Scope Reticles Explained with Former USCG Precision Marksmanship Instructor Billy Leahy
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- Getting into long-range shooting and confused, and maybe overwhelmed, with all of the scope reticles you can choose from in the market?
In this video, Billy Leahy, former USCG Precision Marksmanship Instructor, talks about the common optics reticles you'll encounter. He covers the following reticles:
Standard Mil Dot
Leupold TMR
Nightforce Mil-XT
Horus Tremor3
Vortex EBR-7C (MRAD)
Vortex EBR-2C (MRAD)
Vortex EBR-4 (MOA)
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One of the best videos on reticle explanation I’ve seen. Thank you for your service and for sharing your knowledge. EXCELLENT!
For me personally I use the Leupold for hunting because I won't shoot past 400 but have been using a Vortex for precision shooting at the range between 600-1000 on paper and so far I love it. Great video thank you for sharing it.
Thank You so much Tactical Hyve for your teachings and sharing your knowledge to the masses.
You're welcome!
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. I’m turning 60 soon, and decided to take up shooting as my new hobby and passion. I’ve been doing lots of research on scopes. I’ve pretty much decided on a Leupold scope that has the Tremor 3 reticle. Watching your video just confirmed my decision was the right one. Thanks!
I've got a mk 5 hd that fits that description, and it's good glass. A christmas tree helps a lot when you need to be able to handle targets at multiple ranges, since you can dial a solid baseline and remember the holds for the rest of the targets, and when you hold above a target, you can still hold laterally for wind, which is key.
Mr. Billy Leahy is very good instructor is very clear and easy to understand.
That was the best spent 24 minutes of my life. Thank you.
Glad I found you or this video it will surely make it easier to explain all this to my grandsons. I have several of these reticles.... Thanks
Thanks for the video.
Always a blessing sharpening my skills.
Best to ya my friend.
From one vet to another vet I thank you for your service, I subbed to your channel after you explained to me about all those little lines, something I had no knowledge of on how to count them out, and their values, your explanation was easy for me to grasp, thank you again for your service
Thanks for that. I am building an ar10 .308 so im exploring the scope ideas. Never used one and know nothing about them. Just learned more with this one video than i thought I would. I really didnt understand what all that mess in the reticle even mean. Now I have a much better understanding. still got a ways to go but i feel better about it now. thanks again.
I’m in the same boat as you. It’s a big learning curve before buying.
I'm fairly certain that an AR15 in 308 is an AR10
Really great presentation and explanation. Loved the Horus reticle with the speed calibration. Cheer.
Most higher end scopes offer performance that most people never use. Most people will sight in a scope at 100 yards and hope they can hit targets further out. Its like any other tool: learn to use it or use it incorrectly.
I wouldn't say "most".. If people are interested enough in a scope to pay $2k for it... then you can bet that they're going to be interested enough to learn how to use it--- at least watch videos about it... hints why we're here. lol
Speak for yourself
@@calholli I'm here to play a video game better lol. I can have any scope for free xD
@Rectify Custom Guns Over here they (Rich elite hunters) just buy what the Gunshop tells them what the best is. Then they buy the Smidt and Bender or Swarovski, zero it in at 100 meters and that is it. most have no idea of how these scopes work. it's all about status.
Wtf are you even talking about. There's a reason you zero your optic at whatever specific range. Consistency. Are you sighting in your scope for every distance? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is amazing, very professional and natural explanations. Thanks heaps really appreciate to info
You're very welcome!
Thought to my self this afternoon I'm going to learn how to use an mrad scope.
This is the most informative vid I have seen,
You are an absolute mine of information.
Liked and subbed.
Thank you .
I use the Vortex EBR-2C reticle in MOA. I feel there are so many shooters who don't utilize the full potential of the reticle. Combine that with your rifles ballistics, and it's amazing how accurate you can be. 🤘
PST Viper 5-25x?
