Been away from the thread awhile, but here are the answers to the inquiry on the reticles in use on my Leupolds. In 9 (?maybe more
) of my Leupolds, I am running standard duplex reticles. I shipped 3 others back to Leupold for the big bold, 3 post German #1 reticle....I hear the custom shop is not doing reticles anymore...much the pity.
Regards cheap scopes.......I have a whole drawer full of early Bushnell, Tasco and Simmons scopes that failed...., when i could start to afford them, I started buying Leupolds.
Might as well list the Burris reticles.....3 Ballistic Plex and one standard duplex. I never have used the hold off points on the Ballistic Plex scopes when shooting at game (deer), don't typically shoot that far to have to hold off.
Despite the failure of many of its older brothers, I have a recent Bushnell fixed 10x with a Mil-Dot that seems to be holding up fine on a .223 bolt rifle.