I had been pondering for some time on whether to have a Horus reticle put in one of my Premiers. After waffling back and forth multiple times, I decided to do a test.
I purchased a Horus Hawk, which is a 3-12 power optic with holdovers similar to the H25 down to 8 mils to use for a test. (Which by the way was a rude awakening in image quality after being used to my Premiers!)
I took 2 of my 308 bolt guns, both Surgeons in AI stocks, with different barrel lengths, and loaded down my 26" load to roughly match the velocity of my 20" load so the holdovers would be the same. I then set up steel targets out to approximately 700 yards, with the target size being 1-2 moa inside 300 and 1.5-2 moa from 300 to 700. I then proceeded to shoot at different ranges from 100 to 700 and in between with approximatley 75 rounds per gun, switching back and forth every so often. My holdovers were up to about 6 mils and wind holds were out to about 1.7 mils. I only used holdovers in both reticles and didn't dial in any adjustments. Both scopes were set to 12 power.
Obviously, this is not a conclusive test, but I needed to do something to help me make a decision on whether to make a commitment to try a Horus reticle long term.
Basically, my conclusion was that my hits were no different with either reticle in these conditions. I did feel like my preferences was the gen 2 xr because I tended not to "get lost" in the reticle as much and have to count back and reorient myself to where I should be holding in the reticle. I wasn't any less precise holding .2 or .3 mils in between the .5 mil hash marks of the gen 2 xr than I was using the Horus. Even with the Horus when you have a hold for example of 1.5 mils of wind and 5.5 mils of elevation, you are holding in the middle of nowhere with no immediate reticle information to hold on just like you have to with the gen2 xr.
I know that these results are in no way scientific particularly with my bias toward the gen 2 xr because of much more familiarity, however unless someone can bring up some points that I have missed in this test, I think I will be staying with the gen 2 xr.
Can you guys help me with anything thing that I've missed that I need to look at?
Thanks a bunch for your help!
I purchased a Horus Hawk, which is a 3-12 power optic with holdovers similar to the H25 down to 8 mils to use for a test. (Which by the way was a rude awakening in image quality after being used to my Premiers!)
I took 2 of my 308 bolt guns, both Surgeons in AI stocks, with different barrel lengths, and loaded down my 26" load to roughly match the velocity of my 20" load so the holdovers would be the same. I then set up steel targets out to approximately 700 yards, with the target size being 1-2 moa inside 300 and 1.5-2 moa from 300 to 700. I then proceeded to shoot at different ranges from 100 to 700 and in between with approximatley 75 rounds per gun, switching back and forth every so often. My holdovers were up to about 6 mils and wind holds were out to about 1.7 mils. I only used holdovers in both reticles and didn't dial in any adjustments. Both scopes were set to 12 power.
Obviously, this is not a conclusive test, but I needed to do something to help me make a decision on whether to make a commitment to try a Horus reticle long term.
Basically, my conclusion was that my hits were no different with either reticle in these conditions. I did feel like my preferences was the gen 2 xr because I tended not to "get lost" in the reticle as much and have to count back and reorient myself to where I should be holding in the reticle. I wasn't any less precise holding .2 or .3 mils in between the .5 mil hash marks of the gen 2 xr than I was using the Horus. Even with the Horus when you have a hold for example of 1.5 mils of wind and 5.5 mils of elevation, you are holding in the middle of nowhere with no immediate reticle information to hold on just like you have to with the gen2 xr.
I know that these results are in no way scientific particularly with my bias toward the gen 2 xr because of much more familiarity, however unless someone can bring up some points that I have missed in this test, I think I will be staying with the gen 2 xr.
Can you guys help me with anything thing that I've missed that I need to look at?
Thanks a bunch for your help!
