Term for (crosshair) reticules that changes colors

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I've notice on my newer Leupold and Bushnell scopes that the black crosshair reticule, or parts of it, changes to a light brown/gold color when superimposed over a darker object. I found this pretty interesting. This does not happen with older Leupolds or my newer Burris scopes, and none of them have illuminated reticules. I've googled and looked at Leupold's website and cannot find the term for it. I would of thought they would advertise it as a selling feature. Does anyone know the proper term?
 
i always thought the term when seeing that is improper eye alignment :p

i've noticed that happen on a couple of scopes when i don't have a good solid cheekweld or if i happen to move my head around while aiming.
 
I have a Bushnell 3200 Elite and it has illuminated crosshairs. (You can charge it with a flashlight and they will glow in dark situations) Durning normal daytime operation, it acts exactly as you've described.
 
hutchster said:
i always thought the term when seeing that is improper eye alignment :p

i've noticed that happen on a couple of scopes when i don't have a good solid cheekweld or if i happen to move my head around while aiming.
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LOL! No hutchster, it's not the eye alignment. :) With my cheek planted on the stock and the reticule all black, I can pan sideways by turning at the waist. As the dark object comes into the reticule, only the part of the reticule that covers the dark object changes colors. Eg. I'm scanning for a squirrel in a tree panning right to left. As the thick part of the reticule on the far left edge covers bark from a branch, that portion turns light brown. As the branch continues across the reticule in the scope, the light brown portion follows with the branch, but the rest of the reticule remains black. When the branch exits from view to the right, the reticule returns to all black. Improper eye alignment would turn the whole reticule light brown and may also block out part of the view.
 
44fordy said:
I have a Bushnell 3200 Elite and it has illuminated crosshairs. (You can charge it with a flashlight and they will glow in dark situations) Durning normal daytime operation, it acts exactly as you've described.
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Mine does not have the 'firefly' feature. I tried illuminating the scope through the glass for 10 seconds with a powerful flashlight, and it doesn't glow afterwards. Is there a Bushnell term for what I observed with the reticule? I don't have the manual and nothing came up on google.
 
BCP said:
LOL! No hutchster, it's not the eye alignment. :) With my cheek planted on the stock and the reticule all black, I can pan sideways by turning at the waist. As the dark object comes into the reticule, only the part of the reticule that covers the dark object changes colors. Eg. I'm scanning for a squirrel in a tree panning right to left. As the thick part of the reticule on the far left edge covers bark from a branch, that portion turns light brown. As the branch continues across the reticule in the scope, the light brown portion follows with the branch, but the rest of the reticule remains black. When the branch exits from view to the right, the reticule returns to all black. Improper eye alignment would turn the whole reticule light brown and may also block out part of the view.
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my take on it, is the lines are scribed in the glass, and scatter light at odd angles. When part of it goes overtop of a dark object, i think the illumination is just scattered light from the rest of the glass. I have no actual evidence to back this up. Its just what i 'guess' is going on.
 
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