Best reticle for africa

[Inkgardener]

I’m not sure I agree fully with this.
Recently, on a friendly big bore competition shoot, my brother who never shot a rifle above .300WM, bested with a scoped .375H&H, myself, a current PH and a past PH/competitive big bore shooter, trying the same course with iron sighted rifles (.375H&H and .500NE)

Good optics make you shoot better.

I agree, and also in low light I can see better with optics. In low light I can’t even see my irons.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I’m not sure I agree fully with this.
Recently, on a friendly big bore competition shoot, my brother who never shot a rifle above .300WM, bested with a scoped .375H&H, myself, a current PH and a past PH/competitive big bore shooter, trying the same course with iron sighted rifles (.375H&H and .500NE)

Good optics make you shoot better.

Good optics only help you see better. Everything else about shooting is the same. Seeing is a big part of shooting for sure, but if you can’t shoot with irons you just need to practice, and know your limitations.

 

[grand veneur]

Many modern rifles no longer have iron sights. I am sure that there are younger hunters who no longer practice, let alone master shooting over open sights. No matter, it works that way too, but for hunting in Africa, especially for hunting dangerous game, no matter which scope with which reticle one use, the rifles should also have for a lot of reasons open sights.

 

[Houston Bill]

I really like the reticle on my Swarovski Z8i 1-8x24 scope with the 4A-IF. It is an illuminated red dot in the center and you can also have an illuminated circle around the red dot if you want. Works great in low light and shows up great against the dark hide of buffalo.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I am a follower of the KISS principal. Stick to standard crosshairs.

@MS 9x56
As much as I like the KISS principal I don't like standard cross hairs.
They are to fine for my old eyes.
I prefer the duplex reticle with medium to heavy outers and diner cross hairs in the middle. Helps me centre it quicker with the heavy outers and allows for greater accuracy with the finer centres.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

The tradeoff for using a higher magnification scope on a dangerous game rifle is the larger objective lens requires a higher mounted scope. High mounted scopes are often/usually slower to acquire the target because shooter is "off the gun." Being off the gun also increases felt recoil. Low power scopes typically have no objective lens bell which allows them to be mounted lower. Shooter mounts the gun with cheek to the comb and full field of view (+ crosshairs) is instantaneous.

I shot hundreds of big game over more than fifty years with only a 30-06 mounted with fixed 3x Weaver. I now have a 3-9x Nikon on that gun but never hunt with it above 5x. In heavy cover it's turned down to 3x. 9x is great for range work but that's about it. My 404 has 1-4x. I hunt buffalo with it usually set at 2.5x or 3x.

@Ontario Hunter
All my scopes are always set on the lowest power when hunting. Game can appear anytime and it would be just my luck something would pop up at 30 yards and my scope is set on 10x. That's why I set at the lowest power if it's far enough away you usually have time to crank the power up but if it's to close you don't have the time to crank it down.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

...Poached from another site:

"If thou sucketh with iron sights
thou will surely sucketh with thy
red dot. For it is thy lack of
practice not thine sighting system
that bringeth woe into thy heart"

@TSIBINDI
With my ageth eyes I can't seeth open sights and couldn't hiteth thy target if'n it was tied to thine muzzle.
With thine red dot I can hiteth Rhine target at reasonable ranges.
Mine shooting is fine with thine optical advantage but severely sucketh without it .
Bob

 

[SETH RINGER]

WHAT YEAR IS IT? 2025? ILLUMINATED!

 

[MS 9x56]

@MS 9x56
As much as I like the KISS principal I don't like standard cross hairs.
They are to fine for my old eyes.
I prefer the duplex reticle with medium to heavy outers and diner cross hairs in the middle. Helps me centre it quicker with the heavy outers and allows for greater accuracy with the finer centres.
Bob

Bob that’s just because your old eyes perceive dark better than light.

 

[Hififile324]

...Poached from another site:

"If thou sucketh with iron sights
thou will surely sucketh with thy
red dot. For it is thy lack of
practice not thine sighting system
that bringeth woe into thy heart"

Well said!

 

[LWPhunt]

find what you find easy and comfortable to site with. Many here offered positives towards a lighted dot. My 375 I put a Vortex PST Gen II on, 1x6, has ballistic reticle but also has illuminated red dot, taken a buffalo and eland and etc with it, from 60 yds to 275 yds, wasn't sure when I bought it, like it a lot now. So much so, I just thru that scope on my whitetail rifle, and it already paid off on a running snap shot on a wounded buck, crappy light, but I won't go back to the others now. Good luck.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Bob that’s just because your old eyes perceive dark better than light.