Great video brother, I keep coming for a refresher lol
Great video of the reticle breakdown. I too teach the breakdown of reticles for quick engagements for military and for hunting. I use Training Sights as well during my class on how to use the holdover and for correction shots.
Thanks!
Great video. Would have saved me time researching this for myself years ago.
I find it funny though: most people's go to argument for continuing to use an MOA scope today is that 1/4 MOA is more precise than 0.1 MRAD, yet in the MOA reticle the first hold is at 2 MOA (0.6 MRAD) where the first hold for the MIL scopes (aside from the original mildot designed in the 80's) is 0.5 MRAD.
I'm not actually making an argument for or against either, just pointing out that that particular argument holds no water unless the glass matches the resolution of the knobs: most important thing is that your knobs match your glass (I just learned this week that military mildot scopes on the M24 from the 1988~2014 had MOA knobs: this is heresy, it should not have happened, and I feel bad for anyone who had to live with that evil! I grew up thinking that this was just really cheap scope companies making scopes with MOA tooling because the company didn't want to invest in MRAD tooling: I had no idea Leupold was producing this insanity for our servicemen!). Unless you really love math, pick one or the other!
I had that scope. MRAD for reticle... MOA for dial...1/2 MOA clicks. BS is what the ARMY asked for
Yes I heard the same thing MOA knobs and MOA reticle or MRAD knobs and MRAD reticle !
DO NOT MIX !
Correction on the basic mil dot reticles. They did not come out in the early 90s. I used them on USMC sniper rifles (M40A1) going back to 1983, and I believe they had been around even earlier.
I'm an iron sight/red dot kinda guy and am just getting interested in precision rifle, this video was just what i needed! :)
Very helpful and great breakdown of the types of reticles out there today
On my hawke scope is on 10x zoom one midot 10 cm on 100 meters.
The pellet drop is 50 cm @ 100 meter on my fx wildcat , to hit the target shoot 5 mildots higher.
Great explanation...I'm going to transition from MOA to MRAD just because of the numbering convention. Also, I really appreciated the explanation of the Horus reticle. To date i favor the Nightforce reticle but with your explanation of the Horus...I may rethink this a bit more.
The intent is to not use a high tech chassis firearm but use my 2012 Model 70 Super-Grade chambered in .270...should be tons of fun but also a steep learning curve.
Thanks again!
On the Nightforge MIL-XT, you had 3 MIL broken down into .2 sub ten, not 2 MIL.
I knew someone would have already fund out, saved me typing LOL
Saw that too. had to check the comments to make sure I wasn't tripping.
On the Nightforce Mil-XT reticle, the first mil dot below the horizontal center is 3 mils wide from the vertical center, not 2 mils as you stated.
Exactly, I caught this as soon as he said it! Even above his finger saying 3mils
Phew - glad you commented that ... I thought I'd missed something critical - it didn't make sense for that to be 2 mil. Thanks.
bro i got so thrown off when i seen that as well.. i was like. i missed something here... lemme see if anyone else caught it or im retarded lol
Such awesome, concise information. I finally understand this stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great information Billy 👍
This is my first year shooting ever and I have always wanted to try and understand all these different reticles and why scopes have price differences.
Now I have a better understanding.
ps: for now though I will stick to MOA BDC reticles until I master them then move up. My reticles have only 3 hashmarks so easy to follow. 1.5 , 4.5 , 7.5 and 11 MOA for now :)
Good Job Billy Bob!!!
Excellent video, thank you. Huge help for me as a complete new guy.
I know it wasn’t the point of this video, but I finally got a solid understanding of MOA vs. MIL for reticles.
With the amount of range time I have and inability to access a range with targets over 100 yards out, those elaborate reticles like the Horus wouldn’t be helpful *for me*. Where I live is heavily forested. A “big” field might be 20 acres. IOW shots beyond 400 yards are extremely unlikely.
I appreciate the knowledge sir.
