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Vortex Viper scopes?
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<blockquote data-quote="theodore" data-source="post: 363943" data-attributes="member: 15578"><p><strong>F</strong>ront <strong>F</strong>ocal <strong>P</strong>lane(<strong>FFP</strong>)- any magnification power will work.</p><p> </p><p><strong>S</strong>econd <strong>F</strong>ocal <strong>P</strong>lane(<strong>SFP</strong>)- only works on one power and the unit (MIL or MOA) is usually set at max power. For example on a 4-16x power scope. (Max power)16x- one moa unit is one moa. Crank the power down to 4x, now one moa unit represent four moa. 8x, one moa unit represent two moa. See the pattern?</p><p> </p><p>So the second focal plane is a problem to uneducated scopes owners when they use the units (MIL or MOA) on various powers to figure out the size of an object and holdover reference. But they are not a problem if only using the center of the duplex and turret for adjustment. -Yet many SFP scope owners still use the holdover at various power with some mathwork(It is actually fun).</p><p> </p><p>-This was as simple as I could have said it... </p><p> </p><p>-Also the only competitor I found against Vortex Viper FFP is Horus Visions Raptor model (It's also ffp). This is fairly exciting...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theodore, post: 363943, member: 15578"] [B]F[/B]ront [B]F[/B]ocal [B]P[/B]lane([B]FFP[/B])- any magnification power will work. [B]S[/B]econd [B]F[/B]ocal [B]P[/B]lane([B]SFP[/B])- only works on one power and the unit (MIL or MOA) is usually set at max power. For example on a 4-16x power scope. (Max power)16x- one moa unit is one moa. Crank the power down to 4x, now one moa unit represent four moa. 8x, one moa unit represent two moa. See the pattern? So the second focal plane is a problem to uneducated scopes owners when they use the units (MIL or MOA) on various powers to figure out the size of an object and holdover reference. But they are not a problem if only using the center of the duplex and turret for adjustment. -Yet many SFP scope owners still use the holdover at various power with some mathwork(It is actually fun). -This was as simple as I could have said it... -Also the only competitor I found against Vortex Viper FFP is Horus Visions Raptor model (It's also ffp). This is fairly exciting... [/QUOTE]
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