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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 435698" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>Like any shooting system, whether a simple cross-hair or a full grid, you need to have a way to know where to hold or adjust. No shooting system is idiot-proof. Ideally you will have ballistics software that can tell you how to adjust your hold for differing conditions. Absent that you need to develop a chart of how to hold in differing conditions. Note: that doesn't change whether adjusting the cross-hairs via the turrets, holding off target (Kentucky windage) or using a grid reticle. </p><p></p><p>All a grid reticle does is allow you to know where to hold without adjusting your turrets. This is an advantage in some hunting situations, as when deciding between targets at different ranges. Our military is now moving to Horus Reticles for just that reason.</p><p></p><p>In hunting situations most rifles will shoot close enough to the same point of impact out to 500 or 600 yards that the same hold points can be used regardless of barometric pressure, temperature, etc.. Beyond these ranges those variables must be taken into account IN ALL TARGETING SYSTEMS. This makes grid reticles much faster inside the range other variables come into play, and those ranges are where most game is shot.</p><p></p><p>What ballistic reticles are not: They are not a replacement for learning your ballistics. Sadly, the sales people give exactly that impression.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 435698, member: 21641"] Like any shooting system, whether a simple cross-hair or a full grid, you need to have a way to know where to hold or adjust. No shooting system is idiot-proof. Ideally you will have ballistics software that can tell you how to adjust your hold for differing conditions. Absent that you need to develop a chart of how to hold in differing conditions. Note: that doesn't change whether adjusting the cross-hairs via the turrets, holding off target (Kentucky windage) or using a grid reticle. All a grid reticle does is allow you to know where to hold without adjusting your turrets. This is an advantage in some hunting situations, as when deciding between targets at different ranges. Our military is now moving to Horus Reticles for just that reason. In hunting situations most rifles will shoot close enough to the same point of impact out to 500 or 600 yards that the same hold points can be used regardless of barometric pressure, temperature, etc.. Beyond these ranges those variables must be taken into account IN ALL TARGETING SYSTEMS. This makes grid reticles much faster inside the range other variables come into play, and those ranges are where most game is shot. What ballistic reticles are not: They are not a replacement for learning your ballistics. Sadly, the sales people give exactly that impression. [/QUOTE]
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