esskay Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 (edited) Looks like a new ballistic reticle is available for the Swarovski Z6i? http://www.swarovskioptik.us/en_us/products/57 The BRT illuminated reticle: The tree is just mil based, so you'd need to work out your dope & holdovers for it. Curious if anyone has impressions of it yet, I saw Mike of CS Tactical made a brief video about it but it was a little cursory. Edited July 26, 2010 by esskay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Tischauser Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro2AInPA Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I like it! Me too. The price tag makes it completely unattainable for me, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I like it! Me too. The price tag makes it completely unattainable for me, though. I want one bad. I love my current Z6i except for no hold over marks now this model has it. I wonder if they can swap out reticles for a fee? Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xfactor Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 A good step in the right direction, but those stadia tree lines are kinda heavy... and the vertical line going up from the center dot is totally unnecessary. I wonder what the size of the dot is (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakal Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 They told me at SHOT last year that I could get one...but then couldn't figure out how to place the order for that model. Go figure. Wonder if they will actually be for sale? Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn-rgr Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 They are for sale. A buddy of mine has one. Its a vast improvement over the CDI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grywlfbg Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 They are for sale and shipping. http://swfa.com/Swarovski-1-6x24-Z6i-30mm-Riflescope-P47248.aspx I also don't like the heavy vertical and horizontal lines. If it was just the dot and tree it would be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomfab Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I have one, got it right before the Ironman this year. It's a fine reticle and works great for 3 gun. It has .75 mil drops which is great for .223. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFH Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 The Z6i with BRT-I reticle is a great scope. The glass is extremely clear, the reticle is not too busy, and the illumination is daylight visible without being turned to it's maximum setting. The illumination switch has at least 32 levels of brightness settings with two memory settings. Personally, I like the horizontal and vertical lines -- maybe not 100% necessary, but useful to me in making sure the rifle is horizontal when shooting long range. I will be using the scope at RM3G and will have it at the Pan American SG match also. If anyone wants to take a look at or through it just find me and let me know. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 A good step in the right direction, but those stadia tree lines are kinda heavy... and the vertical line going up from the center dot is totally unnecessary. I wonder what the size of the dot is (?) The center dot on the standard z6i is 1.5 moa on 6x and 9 moa on 1x. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 The Z6i with BRT-I reticle is a great scope. The glass is extremely clear, the reticle is not too busy, and the illumination is daylight visible without being turned to it's maximum setting. The illumination switch has at least 32 levels of brightness settings with two memory settings. Personally, I like the horizontal and vertical lines -- maybe not 100% necessary, but useful to me in making sure the rifle is horizontal when shooting long range. I will be using the scope at RM3G and will have it at the Pan American SG match also. If anyone wants to take a look at or through it just find me and let me know. Andy Andy how are the stradia lines set up. Can you use them easily for hold overs at say 300, 400 and 500 yards. Thanks Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomfab Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 The reticle is finer than it looks in the illustration. Off. On at a medium brightness. On at maximum brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomfab Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) I shoot 69gr SMKs at 2800 fps. My drops are: 175 zero (orange dot) 300 first drop (first cross bar) 400 second drop (first black dot) 480 third drop (second cross bar) 525 fourth drop (second black dot) Altitude has a big effect of course. But they are .75 mil drops. Turrets are 1.5 cm clicks. Swarovski's online calc is very accurate: http://ballisticprograms.swarovskioptik.com/BRT_us.html Edited July 27, 2010 by boomfab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear1142 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Hmmmm.......that reticle looks familiar. Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro2AInPA Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I guess I should have picked a different career. I can't imagine EVER being able to spend $2,300 on a scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFH Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 As boomfab said, the Swarovski ballistic program is very accurate. Since I often shoot two types of ammo, I used their website (and Photoshop) to create a card which has both sets of data on it. Ammo 1 100 zero (orange dot) 280 (first cross bar) 380 (first black dot) 480 (second cross bar) 560 (second black dot) 630 (third cross bar) ***I round these off to 100, 300, 400, 500, 550, 630 to make it easy to remember while shooting -- and these estimations are pretty close for both types of ammo. Ammo 2 100 zero (orange dot) 297 (first cross bar) 400 (first black dot) 483 (second cross bar) 551 (second black dot) 611 (third cross bar) Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xfactor Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) The reticle is finer than it looks in the illustration. OK, that actually does look pretty good - thanks for posting. Do you know the moa of the center of the reticle before the heavy crosshairs start? (Might work well to bracket an IPSC target at close or medium-short range... ) Also, is the magnification throw lever just 180 degrees across the top from 1x to 6x? Edited July 27, 2010 by Xfactor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick S Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 As boomfab said, the Swarovski ballistic program is very accurate. Since I often shoot two types of ammo, I used their website (and Photoshop) to create a card which has both sets of data on it. Ammo 1 100 zero (orange dot) 280 (first cross bar) 380 (first black dot) 480 (second cross bar) 560 (second black dot) 630 (third cross bar) ***I round these off to 100, 300, 400, 500, 550, 630 to make it easy to remember while shooting -- and these estimations are pretty close for both types of ammo. Ammo 2 100 zero (orange dot) 297 (first cross bar) 400 (first black dot) 483 (second cross bar) 551 (second black dot) 611 (third cross bar) Andy Andy Does your zero and holdovers change across different magnifications? Thanks Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomfab Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 It's a second focal plane reticle so the drops vary with magnification. It's meant to be at 6x when using the drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Tischauser Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 The reticle is finer than it looks in the illustration. Off. On at a medium brightness. On at maximum brightness. Ok that's enough! I am unsubscribing before I end up $2500 poorer. Andy, I'll be taking a look thru your scope at the PanAm if you don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 This scope is awsome a Short Dot Killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gose Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Hmmmm.......that reticle looks familiar. Erik You mean like this: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=97483&view=findpost&p=1141888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacspopo Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 I really like my z6i. The BRT reticle acts like a large chevron for short range blasting. The super good glass has superb clarity so you see long range stuff @ 6X that would take 10X with other scopes to see. The magnification is low enough that long range has minimum mirage even at 100+ temps over road base deck. Lightweight, short length, at least I dont regret (too much) spending the money for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgkeller Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 How does this scope at 1x compare to an Aimpoint for close in shooting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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