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Best hunting scope ever?
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<blockquote data-quote="eric1115" data-source="post: 2265785" data-attributes="member: 103895"><p>No doubt it could,</p><p></p><p>No doubt it could, idiots are going to be idiots (and I say that as a recovering idiot myself).</p><p></p><p>Edit to add: the LRF and ballistic toothpaste is already out of the tube, there's no putting it back in even if we wanted to. We are not past the point of no return on scopes with automatic aiming points. End of edit.</p><p></p><p>I do think that taking away that step of turning the elevation dial removes one more mental checkpoint in the "should I really be doing this?" internal dialog. Going from "hit the target with my laser" straight to "here is your magic aiming point" stops people from having a moment of, "wow that is a lot of clicks, maybe I ought to rethink this plan."</p><p></p><p>Again, maybe I'm a cynic Luddite. Maybe I'm too optimistic on people's willingness to stop and think. Maybe the portion of the Venn diagram that is comprised of people who will take the shot with the BDX system but not a ballistic calculator and elevation turret is too tiny of a sliver to worry about.</p><p></p><p>I worry about the same mindset with CDS/yardage dials, but those are everywhere and seem to mostly not end in disaster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric1115, post: 2265785, member: 103895"] No doubt it could, No doubt it could, idiots are going to be idiots (and I say that as a recovering idiot myself). Edit to add: the LRF and ballistic toothpaste is already out of the tube, there's no putting it back in even if we wanted to. We are not past the point of no return on scopes with automatic aiming points. End of edit. I do think that taking away that step of turning the elevation dial removes one more mental checkpoint in the "should I really be doing this?" internal dialog. Going from "hit the target with my laser" straight to "here is your magic aiming point" stops people from having a moment of, "wow that is a lot of clicks, maybe I ought to rethink this plan." Again, maybe I'm a cynic Luddite. Maybe I'm too optimistic on people's willingness to stop and think. Maybe the portion of the Venn diagram that is comprised of people who will take the shot with the BDX system but not a ballistic calculator and elevation turret is too tiny of a sliver to worry about. I worry about the same mindset with CDS/yardage dials, but those are everywhere and seem to mostly not end in disaster. [/QUOTE]
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