Preferences and applications of reticles
There are now so many choices for hunting and target shooting optics, more so than just a decade ago. I’m still waiting for an optics company to come out with combat rifle scopes that have interchangeable reticles, but we’re not there yet. There are some really good bullet drop compensators for hunting optics, but the only drawback is that they are setup for specific bullet weights and deviating from that will make the calibrations incorrect. IOR Valdada had some good fast European reticles, but the eye relief was notoriously bad. I really don’t like the idea of having to get my eye that close to a combat rifle scope due to the higher risk of bonking yourself in the eye.
Trijicon rifle scopes have a better eye relief and I really like the triangle chevron configuration. You gotta do your research on how the Trijicon reticles are calibrated because once again, deviating from the bullet weight will causes misses at certain distances. It would be nice if they could get some of these reticles setup so you can switch from long range calibration to CQB, but like I said, we’re not there yet. I’m not a big fan of putting to many lines on a piece of glass because it can become messy when using them for observation. I’d also have to state that the vast majority of people I know that have ACOGs aren’t using them for long range shooting and mostly just for hitting the X at 100yds.