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<blockquote data-quote="FearNoWind" data-source="post: 947801" data-attributes="member: 50867"><p>OK, Montana, let's talk scopes.</p><p>I couldn't find any data on the internal adjustment for the Targetmaster but the 1/8" click adjustment feature tells me that there's not enough inside the adjustment range to get you where you want to be. With your 20MOA rail you should be able to run it to the top and, over the full range of adjustment, get more out of it than you describe. However, image clarity and other problems develop when you're out that far so you may be beating a dead horse. 20MOA with the rail and another 20MOA+/- in the scope should, however, give you over 300 inches at 875 yards - what's the drop of your .308 at that distance?</p><p>Hints about MilDot scopes:</p><p>Technically, 1mil = 3.6 inches at 100 yards. Most of the MilDot scopes I've used over the years with second focal plane reticles are set so that the distance, center to center, of their MilDots = 3.6 inches at 100 yards at the highest power on the scope. But that's not always true. The Zeiss Conquest 6.5 - 20 X 50 scope MilDot is 1.8 inches at 100 yards. Also, as you apparently already know, the MilDot ratio changes with changes in optical power. Do you know for a certainty how Nikko Stirling calculates their MilDot spacing? (rhetorical question - )</p><p>The Horus Vison "MilDot" is, as you described, more of a Christmas Tree than a MilDot reticle. IMO, it's too busy; too cluttered to be useful as a hunting scope. I've never been able to figure out how they classify it as a "MilDot" scope; except perhaps that its dot spacing is based on Mils rather than MOA.</p><p>The only scope I'm familiar with the meets your dream scope qualifications is the Nightforce. They're VERY expensive but don't let that get in your way. I've known some shooters who have avoided taking the Nightforce plunge, working their way through a dozen other very good scopes, and finally coming to realize that they should have saved a little longer and gotten the Nightforce in the first place.</p><p>Last point - if it's a hunting scope there are reticles better suited to that purpose than the MilDot. Do some more research and you may find another range finder scope that works better for long range field work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FearNoWind, post: 947801, member: 50867"] OK, Montana, let's talk scopes. I couldn't find any data on the internal adjustment for the Targetmaster but the 1/8" click adjustment feature tells me that there's not enough inside the adjustment range to get you where you want to be. With your 20MOA rail you should be able to run it to the top and, over the full range of adjustment, get more out of it than you describe. However, image clarity and other problems develop when you're out that far so you may be beating a dead horse. 20MOA with the rail and another 20MOA+/- in the scope should, however, give you over 300 inches at 875 yards - what's the drop of your .308 at that distance? Hints about MilDot scopes: Technically, 1mil = 3.6 inches at 100 yards. Most of the MilDot scopes I've used over the years with second focal plane reticles are set so that the distance, center to center, of their MilDots = 3.6 inches at 100 yards at the highest power on the scope. But that's not always true. The Zeiss Conquest 6.5 - 20 X 50 scope MilDot is 1.8 inches at 100 yards. Also, as you apparently already know, the MilDot ratio changes with changes in optical power. Do you know for a certainty how Nikko Stirling calculates their MilDot spacing? (rhetorical question - ) The Horus Vison "MilDot" is, as you described, more of a Christmas Tree than a MilDot reticle. IMO, it's too busy; too cluttered to be useful as a hunting scope. I've never been able to figure out how they classify it as a "MilDot" scope; except perhaps that its dot spacing is based on Mils rather than MOA. The only scope I'm familiar with the meets your dream scope qualifications is the Nightforce. They're VERY expensive but don't let that get in your way. I've known some shooters who have avoided taking the Nightforce plunge, working their way through a dozen other very good scopes, and finally coming to realize that they should have saved a little longer and gotten the Nightforce in the first place. Last point - if it's a hunting scope there are reticles better suited to that purpose than the MilDot. Do some more research and you may find another range finder scope that works better for long range field work. [/QUOTE]
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