Rifle Scopes Deciding on deer rifle optic
- By Genin
- Observation & Sighting Devices
- 63 Replies
I’m just going to throw this out there as I feel it doesn’t get enough credit. The Steiner H6xi 3-18. I will tell you that the reticle is quite simply one of the most useable reticles for hunting in a FFP scope I’ve ever seen. It is currently on my primary hunting rifle.
The HMR reticle illuminates only the center section of the reticle which basically acts like a glowing red dot on 3x mag for lowlight woods shots (I’m a northeast hunter). In addition, on low magnification the reticle acts as a duplex like you traditionally see on older 2nd focal plane scopes. I’d give them a look.
For my longer range hunting rig, I use a Nightforce NX8 4-32, but the reticle lends itself much better to distance than close woods shooting.
The HMR reticle illuminates only the center section of the reticle which basically acts like a glowing red dot on 3x mag for lowlight woods shots (I’m a northeast hunter). In addition, on low magnification the reticle acts as a duplex like you traditionally see on older 2nd focal plane scopes. I’d give them a look.
For my longer range hunting rig, I use a Nightforce NX8 4-32, but the reticle lends itself much better to distance than close woods shooting.