Re: US Optics reticle question.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Naish</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have been looking at the 3.2-17x44 tpal. I keep going back and forth between the Mil scale GAP reticle and the Gen II XR reticle. Can anyone tell me how "usable/useful" the Gen II XR is at the 3.2 magnification setting?</div></div>
I've never used an SN-3 with the Gen 2 XR reticle, but I've looked through several Gen 2 XR-equipped 3.2X-17X44mm T-PALs' and 3.2-17X44mm ERGOs down at the USO facility. Part of it is no doubt my old eyes, but at 3.2X the Gen 2 XR is really too fine and small to be used effectively. Actually, to me (and alot of others here) even the 5X is too small to be easily seen and used. I own three PMII 5-25X[56mm] Gen 2 XR-equipped scopes and even in daylight I rarely dial as low as 8X. Dependng upon the distance I'll usually shoot and spot between 12X and 25X.
I owned and used a 35mm maintube 3.2-17X44mm ERGO Lo Profile for a couple of years. It was configured with the 0.1 MIL EREK, LH US#3 M40 Windage, and Red Illuminated GAP Reticle. The GAP reticle is clean and clutter-free, and the main lines are fine enough to quarter a 1/2 MOA target at 1,000 yards. It would be nice if the GAP had the MIL next to the four "posts" at <span style="font-style: italic">"12"</span>, <span style="font-style: italic">"3"</span>, <span style="font-style: italic">"6"</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic">"9"</span> broken down into 0.1 MIL or 0.2 MIL increments, but the GAP Reticle is still my favorite MIL-based USO reticle.
Keith