I checked the search on this site and was unable to find any information on this, so I need help.

I am interested in a Leupold 3.5X10 FFP Scope, but I never had a scope with the reticle in the FFP and I am afraid that at 3.5X, the reticle will be too small.  If anyone has any experience with these, please let me know.  I was also checking out the Horus Vision Super Falcon 4X16.

I gues no one has any info...

I have a little experience with this. A friend of mine has a 3.5-10X40 with a Premier Gen2 Mildot on his LTR After using his scope I personally decided i have no use for the FFP as like you asked the reticle was super small at 3.5X and I couldn't see any of the mil-dots only the crosshair. Basically it turned the scope into a dublex reticle.  Now at 10X it looked and worked fine. And maybe on a reticle with larger rangefinding features it would work OK too... but the Mil-dot was essentially usless at 3.5X... Sorry I forget at exactly what power the dots were still usable... Anyway YMMV.

Bottom line, it made me decide not to spend the money on the "upgrade".

T

Quoted: I have a little experience with this. A friend of mine has a 3.5-10X40 with a Premier Gen2 Mildot on his LTR After using his scope I personally decided i have no use for the FFP as like you asked the reticle was super small at 3.5X and I couldn't see any of the mil-dots only the crosshair. Basically it turned the scope into a dublex reticle.  Now at 10X it looked and worked fine. And maybe on a reticle with larger rangefinding features it would work OK too... but the Mil-dot was essentially usless at 3.5X... Sorry I forget at exactly what power the dots were still usable... Anyway YMMV. Bottom line, it made me decide not to spend the money on the "upgrade". T

Thank you.  That was my intitial fear.  I thought that the reticle would be too small.  Thanks for the info.  Great help.

Any reticle I have come across will be too small on 3.5x to mil with.  It almost looks like a duplex on 3.5 power.  The point for that scope is not for milling on 3.5x (what's the point), it is for milling on 8 power where night vision is best used on but 10x distorting the image.  If you use NV often, then buy the FFP in 3.5-10.  Otherwise I would say get a standard 3.5-10 TMR.