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Hi Johnk, Thanks for your input in which you say....

Make sure that the reticule you choose is heavy enough so you can see it in all conditions....

Isn't this why N/F have illumination in their reticles? I have never shot through an illuminated reticle before so therefore pose the question.

I use a 4A reticle on one of my hunting sticks with fine crosshairs (5mm @ 100m) and love the clean view it offers. I am thinking of getting the NP2-DD as to me it looks like a more refined verison of the 4A.

May I suggest Hangfire when next your at the range
Have a look through a few thats the best way to get an idea and help you make an informed choice.
RB

Hangfire wrote:Isn't this why N/F have illumination in their reticles?

Dakmned if I know. I have a NF, but I've never turned it on. I wonder if you could cause any retinal memory issues with one.

johnk wrote:...I wonder if you could cause any retinal memory issues with one.

You mean like like "burn-in" on the early CRT computer monitors? Imagine walking around with a permanent NP-R2 in front of you. Perhaps you could leave the scope at home .

No, burn in like when you concentrate at a bullseye too long & hard through a peep & end up with the image in memory on your retina & can't detect movement of the sight picture any more.

G'Day all,
the illuminated NF reticles are no good in daylight........or at least mine isn't. I thought they might help with the super v target to get contrast of the dot againt the black target.

They appear as a very muddy, very dull, poorly defined "red" with very little contrast, so much so that I turned it off and shot without it.

However, they are brilliant for spotlighting at night!

Cheerio Geoff

Thanks for clearing that up Geoff. Glad to hear they work well under the light, I will be taking this gun out spotting just for those long shots on foxes which sit out around 300 and won't come any closer.

Good suggestion Raven, I couldn't make it to the range today. Leave pass denied, confined to barracks for domestic duties. Will get out there next week-end and check them out.

Cheers. Tim.

I have just ordered a NF 12-42 in a CH2 reticle. I agonised for weeks on which one to go for...drove me mental!

Incidentally, the bleedin scopes seem to be rarer than Hens teeth! Two weeks delivery for the BR version, 3 months wait for the NSX version.