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Quality of different brand mil dot scopes?
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<blockquote data-quote="SamSpade" data-source="post: 145258" data-attributes="member: 2911"><p>First a "True" mil-dot is 3.6" but some manufacturers use 3.55 or 3.44 but the difference is very minimal and not worth worrying about. (Our armed forces use two different figures?) </p><p></p><p>Then the variable scopes are set to read mils at a specific power 10X, 12 or maybe 14x as in Burris's case. But you can buy an expensive scope that will read mils at all power settings because the reticle is on the first focal plane.</p><p></p><p>On most mildot scopes if your scope is sighted in at 100yds the first dot is 3.6" high and second dot is 7.2" high. If you are shooting at 200 yards the first dot is 7.2 and the second is 14.4. So where the confusion comes in is if you are shooting at 200 yards and your bullet drop is 7.2" at that range you would use the first dot. Not the second dot as seems to be the logical answer because of the 100 yd reading.</p><p></p><p>All of this changes with the power setting (not on first focal plane scopes). If your scope is set to read mils at 10X and you are at 20X everything is cut in half. Example, the first dot would be 1.8" at 100 yds and the second dot 3.6" and so on.</p><p></p><p>So you can see that you need a through understanding of the use of Mil-Dots.</p><p></p><p>Remember that mil-dot's "intended" use is for range finding not holdover!</p><p></p><p>If your target is 150 yards away it isn't easy to get on target using some point between the dots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SamSpade, post: 145258, member: 2911"] First a "True" mil-dot is 3.6" but some manufacturers use 3.55 or 3.44 but the difference is very minimal and not worth worrying about. (Our armed forces use two different figures?) Then the variable scopes are set to read mils at a specific power 10X, 12 or maybe 14x as in Burris's case. But you can buy an expensive scope that will read mils at all power settings because the reticle is on the first focal plane. On most mildot scopes if your scope is sighted in at 100yds the first dot is 3.6" high and second dot is 7.2" high. If you are shooting at 200 yards the first dot is 7.2 and the second is 14.4. So where the confusion comes in is if you are shooting at 200 yards and your bullet drop is 7.2" at that range you would use the first dot. Not the second dot as seems to be the logical answer because of the 100 yd reading. All of this changes with the power setting (not on first focal plane scopes). If your scope is set to read mils at 10X and you are at 20X everything is cut in half. Example, the first dot would be 1.8" at 100 yds and the second dot 3.6" and so on. So you can see that you need a through understanding of the use of Mil-Dots. Remember that mil-dot's “intended” use is for range finding not holdover! If your target is 150 yards away it isn't easy to get on target using some point between the dots. [/QUOTE]
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