From the Horse’s Mouth-Weaver’s Rangefinding Reticle

Weaver’s very early innovation of a rangefinding reticule is as simple as it is elegant.  Yes, I said elegant.  The design, which is nothing more than a second fine stadia,  positioned below the medium crosshair leaves nothing to the imagination.  For a vintage hunter, this second stadia represented a very easy to use, exceptionally fast rangefinding estimator plus holdover mechanism which, you could argue, could kill more deer and faster than many of the most modern methods of today, at least under responsible/ethical hunting shooting distances of say 500 yards or less.

Of course, it is highly useable only for the hunter that knows his load data and then tests it at the range.  Specifically the energy he/she is carrying downrange to decide on the longest ethical shot plus trajectory of the bullet.  Tie this up with some actual field checking at the range, and you have the ability to place accurate shots downrange fast, in autopilot mode, without being distracted for a second with dials, ballistics apps or trying to count hash marks on your vertical wire.  Today, you can grab a range with an electronic rangefinder and then use the reticule for fast holdover.  Either way you decide to do it, you’ll have fun at the range getting it “dialed in” for your gun/caliber/load and then showing off those skills in the field. 

But, to get started, you’ll need Weaver’s secret sauce.  Straight from the horse’s mouth, below find Weaver’s actual instructions for the rangefinding reticule from their 1972 catalog.  Enjoy!

Range estimating

Holdover.