The numbers
- Manufacturer
- Vortex
- Reticle
- VMR-1 MOA
- Focal plane
- second focal plane
- Units
- MOA
- Magnification
- 3–9×
In the second focal plane the subtensions are only true at one magnification — check your manual for which, and dial there before you hold.
Reticle library · Vortex
Vortex VMR-1 MOA
Drawn to scale from Vortex’s own specification sheet, and checked mark by mark by a person. This is the same geometry Harson Ballistics draws your holdover on.
Drawn from Vortex Optics’s published specification.
Scopes with this reticle
- Diamondback Tactical 3-9x40 SFP
Other Vortex reticles
Subtensions
SFP. Holds are correct at 9x on the Diamondback Tactical 3-9x40 (VTX_DBK-10023). Published: fine line 0.25; long hash 1.5; short hash 0.7; 2 MOA hashmarks; inner posts ±18; bottom post −30; post weight 1.7; the 4 and 2 on the sheet are spacing brackets (marks every 2 MOA, long ones every 4). 9 Oct 2026: four hashes removed - at +/-18 on the horizontal, +18 and -30 on the vertical, where the posts start. The per-scope sheets (VTX_VHS-4309 / 4325, VTX_DBK-10023 / 10025, VTX_EAG-41601: one identical outline) draw marks to 16 on the sides and above and to 28 below, and none at the post starts.
How this one was checked
Rebuilt and verified 11 Sep 2026 from the Vortex VMR-1 MOA reticle manual (VTX_M-00160-0), page 2 for subtensions and page 3 for usage; line weight and reference magnification corrected 8 Oct 2026 from this scope's own sheet (VTX_DBK-10023), which overrides the manual. ⚠️ UNLIKE the Nightforce and ZeroTech sheets, this one states 'Reticle image shown for representation only', so the DRAWING IS NOT A MEASUREMENT SOURCE and no scale was fitted to it. Dimensions are the published labels: 0.25 line weight, 0.7 and 1.5 hash heights, 1.7 post, 18 MOA horizontal, 30 MOA vertical, and a 4 x 2 MOA grid cell. Page 3's text gives the interval: 'the VMR-1's 2 MOA hashmarks'. The drawing was used only for STRUCTURE — marks alternate tall/short at a uniform pitch with the tall ones twice as far apart — which puts a mark every 2 MOA, 1.5 tall on the multiples of 4 and 0.7 on the intermediate twos. The measured height ratio in the drawing is 2.0:1 against a published 2.14:1, and that agreement is what makes this reading safe rather than a guess. Second focal plane: the subtensions are valid at the scope's calibrated magnification, which differs per host and is a property of the scope, not of this geometry. This scope's sheet: 'Subtensions ... correspond to the highest magnification'.
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 Vortex.