stdeb11 said:

I definitely agree with your assessment for hunting in TX. And sportsmatch would definitely be an upgrade over the Talley's.

However, I'm in CO so the rifle gets strapped to the pack, takes the occasional tumble with me, or gets shot off a rock pile during most of my trips. After reading thru the drop tests and how badly some fail, I'm not so sure I didn't just take a fall somewhere and cause the issue.

And I'm not a dialer, but do antelope hunt once a year or so, thus far I used BDC holdouts to 400yds with good success but I could see the advantages being able to dial and RTZ

May have to give into SWFA or one of the drop test passing ones...however, guess I'm old now because some of these newer "hunting" reticles on some optics seem really cluttered and difficult.
In use, the mil quad on my SWFA 3-9 has proven very simple and intuitive, provided you think about drop and drift in mils. Converting from inches, regardless of mils or MOA is very unwise.