JAN 21, 2019

Meopta-USA’s Dichroic Reticle Technology

Meopta USA is doing something with riflescope reticles we’ve not seen before, except maybe on some science fiction movie. They can now create reticles in multiple color configurations, which will automatically adjust tone and intensity in varying light conditions. Cool huh? What’s even cooler is they can do this with without batteries.

Their first DichroTech reticle is the 4D. It has a 4 MOA red dot in the center, and the dot and crosshairs are activated by ambient light; the coating appears bright red in daylight conditions but, depending on the background, may change to a light green color for better contrast.

If you’ve done much hunting at all you should be able to see the potential advantages. What might surprise you is that Gunsite Academy founder Jeff Cooper had a similar idea in 1998. Cooper felt a semi-transparent triangle would be, “…extremely fast and absolutely precise. It could be offered in any mildly contrasting color such as amber or gray,…”1 I relayed this information to Meopta in early 2018 when I first learned of their secret. They’ve opted for a more traditional reticle, but I’m hoping they consider Cooper’s concept as a future option. They clearly have the technology to pull it off.

1. Jeff Cooper, Gargantuan Gunsite Gossip 2, Gunsite Press, Paulden, Arizona, 2001

(Richard Mann)