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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.

Vortex VMR-1 MOA — second focal plane, MOA subtensions, 4–16×

Drawn from Vortex Optics’s published specification.

The numbers

Manufacturer
Vortex
Reticle
VMR-1 MOA
Focal plane
second focal plane
Units
MOA
Magnification
4–16×

In the second focal plane the subtensions are only true at one magnification — check your manual for which, and dial there before you hold.

Subtensions

SFP. Holds are correct at 16x on the Viper HS-T 4-16x44 (VTX_VHS-4309). Published: fine line 0.15; 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. The Eagle 4-16x42 sheet (VTX_EAG-41601, widen id 1eahuucopg; the Intrepid 4-16x42 page links the same file) prints the Viper HS-T 4-16x44 figures (.15, 1.5 / .7, 18, 30, 1.7, highest magnification = 16x), so those scopes are listed too. All five sheets draw the line 0.25 thick; the .15 sheets' callout is the figure recorded.

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_VHS-4309), 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: 0.15 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'.

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.