Thank you for the independent thread.
I can't help but put my "rant" on record but then feel guilty about hi-jacking.
If your shooting paper or steel you can use your reticle to measure a miss, but were my primary use is long range hunting misses can't be measured with a reticle unless the original impact is observed at the time of impact and then the "hold off" correction using the reticle for reference for a fast follow up is possible even with sfp. Assuming you target is even still available.
I dial every shot except that theoretical rushed follow up.
ALL my targets are at unknown distance but also of unknown size making reticle ranging for any serious distance impractical at best and realistically irresponsible.
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Because almost all of my shots are using a laser range finder and rarely at paper or steel. I rarely range with my reticle and only care about the reticle for heavy fog or snow ranging were the laser can't function. For this type of occasional reticle use ffp or even matching ret to turret offers little to no benefit.
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While some ffp reticles sizes are better than others, there is a compromise even with the good ones. A sfp doesn't need to compromise the reticle thickness at all.
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