The numbers
- Manufacturer
- Schmidt & Bender
- Reticle
- P3L
- Focal plane
- first focal plane
- Units
- MRAD
- Magnification
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In the first focal plane the subtensions hold true at every magnification, so a hold is a hold wherever the zoom ring sits.
Reticle library · Schmidt & Bender
Schmidt & Bender P3L
Drawn to scale from Schmidt & Bender’s own specification sheet, and checked mark by mark by a person. This is the same geometry Harson Ballistics draws your holdover on.
Framed to about 12 MRAD — the part of the reticle you aim with. This reticle carries marks out to 60 MRAD; the rest sits beyond the edge of this drawing.
Drawn from Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG’s published specification.
Scopes with this reticle
- PM II 3-12x50
- Klassik 3-12x42
Other Schmidt & Bender reticles
Subtensions
First focal plane, mrad: four heavy posts, an illuminated red cross at the centre, clear glass, then a thin line with a dot every 0.998 mrad (four per arm) out to the posts. From S&B's dimensioned reticle data sheet for this scope. A 9.982 between the post tips (cm row 99.82), B 0.998 dot spacing, C 0.599 post, D 0.2 dot, E 0.068 line. This sheet's coverages are not round numbers; they are recorded as printed. The second sheet is titled '3-12x50 PMII / 3-12x42 Klassik' and is identical to the first, drawing and table. The red cross length is not lettered and is measured from the vector drawing; the black line starts at the first dot. The field at lowest magnification is 61.38 mrad; the posts are drawn to 60 here (app plausibility limits).
How this one was checked
Verified 9 Oct 2026 against Schmidt-Bender-Datasheet-P3L-FFP-3-12x50-PMII and -3-12x50-PMII_3-12x42 Klassik.pdf (P3L.zip), pages 2 and 3. Vector drawing, measured on FILL geometry only (the 0.285 pt outline stroke and dimension lines dropped). Page 2 scale from A, the post-tip opening (25.364 pt/mrad), centre from the four post tips (the left/right and top/bottom openings agree). Measured: posts 0.600, line 0.068, red cross 1.428 across x 0.068 (not lettered; recorded 0.714 each side). The record was rasterised the way the app draws it and XOR-compared with page 2's fill geometry at 600 dpi (tools/pdf_sheet_compare.py, 2 px tolerance): nothing disagrees except the sheet's own dimension arrowheads. Page 3 lowest-magnification view (drawn as outlines; scale from the post tips, 2.301 pt/mrad) gives the field edge the posts run to. Dots on all four arms at every mrad 1-4; no numerals. The two sheets in P3L.zip (PMII, and PMII / 3-12x42 Klassik) give identical measurements.
Use it on your own rifle
Harson Ballistics draws this reticle at your magnification with your holdover marked on it, from your rifle, load and conditions. Works with no signal and no account.
Subtensions are published by the manufacturer and reproduced here for reference. Confirm your own dope on a range before you rely on any of it. Harson.ai is not affiliated with Schmidt & Bender.