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Dialing or Hold Over?????
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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 196674" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>I ALWAYS dial for elevation and it depends what the wind is doing to determine if I dial or hold off. In really switchy winds or gusts/letups, I hold. But if the wind is consistent or/and or really strong, I will dial for it.</p><p></p><p>I think ballistic reticles and BDC turrets are the number one cause of misses and inconsistencies in trajectories ever dreamed up. Not to mention, most of the bad press that us long range hunters gets usually comes about from someone witnessing a novice long range shooter who has just bought a fancy drop reticle scope and they go out and think they are "pros" now and wound an animal or miss entirely. </p><p></p><p>The plain truth is that a reticle can never compensate for all the variables and all distances. They are ballpark at best. I always have someone show up to a shooting class and think their bdc turret or fancy reticle will cut the cake. But I have several ways of throwing a fly in the ointment for them and they soon see the errors of their ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 196674, member: 2852"] I ALWAYS dial for elevation and it depends what the wind is doing to determine if I dial or hold off. In really switchy winds or gusts/letups, I hold. But if the wind is consistent or/and or really strong, I will dial for it. I think ballistic reticles and BDC turrets are the number one cause of misses and inconsistencies in trajectories ever dreamed up. Not to mention, most of the bad press that us long range hunters gets usually comes about from someone witnessing a novice long range shooter who has just bought a fancy drop reticle scope and they go out and think they are "pros" now and wound an animal or miss entirely. The plain truth is that a reticle can never compensate for all the variables and all distances. They are ballpark at best. I always have someone show up to a shooting class and think their bdc turret or fancy reticle will cut the cake. But I have several ways of throwing a fly in the ointment for them and they soon see the errors of their ways. [/QUOTE]
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