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Rifle Scopes Illuminated reticles

AZ.noob

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Apr 9, 2013
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Phoenix, Arizona
Good morning y'all.

I'm shopping for good glass as my marksmanship and handloading skills have now outgrown my 4x12 Nikon Monarch. Buy once/cry once or so the saying goes... but I'm limiting myself to $1k.

Are illuminated reticles as 'crisp' as standard wire reticles? I do very little shooting in low-light conditions, but the glass I like overall (V. Viper PST) has an illuminated reticle. Are they 'fuzzy' in bright ambient light?

Reason I ask... I have an Eotech (love that optic by the way) on a carbine; although that's holo, there is a pixel quality to that reticle... can I expect that from the Vortex? Or am I comparing apples to oranges?
 
well, allow me to elaborate on that: I wear glasses; if I look through the Eo without my glasses, then yes; the reticle is pixelated. With my glasses on, it's clean.

I guess my root question is, are illuminated riflescope reticles as clean as non-illuminated?
 
Yes. Unless you have something going on with your eyes or the illumination rheostat is set too high the reticle should be crisp, just a different color.

When the illumination isn't turned on, it's a normal black reticle. The reticle is etched into glass, and all the illumination does is put red light on it.

Red dots and eotechs operate differently. The eotech is a holographic image made with a laser. That's why it looks a little "pixely". Kind like how laser pointers look.
 
Ledzep stated it perfectly...
the only time I notice anything blurry is at night when I have the power too high...back off the brightness level and all is good to go.