Zak (and/or anyone else with thoughts), I have a NightForce NXS mounted on my Sig SSG-3000 and basically like it quite a bit. However I wanted to get my turrets moved over to .1 Mil-Rad (currently .250 MOA) and sent NightForce an email early last year (March 2011) to ask about timelines and costs. They said they could do it - but that they were not accepting any RMA's until 1/2/2012 due to all the military orders they are filling. Sucks for me - but okay. I ping them a couple of more times through the year just to see if timelines have changed - always get the same response about things getting back on track in 2012. I emailed them today to ask about getting an RMA to get the work done and they respond back with: "Our current lead time is estimated at 24 weeks and is subject to change with new military orders - We anticipate that our lead times will not fall below 20 weeks through May of 2012". Long story short they have lost a customer forever and I want to go with something else (I cant have my best glass off my rifle for 6+ months - I'd go crazy). I have shot with a buddy's USO SN3 and really like it and was just going to go that direction (or possibly a S&B PM II LP if I can find one to look through before ordering). But I started looking around and came across Horus's HDMR with the H59 reticle - for a price well below a decked out SN3/PM II. I was wondering if you had come across the HDMR and if so what your thoughts were. I'm just a 500-700 yard plinker type but I am trying to work on my abilities to get out farther. I am beginning to see the light on the whole Horus reticle concept and would like my next scope to use that kind of reticle setup. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Keep making great cans - I love my TBAC stuff.
Most of our instructors have trained on and used the Horus reticles to some extent. I shot one of them in a USO SN3 for a year. They are good for rapid engagements of large targets, especially targets that have good contrast against the background. When these conditions are not met, the reticle meets its limitations rather sharply, in my opinion. I used an H25 and the main reticle lines were too thick and would easily obscure even moderate size targets. Most of us have gone to mil-based reticles with thin lines and at least 1/2 mil hash marks or mil-dots. Some of us use the MOA/MOA versions with the same criteria, but I personally think mil is the way to go. The Horus scopes themselves will be lower quality than USO or SB. I shoot SB, a lot of us shoot USO too. Hard to go wrong with either.
Zak, Thank you for your insight. Might I ask what reticle your using with your SB's? Both the P3 and P4 look really 'heavy' to me (from what I see on the interwebs). I currently shoot the with the MLR.