next line down if its 300, 350 next line down and past that........................get closer

I practice a bit with it on gongs occasionally on Sunday mornings eh @Pengy. Works OK.

I only hear the gong strike so all good

Am I the only 1 that’s ever wondered why no one makes an FFP holder over scope?? Seems like it would be a good hunting option if you don’t want to dial….

Originally Posted by John P

Am I the only 1 that’s ever wondered why no one makes an FFP holder over scope?? Seems like it would be a good hunting option if you don’t want to dial….

This is a good question. Can it be done? Seems from what I've read that all the holdover reticle scopes need to be on a certain power to work correctly.

Originally Posted by John P

Am I the only 1 that’s ever wondered why no one makes an FFP holder over scope?? Seems like it would be a good hunting option if you don’t want to dial….

What would you change in them?

Every ffp scope ive ever seen has a .assive Christmas tree of holdover options all over it.

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[QUOTE=199p;1570891]What would you change in them?

Every ffp scope ive ever seen has a .assive Christmas tree of holdover options all over it.

I was thinking something FFP with capped turrets and a basic crosshair with holdovers. No messing with dials or wondering if you’re on the correct zoom.

[QUOTE=John P;1570892]

Originally Posted by 199p

What would you change in them?

Every ffp scope ive ever seen has a .assive Christmas tree of holdover options all over it.

I was thinking something FFP with capped turrets and a basic crosshair with holdovers. No messing with dials or wondering if you’re on the correct zoom.

The Burris Veracity scopes are more or less this, I think you can cap the elevation turret.

Originally Posted by 199p

What would you change in them?

Every ffp scope ive ever seen has a .assive Christmas tree of holdover options all over it.

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The problem with FFP scopes for hunting is they almost always are to thin to be usable at lower magnification.
While they are usually great for holdovers and for dynamic target shooting, they almost always suck on low magnification or in darker settings (bush etc).

10 years ago their used to be alot better options for hunting FFP reticles but for the most part they are all now thin Christmas tree type.

March still has some decent hunting ones, as does Burris in the Veracity scopes, and the Leupold TMR isn't too bad.

Originally Posted by John P

Am I the only 1 that’s ever wondered why no one makes an FFP holder over scope?? Seems like it would be a good hunting option if you don’t want to dial….

Fixed power...there problem solved

The Arken EPL scopes are a lightweight FFP holdover reticle scope

To avoid disappointment if you do go hold over work it all out using the ap before you buy. Then only buy if the hash marks aline close to the required ranges for the load/ammo you intend using.

Tract Torric scopes have a very good ballistic reticle and can be dialled as well. I fiddled with their ap and for my 300saum load when sighted in for 212 yards the hash marks aligned right through in rounded 50yd (250, 300 etc) increments to the max range of the ret (500 yds I think). So I went ahead and got the scope with the ballistic ret. The best of both worlds. In a hurry I can use the ret (restricted to the max 15 power), or when I want I dial. Works great.

But if I run the numbers for a .223 the ret is a disaster.

Depending on rifle/scope combination I dial elevation in any strong wind so I'm only holding for wind.
If I'm in a rush and under 300m will use hold over.
Really like FFP the reticle holds true in at any magnification. In the last year just started using a Mil FFP scope and been using Accuracy First Speed Drop system ( there's a few videos on the net ) and the Mil reticle matchs the
distance from a set minimum and maximum distance with a .2 Mil accuracy threshold. On my 223 and scope I'm good for 200m to 500m using this system.

eg.
2 Mil = 200m
3 Mil = 300m
5 Mil = 500m
2.5 Mil =250m
3.1 Mil =310m

And have shot a lot of goats and a couple of deer with this system.

Originally Posted by tikka

Depending on rifle/scope combination I dial elevation in any strong wind so I'm only holding for wind.
If I'm in a rush and under 300m will use hold over.
Really like FFP the reticle holds true in at any magnification. In the last year just started using a Mil FFP scope and been using Accuracy First Speed Drop system ( there's a few videos on the net ) and the Mil reticle matchs the
distance from a set minimum and maximum distance with a .2 Mil accuracy threshold. On my 223 and scope I'm good for 200m to 500m using this system.

eg.
2 Mil = 200m
3 Mil = 300m
5 Mil = 500m
2.5 Mil =250m
3.1 Mil =310m

And have shot a lot of goats and a couple of deer with this system.

What scope are you using?

Originally Posted by Beetroot

What scope are you using?

Nightforce NX8 2.5-20x50 F1 mil-c reticle on 223rem
ATACR 4-16X42 F1 moar reticle on 338edge
NXS 2.5-10x42 SFP moar reticles on a 308win and a 300BLK