@MS 9x56
That could explain my choice of people I like them
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Bob that’s just because your old eyes perceive dark better than light.

@MS 9x56
If the speed of light is around 186,000 kph
What's the speed of dark.
Asking for a friend.
Bob

 

[MS 9x56]

@MS 9x56
If the speed of light is around 186,000 kph
What's the speed of dark.
Asking for a friend.
Bob

Speed of dark is faster than speed of light only because no one has figured out a way to measure it.

 

[Rule 303]

I love the Leupold firedots in their duplex. That, however, pretty much mandates you choose VX5s at least. They have some moonscopes in the VX3 line, but they pulled the firedots from the lower grade lines.

Trijicon triangle posts (green or red) are very fast. I have one in amber, but don't like it as much.

I have a red and green, lost my amber one-which I preferred when I bent the scope tube. It still works but awkward to get your eye low enough to use. Mine are in the 1.5-4X24

I use to prefer the Duplex and German No4, then discovered Aimpoints and latter the Trijacons Picket/post reticles, so now I like all od the above.
I have several Nightforce 2.5-10x32 scopes with the NPR2 Retical. I have the plainest reticles I could get and do not notice the little bit of clutter, except the 2.5-10X42 ( a second hand scope) has a MOAR reticle.

The illuminated reticle I never really liked but with older eyes I now lover them.

In Africa I have used the Aimpoint, the Trijacon and the Nightforce NXS 2.5-10X32. I see no reason for me to change.

 

[hseII]

I searched “Best Scope for a 375”, & here I am.

375 Ruger-
These are the 3 I am considering-
1.1-6 https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/cr624-c-2900023
2. 1-8

CR828-C-2900032 | Trijicon®

Trijicon® products are known for offering legendary reliability, absolute accuracy and industry-leading technology to shooting enthusiasts, law enforcement agencies and the U.S. military and its allies.

www.trijicon.com

3. 2-10

https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/cr1036-c-2900038

Suggestions much appreciated.

Realistically, a lower 48 Moose or Elk will be the most probable game for me unless I fall into an Alaskan hunt one day.

 

[Russ16]

I searched “Best Scope for a 375”, & here I am.

375 Ruger-
These are the 3 I am considering-
1.1-6 https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/cr624-c-2900023
2. 1-8

CR828-C-2900032 | Trijicon®

Trijicon® products are known for offering legendary reliability, absolute accuracy and industry-leading technology to shooting enthusiasts, law enforcement agencies and the U.S. military and its allies.

www.trijicon.com

3. 2-10

https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/cr1036-c-2900038

Suggestions much appreciated.

Realistically, a lower 48 Moose or Elk will be the most probable game for me unless I fall into an Alaskan hunt one day.

For moose or elk I’d probably go with the 2-8 or look at a traditional 3-9. The lower magnification are really more for dangerous game that might charge in my opinion.

 

[hseII]

For moose or elk I’d probably go with the 2-8 or look at a traditional 3-9. The lower magnification are really more for dangerous game that might charge in my opinion.

It will likely be another one of the 3 that I linked as I’ve already got a 1-6 & a 2-10 & like them both.

I was looking for more of opinions in those classes, or other options that are illuminated & mil/mil.

Thanks for your feedback.

 

[Rule 303]

I searched “Best Scope for a 375”, & here I am.

375 Ruger-
These are the 3 I am considering-
1.1-6 https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/cr624-c-2900023
2. 1-8

CR828-C-2900032 | Trijicon®

Trijicon® products are known for offering legendary reliability, absolute accuracy and industry-leading technology to shooting enthusiasts, law enforcement agencies and the U.S. military and its allies.

www.trijicon.com

3. 2-10

https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/cr1036-c-2900038

Suggestions much appreciated.

Realistically, a lower 48 Moose or Elk will be the most probable game for me unless I fall into an Alaskan hunt one day.

Strewth, Trijicon's use batteries now? Shows how long it is since I have looked at new scopes.

 

[hseII]

Strewth, Trijicon's use batteries now? Shows how long it is since I have looked at new scopes.

You can get the Accupoints also but I’ve grown fond of these Credos.

I can’t really find something wrong with them at their price point.