Re: Premier Reticles ????
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NOLA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would have but no knowledge is gathered from the 15 pages of information....... now there is 24. I guess if I just searched there would be no need for interaction in this community. </div></div>
Message boards are like double dutch. You need to get in tune with the information that is considered widely available before hopping in. Here, veterans expect noobies to have exhausted search before asking a question. They also expect you to fill out your profile. If you search enough before posting, then you discover these things.
I was on here a couple of months before posting... I am still a noobie, but I don't get laughed out of a thread because I have enough basic knowledge to make a contribution.
High standards, I will say, but this is the greatest resource for precision rifles and advanced markmanship on the net.
Back to the original topic, PR is new to making their own scopes, though they have been distributors and servicers of S&B and Leupold for years. If you go to their website, you will find that the founder, Bob Thomas, was a master lens maker for the Navy. PR invented the Gen II reticle, which is now in use by military and LE snipers. The company is now owned by the 3rd generation of Thomases, Chris. He responded to an e-mail of mine at 7pm on a Friday in about an hour... obviously, customer service is top notch.
I have not seen their scopes, but everyone who has seem to be blown away by the optical quality (a notch better than S&B, if that is possible) as well as field function (the tool-less re-zero capability, hard clicks every mil, soft clicks every tenth of a mil). Their first iteration featured turrets that were single turn, but people complained that they offered too much travel in the single turn making the clicks spaced too closely together. They quickly introduced a double turn with a button that pops out to indicate which turn you are on.
They have two models out, a 3-15X50mm and a 5-25X56mm (coming in late spring / early summer). These will retail for about $2600 or so.
That should just about cover it. I pre-ordered the 5-25X. I expect to be blown away.