Awesome breakdown.. I run a Cabela Covenant 7 5-35x56. Great scope for my 6.5 and I have another on my 7mm Remington Mag also.. Once a newbie understands these concepts, misses decrease rapidly!
Glad it helped!
I was in the Army and we trained on simple Mil-dots with M-24 rifles. I never envisioned that reticles would be so busy that they are almost obscuring the target LOL. If I go out, a simple laser range finder is sufficient and I check my dope book for the holdover shot. Fast and easy and I can be assured my target will still be there.
As someone new to scopes, this is clear as mud.
Great video, I personally only use iron sights and my freezer is always full, old school, nice and simple
Boringgggg
This video explained a lot. Very helpful.
I saw a hunting scope that kinda looked like the EBR-4 MOA, but it had different circles that got smaller and smaller in a rifleman mag. They advertised that at 100 yards you lined up the game to fill whatever circle and it was on. Anyone remember the type of scope that was?
Love the TMR
Great explanation of reticles thanks
I’m a fan of the Leupold duplex (didn’t even make the list). Where I hunt the shots are under 250 yards, most under 100, and often the deer are moving. I may only see the deer for four or five seconds. At dawn & dusk the FireDot is a huge plus.
super refined Kentucky windage.... great video
Thanks for this practical review! I can see you invested a lot of time in it.
Thanks for watching!
I would have liked to seen some range calculation examples using the mils/different reticles.
Great video! Great information!
You need to begin with a definition: a mil scaled reticle is a means to measure distance to target and can also be used for a bullet drop compensation function. For ranging just multiply target size in yards times 1000 equals X and then divide X by target size in mils equals yards to target. For bullet drop compensation function just zero scope to a placeholder distsnce and then transcribe bullet drop in mils to range card from zeroed distance to greater distances off a trajectory calculation for your bullet/velocity. That’s it.
That's what I was thinking. Once the mil breakdown is explained on the first couple it doesn't need to be explained again and again - basically the whole video was one of repeating the same basic information, which becomes tedious and redundant, rather than explaining how those measurements are put to practical use.
The same can be done with MOA reticles, though the formula is a little different.
Thank you
Great presentation
Insanely useful
With the modest amount of research I’ve done the mil system seems better than moa. Should I set my rangefinder for meters and think of targets and wind in metric units also?
Well done!
Great video thanks !!
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks so much. New to scopes and now I understand!
Welcome!
excellent information, thanks
Super presentation! Dude knows his shit.
Thank you for the knowledge dump !!
SFMF
Thanks… from a beginner that has a few scopes that are mil. Mia… you have game SIR !!!
Thanks for sharing
Question, does the military still use MOA measurements when referring to grouping on paper?
Great Job Brother -
RLTW
@6:21 it looks like you made a mistake.. that should be 3mils in .2mil subs. I've never even used a NF scope, but I can see the tree is to aid in the windage and the marks above are saying 3 not 2 mil.
I never knew spending $2200 on a scope was cheap. Lol
As long as you understand your reticles readout you should be able to use it as stadiametric range-finder wether moa or mrad/mildot
Nice video presentation. After several scope/reticle combinations over the years, I settled on the simplicity of the Shepherd Dual Reticle System. Reticles are available in 9-inch, 18-inch, and 24-inch stadia circles. The 9-inch and 18-inch stadia circles seem tailor made for a SHTF moment, should it ever come.
Guessing your a Marine veteran. If so does the Corps teach mils or yards using their ACOG scopes?
Awesome thanks!
Great video. Can you possibly cover the new Eotech SR-4 reticle? Thanks!
I still like a standard mil for sure it’s not as accurate as my g2dmr or even my milGap ret but I just love it’s simplicity
Hi. I have 4×40 tasco scope with no dots. How will i know how to aim when its zero on 100m and you want to shoot at target on 200m. Its my first scope are used to open iron...?
They all sounded so similar.
