Oddball Horus Reticle? 4,000 meter stadia lines? Anyone have any insights?

[sirhrmechanic]

Just bought a really early Brea USO 3.8-22 front parallax USO scope... It's in Mils (But marked 1click = 1cm at 100Meters, which is a really, really early USO marking for mils. Before folks were even calling Mils... Mils.)

This has a Horus reticle that is gradiated out to 4,000 meters!!! Crazy! The 100 meter 'sight in' position is so far up in the scope that there is barely any field of view above it (that is at 22 power... it's a bit better at 10x). But 4,000 meters on a Horus? What was this being set up for c. 2001 - 2004 or so? Only thing I can think of is a McMillan TAC 50 or an M82 Barrett? Maybe a Cheytac?

This is going to go on a structured barrel .300 Norma Magnum... so the reticle is actually useful in a modern sense.

But what on earth was Horus or JBW2 Thinking 20+ years ago when they created this scope? I can't think of anything then 'except' maybe a .408 Cheytac, a BMG or a couple of outliers like a 20mm Anzio?

Inquiring minds want to know! Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Skunk]

Is there anything in the field of view to indicate which Horus reticle it is? A tiny H-XX (H-37, eg.) in one of the lower quadrants….

And, Horus reticles are typically Mil grids, as far as I know. Are you sure it’s graduated to 4k meters, or is it 40 Mils?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Interesting question… it is 40. But so makes more sense to be 40 mils.

I’ll look for the number in the quadrants. get back to you guys tomorrow!

40 mils vertical just on the reticle is still bordering on making that scope more suitable for a mortar than a rifle!

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

So it is an H-38. Which was made for ELR.

There is an old thread here referencing them.

Definitely an oddball!! Very crowded right to the top of the scope!

So far nothing on Horus site specifically on the H38. But similar to the H-58 I think. I have one of those on my TacOps.

As this will likely go on a .300 Norma magnum…. The 40 mils of hold will be… interesting!

Still looking for an official reference!

Sirhr

 

[Skunk]

Back in that timeframe when Horus was the new hotness, their big selling point was, as it is now, the ability to hold without dialing.

The H-37 and 38 had the Zero point high in the field of view to alleviate the need to reduce magnification to achieve high holdover amounts. In your scope, your might be able to holdover 40mils at 22x. With the H-59, you wouldn’t be able to without reducing magnification to see that much of the reticle. Reducing magnification to reach a more distant target is kinda counterintuitive…

Back then, we were putting that reticle in a lot of the “new” 5-25 T-Pals being bought by the Army and Navy.