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Beginner w/ LR optics. How do they work?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 626028" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Just kidding, welcome to the site.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1. Target scopes and hunting scopes are usually the same on this site, I mean we use target scopes as our hunting scopes. For the most part target scopes usually have larger marked turrets and more internal adjustments. Once sighted in, some guys still use hold over/hold off but use a reticle with reference marks to judge the distance they hold, such as the mildot reticle you mentioned. Others will turn the turrets so that their point of aim (POA) and point of impact (POI) are the same, and some guys do both (dial turrets and use a reticle). Yes turning the turrets changes your zero, that's the point. You are basically "zeroing" the scope to the range of your intended target.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2. Mildot reticles are very handy. As far as being the "go-to" reticle, that subject is open for debate. That is a personal preference; there are too many different reticles to list. The power a scope needs to be on for the reticle's designed sub tensions to be true will depend on the scope itself. Different scopes need to be on different power settings, and is the scope first or second focal plane… There is no one answer for all.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 626028, member: 8873"] [FONT=Times New Roman]Just kidding, welcome to the site.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]1. Target scopes and hunting scopes are usually the same on this site, I mean we use target scopes as our hunting scopes. For the most part target scopes usually have larger marked turrets and more internal adjustments. Once sighted in, some guys still use hold over/hold off but use a reticle with reference marks to judge the distance they hold, such as the mildot reticle you mentioned. Others will turn the turrets so that their point of aim (POA) and point of impact (POI) are the same, and some guys do both (dial turrets and use a reticle). Yes turning the turrets changes your zero, that’s the point. You are basically “zeroing” the scope to the range of your intended target.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]2. Mildot reticles are very handy. As far as being the “go-to” reticle, that subject is open for debate. That is a personal preference; there are too many different reticles to list. The power a scope needs to be on for the reticle’s designed sub tensions to be true will depend on the scope itself. Different scopes need to be on different power settings, and is the scope first or second focal plane… There is no one answer for all.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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