What do the mil marks convert to at distance?
Awsome presentation 🔫
There's a lot going on there. I would like to learn more about range estimation, and subsequent adjustments to make, using either a mil or moa based scope.
I think I understand what you are talking about, bit have no clue what any of this means in the realm of actually shooting. I did a lot of shooting in the USCG from 1963 until I retired in 1989. I have never used a scope in the military and when hunting I always used open sights, and did well like that, Ron USCG MKC RET
Athena BPR mil is the best precision reticle I have ever used and have used just about everything out
It's easily number one, outside of the Tremor 3/5. Nothing compares to the Tremor 3 though.
In Sweden we do a lot of range estimation on the clock and 0.1 mil lines are essential to do fast accurate range estimation. I use the MSR reticle in an s&b, it is very good for this.
I could see that, especially on a spotting scope, but I feel like that stuff would get in the way when shooting holdover no?
@@wilfdarr it's easy to see through if it's etched properly on the glass. I've never shot with that exact reticle but I have looked and tested some off hand and the first thing I did was test holdover viability. It does get messy of the target is behind mixed brush it seems though depending on zoomed power vs distance.
Mil reticle and MOA dials. Hold for movers with wind on dial from MOA wind constant formula.
damn ...there is sooo much i have to learn .....
Good information thank you
Was wondering if you would give a review and thoughts on BDC reticles. Acss griffin and such. Didn't find a video on those. Ty. Great vid. I'm very picky on whom I subscribe to, this got my click.
the Griffin is amazing! I am running it on a short 6.5cm upper and with a 50 yard zero BDC using the first 4 mils is on with in .1-.2 mils the mil grid and tracking is right on the money
Thank you, clear and useful info.
I'm useing a vortex viper with the hold over hash marks, which gives me some crazy hold over distance like a fixed 374 yards at 300yds I have to gage just how much less then the hash that would be.
Its like I have to use the the turret to dial up to get precission. Slow and have to count clicks and remember to reset to zero....
So my bad I bought it. Learning.
Dialing is how you get accurate shots on any scope. Especially at long range. That's the whole point of doping your rifle; knowing exactly what to expect at each range so you can dial to account for that. Keep practicing, you'll get there
Good job..
I already knew all of this... It was nice from the beginning to the end anyway!
Good job
Great content - fantastic explanations! I only wish the cameraman could keep the picture in focus. I am very interested in the little lines the instructor is referring to.
Great video but I still need to find one dumbs in down ever more. I dont under MRAD, MOA, mil, wind angle.
During this video I at least twice tried to find parallax knob.
I'll admit I'm asking before watching this, but what is the best reticle for hunting and why? Thanks in advance.
Is there a version of the Horus Tremor3 reticle that has wind and velocity estimation in km/h?
ALWAYS put a zero in front of a decimal like .2 so we don't confuse it. 0.2 is clear. .2 is less clear especially when written. There's already dots all over those diagrams.
Are you correct at 6:32. It looks like 3 mils ? It says 3 mills on the main line above it.
Where do you teach or have classes for shooting?
On the Mil-Xt..am I missing something. When you dropped to the 1mil down in tree..isnt that 3mil to right..not 2mil?
Check out the Nightforce Mil-XT, He marked it as 2ml but it is actually 3ml. Right of the center
Thank you.
I'm learning about distance shooting, and this explains WTF is all that nonsense going on in my scope!
LoL!
What about a EBR-2D mrad ?
New entry Brownells MPO 3-18 to > double line reticle? is think is more good at low power, more visible with FFP
Excellent vid overview! BTW, there is no 'LEO' in Leupold
When you say the gap from one dot to another is 2 mil what does that mean?
Good video!!
Looks like the tremor 3 is the best long range reticle
@6:40 i think its 3 mil to the right not 2 mil or maybe im not understanding it correctly. From the red vertical line to the number 1 mark to the right should be 3 mil