Many years ago, probably 40 or more, Leupold was trimming there line & discontinued a lot of their reticle choices. Apparently Herter's bought a bunch of them & offered them in their catalog at drastically reduced prices. I picked up an M8-3X with a pointed post reticle at about a third of what they were selling for.
Still have it & it still fits the bill for a "Woods" scope for Deer. They are of course no longer available but something similar should work real nice on a .444.

Miller/TN
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